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David wrote:

David wrote:


NEVER MIND!!!!

I just found out there is metal gauge and WIRE gauge. the nails must be
"wire" gauge. 15 ga wire is .072 which is what I measured.

Dave

Yabbut, yabbut... that doesn't solve the issue that 18 ga nails are
still honkin' big things.. it's the heads that leave cavernous pits in
anything you nail.

I did learn something about pinners. The bulk of jamming incidents which
seem to be a problem across all brands, has to do with the loading of
the nails. It is very difficult to see the chisel end of a strip of
pins. Put them in upside down, and the driver goes either one side or
the other side of the pin and jams, the weaker/cheaper versions breaking
the drivers in the process. I talked to a couple of pinner users who
haven't had any jamming problems ever. One suggested to get a jeweller's
loupe and check for orientation each time you load. Other say that some
have obscure markings indicating direction. FYI, FWIW.

ALSO!!.. The Craftsman pinner is the same as Nikle the and is highly
recommended. (...by the enforcers of the IRS who are always trying to
pin something on somebody....groan)