On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 08:23:18 -0800, Richard Riley
wrote:

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 08:34:11 -0700, "Wayne Paul"
wrote:

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:"LP" wrote in message
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: I'm willing to wager that you were never in the Navy. I know Bob was &
: I have heard other Navy guys call them forceps. Different lingo in
: different circles. Given theat the tool isn't used to ply anything,
: forceps might even be a more accurate term. Sorry that the world
: doesn't conform to your expectations.
:
: Daniel
:
: If someone at work ask to borrow my forceps, he or she would get a deer
:in
: the headlight look. However, third drawer down on the right is my CLECO
: pliers. Oh yeah, 23 years in the NAVY.
:
:
:That is interesting. The "Aircraft Tool Control Manual - Navy and Marine
:Corps" states that the C-40A AF Sheet Metal Roll-Away Tool box 5120 contains
:a "Forcepts, Sheet Metal, Holding, Cleco."
:
:See: http://www.allendoc.com/pubs/17-1C40A-1.pdf page 138.

Very strange. I use forceps to temporarily clamp 2 sheets of sheet
aluminum together all the time - before they are drilled or clecoed.
Specifically, 5" straight or curved Kelly forceps. I'd never heard of
cleco pliers being cals that. (And the Navy apparently spells it with
a T)

Kelly forceps are also great for holding small things together while
epoxy hardens.

I thought that was what fingers were for, at least when using the fast
setting variety (or super glue)

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Richard "Landlubber" Riley
Zero years in the Navy