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If you have an old wish list containing a large outdoor wood project this mini training guide could very well lead to the actual construction.

Virtually every rental store today has pneumatic fastening tools at reasonable prices you can use for that wood project you’ve been putting off for so long.

No battered thumbs or fingers, no missing the nail head, no bending the nail and they are much easier to use than you may have thought, you have no need to feel intimidated in the least.

Crucial safety tips

Before I describe the styles of nailers available let me tell you first the mode of fire for the tool you should rent. For liability reasons the rental store may only offer what I am about to describe though maybe not. They also rent to contractors.

Make certain the air nailer you rent is set up for “sequential” fire. This nailer requires the operator, (you) without touching the trigger, to push the nose piece of the tool (where the nail comes out) until it is fully depressed against the work piece (what ever you are trying to nail together). Then you pull the trigger and “wham”, move on to the next spot where you want a nail.

Potential hazards

The other mode of fire is called “bump” fire or “contact” fire. Very dangerous unless you have an area that requires high production with no obstacles. Almost always a floor or a wall, because these users hold the trigger in the “shoot” position and as fast as they can go just bang the nose piece against the wood. Every bang is a nail and it takes very little pressure to depress that nose piece.

I have been on numerous jobsites where workers have a tell-tale scar in that fleshy place between the bottom knuckle of the thumb and first finger. They literally and accidentally nailed their opposite hand to whatever they were working on. Remember, “Sequential”.

Best type of nailer to rent

Be sure the tool you rent is a “stick” nailer. This tool has a straight magazine and the nails are collated in strips. They are much lighter than coil nailers and much easier to maneuver due to having less bulk.

In addition you can carry strips of the stick nails in your apron for easier reloads, which is the one advantage the coil nailer has. The individual coils have significantly more nails in each one than the strips do.

Be leery of coil nails

However, you can not put the coils in your apron as the wire collation is very soft and easily deformed. Should you drop a coil or in any way deform one it is instantly junk. You will never get the collation to feed properly through the tool mechanism again. The rental gives no refunds for deformed coils; it is your money down the drain.

Of course you can do it

A little ¾ horse power, hand carry compressor, a couple lengths of air hose, a box of nails and one nailer. That old day dream will be a reality in one weekend or less.
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This is a guest article provided by Stephen Anderson, a freelance writer and student of MakeMoneyFromWriting.com.  Stephen is learning how to find freelance writing jobs and establish a successful business from his writing.

 

 



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