Ryan Gill ([info]montieth) wrote,
@ 2008-09-28 17:47:00
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Tool love...
I bought an 18 Gauge brad nail gun the other day. I've been using it to install the moulding that I've been adding/repairing/repainting in the sun room. I'm in heaven. What initially took me 30 minutes per strip with a hammer, a nail set and nails takes less than a minute with the brad nailer. Once I got a feel for depth settings it's as consistent as a well nail gun.

Good tools are just so nice to have.

(Now to lay hands on a finish nailer for slightly larger projects where 18 gauge brad nails aren't quite up to snuff.)

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[info]adrian76
2008-09-28 10:35 pm UTC (link)
Dude, I may wanna borrow that thing sometime :)

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[info]mattcaron
2008-09-29 03:06 am UTC (link)
Yeah, the missus has been talking about going crown-molding crazy on the rest of the house, so I see a finish nailer and a 2 axis compound miter saw in my future.

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[info]montieth
2008-09-29 03:11 am UTC (link)
I've already got the compound miter saw, the table saw and the routing table. Next is a welder.

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[info]mattcaron
2008-09-29 03:15 am UTC (link)
I already have one of those. I went with a dual-use mig wire welder. You can either run it on flux core with no gas, or you can run it with solid core and a gas bottle. I was just going to get a stick welder, but since most of what I do is thin stuff, I figure this would be a better choice. You do have to do a lot more surface prep, though. With a stick welder, you can just burn through it.

(Caveat - I know very little about welding. My father, on the other hand, is a pipefitter turned engineer who used to be a welding instructor for several years. My father in law is a retired metallurgical engineer. So, I ask them about a lot of stuff. :-) )

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[info]roninspoon
2008-09-29 03:53 pm UTC (link)
When I bought my nail guns a few years ago, I went a little nuts with them. For a time, there were few problems that couldn't be fixed with a judicious application of pneumatic driven nails and staples.

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[info]montieth
2008-09-29 04:08 pm UTC (link)
Pulled a Homer Simpson eh?

I do like how I can drive a sufficient quantity of 18 gauge 1 1/4" brad nails to secure moulding and it does not split. Whereas, I've used larger finish nails and had the occasional bit of moulding split. I used some old millwork that a neighbor tossed out from their renovation of a room. We have similar age houses and the T&G bead board I have doesn't get made any more. Luckily they tossed some lumber out that was exactly the same. I've been able to use it and some door moulding that didn't split at all, despite being very seasoned and generally likely to split.

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[info]roninspoon
2008-09-29 04:17 pm UTC (link)
I've still had some splitting using the brad nailer. Most were because the nail traveled on the grain, the pressure wasn't high enough, or I wasn't paying proper attention and got too close the edge. There's no doubt though, that a brad nailer seriously mitigates that.

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[info]johnbutler
2008-09-30 03:07 am UTC (link)

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