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Cleco temporary rivet and panel holders are great tools for airplane restoration, race car builders, body fabricators, or with do-it-yourself sheet metal projects. Clecos are designed for clamping two pieces of sheet metal together through a standard 1/8 inch hole during fabrication. These simple tools can save hours of frustration when working with sheet metal.
A Cleco, also spelled generically Cleko, is a temporary fastener developed by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Company. Widely used in the manufacture and repair of aluminum-skinned aircraft, it is used to temporarily fasten sheets of material together or to hold parts such as stiffeners, frames, etc. together, before they are permanently joined. Clecos are installed in holes drilled through the workpieces (usually holes intended for permanent fasteners installed later). They expand on the far side of the workpieces and then draw and clamp them together while maintaining the desired alignment and preventing distortion of the pieces. Clecos should fit snugly in their holes to avoid shifting of the workpieces and maintain the alignment of fastener holes which do not have Clecos in them. They are blind fasteners, so they can be installed in assemblies where the worker does not have access to the other side. If rivets are installed in Cleco holes, a Cleco will be removed when its hole is needed. If the workpieces are bonded or welded, then the Cleco holes may need to be filled later.
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