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Re: Strip: Not staple-less
By:Hubert Schreier
Date: 1/25/2017, 9:16 am
In Response To: Strip: Not staple-less (Richard Mertins)

I'm building a small canoe and would like to finish sooner than staple-less. I am also planning to use my 18 gauge brad nailer instead of the staple gun to fix strips to stations. Current plan is to use 5/8" X 1.5" scraps over strips to make brad removal easier. Any better ideas? Thanks for your time.

One option is a pneumatic upholstery stapler. I have a Porter Cable and while I have not used it for strip building, it has worked very well for me for other tasks. There is a thread about this stapler on this forum that shows a depth-gauge attachment to prevent the staples from going in too far: http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-bin/Building/archive.pl/bid/13/md/read/id/174451/sbj/strip-porter-cable-upholstery-stapler-pic/

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Strip: Not staple-less
Richard Mertins -- 1/25/2017, 8:30 am
Re: Strip: Not staple-less
Hubert Schreier -- 1/25/2017, 9:16 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/25/2017, 2:54 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 1/25/2017, 4:51 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/25/2017, 7:36 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/25/2017, 7:58 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/25/2017, 9:57 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/26/2017, 12:14 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/26/2017, 3:20 am
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jaybabina -- 1/26/2017, 9:17 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/26/2017, 12:25 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/26/2017, 4:52 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 1/28/2017, 5:06 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/28/2017, 6:15 pm
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Brian Nystrom -- 1/29/2017, 6:53 pm
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dave koslow -- 1/30/2017, 3:20 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/30/2017, 3:41 pm