Well if using a finish nailer what about staplers? Like the SN45 and
such? Big stuff. Or the Paslode 1" crown.

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 19:21:10 -0700, Tim Douglass
wrote:

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 22:26:54 GMT, Abe wrote:

I hate to *ahem* admit it, but because I had no help and was sick with
the flu... Ok, no excuses. I hung the drywall in part of my garage
using a framing nailer. There, I've said it. It took a while to get
the depth right, but once it was set, it worked pretty well. About 3
out of 4 nails were sunk just to the point of dimpling the paper. The
fourth, of course, was blasted into the drywall to the point where the
head was barely visible down in the rock.

So... taping and cleanup were a bitch. I don't recommend this approach,
if for no other reason than that it'll be a PITA getting all those big
nails out of the studs and joists if I ever decide to go back and do it
right. It also just has to be some kind of code violation. But the
point is, it can be done using larger full-head nails, if you're
desperate. Brads certainly won't hold up anything.

OK, I've got to try this. I admit to looking at the nail gun and
wondering if it would work, but never tried it. I can run about 8d
nails through the gun, so they aren't that much bigger than drywall
nails. OTOH, I've hung a *lot* of drywall over the years with screws
or hand hammered drywall nails and none of it has ever fallen down.

Tim Douglass

http://www.DouglassClan.com