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Re: Tools: Length of staples
By:Lennie Hawkins
Date: 8/25/2003, 5:56 pm
In Response To: Tools: Length of staples (Simon)

I used brads in my air gun. I made a spacer to keep the 18 gage brads about a 1/2 inch out. I tried staples but nails work better and only leave one hole. I may go to a smaller gage, I think they make a 22. But the 18 worked fine and were easy to pull. The only draw back is that they catch everything sometimes damaging the coves on the strips as I install them. I have thought about cutting the heads off as I go and using shorter brads.

Lennie

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Tools: Length of staples
Simon -- 8/25/2003, 7:35 am
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Simon -- 8/26/2003, 4:25 am
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Lennie Hawkins -- 8/25/2003, 5:56 pm
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Ed Gutgesell -- 8/26/2003, 12:54 pm
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c -- 8/25/2003, 1:56 pm
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Marcel R. in Portland, Or. -- 8/25/2003, 1:04 pm
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rnb4tla -- 8/25/2003, 8:42 pm
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Jim Owens -- 8/25/2003, 6:06 pm
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Marcel R. in Portland, Or. -- 8/25/2003, 6:35 pm
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Jim Kozel -- 8/25/2003, 1:32 pm
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Marcel R. in Portland, Or. -- 8/25/2003, 1:45 pm
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Timothy Mulherin -- 8/25/2003, 9:42 am