by homebrew Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:11 pm
Thanks Guys! Its slow progress... but progress.
Wirepuller, dude! your build thread is pretty sick! You are doing some awesome work.
The copper post things are called "Cleco Pins" (or Cleco Fasteners). Very cool tool, comes in at least two sizes, inside the cleco pin is a spring that retracts. Basically you drill a pilot hole, put a cleco pin into the plier like tool that comes with the pins, squeeze the handles to extend the pin, stuff it through the pilot hole and release. spring retracts holding the two metal pieces nice and snug. Later, you can go back and weld up all the little 1/8" pilot holes.
Someone else turned me onto Cleco's and I absolutely love them.