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Who needs rivets...or even welding of aluminum..??
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<blockquote data-quote="JMichael" data-source="post: 404573" data-attributes="member: 7544"><p>Rich, if you've ever watched any video of vintage aircraft restoration or even new aircraft skin repairs, you've probably seen cleco fasteners in use. They are similar in size to a cigarette. They have a 2 or 3 piece split shaft that fits into a rivet hole and are used to temporarily hold the two or more pieces of metal together firmly while the next hole is drilled or lined up if reinstalling a piece of metal. Keeps everything lined up good so that once you get all your holes drilled, they will all line up at the same time and all of your rivets will now fit as you remove the fastener one at a time and install a rivet in it's place as you remove them. It takes a special made tool that resembles a pair of pliers to install and remove them. Search for aircraft skin repair pics and you'll see them in use.</p><p></p><p>Edit: I should add that they not only keep the holes lined up, but because of the internal spring, they also work to pull the layers of metal together once the fastener has been installed. The combined strength of all the springs working together will surprise most people at how well they can pull the layers of metal together. I got my first exposure to them while in the military but my body shop buddy uses them some times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMichael, post: 404573, member: 7544"] Rich, if you've ever watched any video of vintage aircraft restoration or even new aircraft skin repairs, you've probably seen cleco fasteners in use. They are similar in size to a cigarette. They have a 2 or 3 piece split shaft that fits into a rivet hole and are used to temporarily hold the two or more pieces of metal together firmly while the next hole is drilled or lined up if reinstalling a piece of metal. Keeps everything lined up good so that once you get all your holes drilled, they will all line up at the same time and all of your rivets will now fit as you remove the fastener one at a time and install a rivet in it's place as you remove them. It takes a special made tool that resembles a pair of pliers to install and remove them. Search for aircraft skin repair pics and you'll see them in use. Edit: I should add that they not only keep the holes lined up, but because of the internal spring, they also work to pull the layers of metal together once the fastener has been installed. The combined strength of all the springs working together will surprise most people at how well they can pull the layers of metal together. I got my first exposure to them while in the military but my body shop buddy uses them some times. [/QUOTE]
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