On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:30:47 GMT, the infamous Robert Montgomery
scrawled the following:

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.

Repeat after me: Electric staple guns don't work reliably.

Get a little compressor, an extra 5 gallon tank, and a $30 Harbor
Freight 1/2" crown stapler (I love mine) and you're in business.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=97572
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=65594



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.

Oh, the HF gun weighs about 2 pounds but feels closer to 1 pound. I
use a lightweight 1/4" air line for the tank. It's even lighter than a
copper cord for a corded tool like my drill.

I've also used my HF 1/4" crown stapler for upholstery to good effect.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=97524

My 3/4HP Ingersoll Rand airless compressor will fill up the tank to
100psi. I can then take the tank and hose anywhere and run about 100
staples from the gun before needing a refill. It stops working well at
roughly 50psi.

Something as small as this might be enough compressor for you.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=90168


These items go on sale at HF all the time and you can often find them
for half price.

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