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EAA Experimenter 29
Recently, fellow EAAer George Steed of Silverdale, Wash-
ington, showed me a neat solution for storing and trans-
porting clecos. George had taken a riveting class at an A&P;
school where each student made an aft wing section, spar
to trailing edge. He brought his finished project home as a
souvenir, but it had little intrinsic value except as a remem-
brance of his class exercise. (Similar wing sections are made
as part of the EAA SportAir sheet metal and RV builders
workshops.) Then the light bulb came on in George's mind.
By drilling uniform holes of the correct size and adding a
handle, the wing section became a neat and portable storage
rack for clecos. If you drill exactly the number of holes for
each size of cleco you have, you will be able to instantly tell
if any are missing. If you buy more clecos in the future, you
can just add holes for them. Clamps can be placed along the
edge flange. The handle on top makes the whole unit easily
portable. You can buy a handle in most hardware stores,
but make sure it comes with a flat flange. After a little sheet
metal work with a hammer, the flange can be bent to fit over
the trailing edge of the airfoil and riveted in place.
Hope this little hint helps you keep your tools in order so
that you can always have them readily available for building
and/or repairs.