You are talking about 2 different types of nailers here. A coil nailer accepts nails from a roll that is rolled or coiled up. There would be an opening on the side of the nailer itself that opens and the nails drop over a stem and the cover is snapped shut.
A palm nailer can only drive 1 nail at a time. So the nails can't be collated or stuck together with a wire or any other way. You take a nail and place it on the wood where you want it to go in. Then slide the barrel of the nailer over the head of the nail. Once the barrel has gone over the nail and you contact the head of the nail, apply pressure to what would look like the top of the nailer. As pressure is applied it will start hammering very rapidly. It doesn't take much pressure at all to make it work. Just keep the barrel in a vertical line or 90 degrees to the wood surface and it will drive the nail home. Let me know if you need more help, and if you have a coil style nailer instead, there are probably some more things to go over which I can do when I get home tonight. ----- Original Message ----- From: Agent86b To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:46 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Coil nailer problem Hi all, just purchased a coil nailer. Does anybody have one who is a total? If so do you have any problems putting in the nails. I don't seem able to get the coil to line up in what I reckon is the correct place. Can anybody please go through step by step how you put in a new coil? If I could have purchased a Palm Nailer in Australia I would not have this problem! Thanks again for any help. Max. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
