Barry, Anything for a daughter. That's the code among dads. And $260 for the nailer is a bargain. I have the Dewalt 18 volt which runs entirely on battery power but that sells for $400 so you can tell the wife you got a bargain. And the time and energy you save is definitely a wow factor. I have pretty big hands and when I mess around with the little finish nails, I'm always hitting the wrong nail with the hammer.
Just don't forget you have it now and remember to reach for the nailer next time instead of the hammer. ----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Levine To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:50 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] A Paslode Nailer Clifford, you hit the nail on the head... (sorry for the bad pun.) I've just finished using this tool for the first time, and it's going to take me longer to tell you about it than it took to do what I needed to do with it. One of our daughters' beds had a problem with supporting the mattress. The frame has wooden siderails, at the inside lower edge of which are wood runners which are there to support a bunch of wooden slats connected to one another with some sort of canvas ribbon. The wooden slats, in turn are what support the mattress. There is no box-spring for this bed. Well, the wood edges on the inside of the side rails are apparently not deep enough to keep the wood slats from getting jostled off and falling to the floor, allowing the mattress to do the same... a very rude awakening... literally. So, my fix was simple... take a couple of pine 1 by 3's, and glue and nail them to the wooden edges, thereby giving those edges approx another inch and a half on each side... enough ledge to solve the jostling off problem. I honestly don't know what the builders of this bed were thinking. The original edge on the inside of the wood rails was too thin, maybe an inch, to allow for hammering, as it is of course connected to the bed rail. I could have drilled pilots and countersunk screws, but that too needs some room, as well as more cleanup and accuracy, since I'd drill the pilots, put down a bead of glue, then lay the board back down to do the screwing. I suppose I could have just piloted the screw holes right through the wood and glue, but that seems sloppy to me. This nailer is so easy and quick, I decided to put a couple of brads through the wooden slats, as well. Not too many... as there needs to be some play in the system... but, a few. It's really easy with this nailer to use a finger to find your spot, remove your finger, place the tip of the nailer, push down, squeeze the trigger, and... POP! It's our youngest daughter's bed, and she's coming home for the weekend... she's away at school... but only approx 40 miles away. So, she's home fairly often. I figured 260 bucks wasn't too much to spend for her slumbering safety. Overall, it seemed as though I absolutely needed to go out and buy a cordless nailer for this little project. If you agree... please send a letter of support I can show Phyllis... she's still shaking her head. --Barry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of clifford Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] A Paslode Nailer Dear Barry: You will find many uses for your new nailer, although there may be months in between uses. The jobs will go so quickly, that you will feel that you have not used it much, but pick up the hammer and do just a small part and you will quickly recall why you love your new toy. I have the electric model from DeWalt, which uses an eighteen volt battery and my wife enjoys using it. It does not make as much noise as the pass-load, but both are good products. We normally borrow a pass-load when it comes time to frame, as 2.5 inch nails will not work when framing. When installing base-board or other trim, they are really handy and efficient. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson ----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Levine To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 7:12 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] A Paslode Nailer Howdy Blind Handy People, I have a new, as in just purchased about an hour ago, Paslode 18-gauge cordless brad nailer! Hah! My scores on the man-scale have just risen another whole standard deviation above the mean! It works off a battery and a gas charge. The battery will last approx 4000 hits, and the gas canister will go for approx 1200 hits. It will handle brads from five-eights inch long, on up to two inches. I bought it because I have a little project that was going to be a pain if I had to manually nail some finishing brads to hold a couple of 6-foot lengths of one-by 3 clear finishing pine in place.Now, the only problem I have is not having enough finishing work around the house to use it more. The only downside to this little 4.9 pound beauty of a tool is that my wife states she won't stay in the same room with me while I'm shooting. Ah well, life is full of little sacrifices. --Barry __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 2984 (20080329) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset. <http://www.eset.com> com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
