On Mar 25, 12:58*pm, Robert Montgomery info-bl...@northern-data-
tech.net wrote:
Thanks, Sonoma.

Which Senco?

And which compressor? I'm concerned about the noise from the
compressors, because I'm in a rental apartment building and I'm
surrounded by other tenants that I'm concerned about disturbing. That's
why I'm leaning toward an electric.

Robert



SonomaProducts.com wrote:
I would go with air power and get a Senco, p-tink.

On Mar 25, 10:30 am, Robert Montgomery info-bl...@northern-data-
tech.net wrote:
What's a fairly quiet, lightweight upholstery electric staple gun that's
powerful enough to penetrate pine?

I'm an artist and I need to stretch cotton canvas over pine stretcher bars.

I considered buying a quiet Duo-Fast E1C 3118A electric staple gun, but
it's too heavy. I have to hold the stretcher bar frame vertically so I
have one hand to pull the canvas tightly around the bars with canvas
pliers, so my other hand and arm have to be up in the air to fire the
staple gun, so that gun would be too heavy. It weighs 4.2 pounds.

I'm considering a Maestri C7 or #8 electric gun, which are lighter.
Upholster.com says they're powerful enough to shoot staples into most
hardwoods. But I don't know how loud they are. Does anyone know how loud
they are compared to the Duo Fast gun?

I tried the Arrow electric lithium-ion battery cordless electric, but
it's very loud and the staples didn't penetrate the wood all the way.

Thanks.

Robert- Hide quoted text -

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The ones I use are the blam type but of all the small nail guns and
staple guns I've been around the senco's are the quietest, the porter
cables the loudest. I would say the smallest model that shoots staples
big enough for your task.

I would suppose what they call a pancake compressor would be plenty.
You can often find combo packs.

I just did a google search on "amazon senco stapler and compressor"
and the first hot is an upholstery bundle.
http://www.amazon.com/Senco-PC0973-U.../dp/B0002PS87U