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Re: Oil
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 5/22/2001, 7:43 pm
In Response To: Pnuematic Nailer (Mike Boren)

: I will soon be strippping my Guillemot L and am thinking about using a
: pneumatic nail or staple gun. This would be a lot easier than using a
: standard staple gun and the holes would be a lot smaller (and fewer if I
: use brads).
: Any reason why this wouldn't work?

Oil.

Most pneumo nailers use oil in the airline to keep the moisture in the air from rusting up the gun from the inside. Every time you squeeze the trigger, a tiny *pfft* of oil mists out into the air, and all over your work. You might end up with epoxy adhesion problems.

An electric stapler or brad nailer might be just the ticket, though.

Shawn

Messages In This Thread

Pnuematic Nailer
Mike Boren -- 5/22/2001, 6:35 pm
Re: Pnuematic Nailer
Geo. Cushing -- 5/24/2001, 4:10 pm
Brad Nailer Nails
Jerry Siegel -- 5/23/2001, 10:06 pm
Re: Pnuematic Nailer
Don Beale -- 5/23/2001, 1:18 pm
Re: Pnuematic Nailer
Chip Sandresky -- 5/22/2001, 8:37 pm
Re: Oil
Shawn Baker -- 5/22/2001, 7:43 pm