On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 22:16:58 -0400, "Morgans" wrote:


"whit3rd" wrote

So, get 1/4" staples. SYP is 'southern yellow pine', I trust?
In toughness, it comes in at 470 in-lbf, a little higher than red
oak at 440 in-lbf. Half inch staples in that wood isn't an easy
test.

It's what the Borg and Lowes here sell for dimensional lumber.

And I would add that the above hardness rating is when it is relatively new.
Once it has been installed for a couple years, it gets twice as hard.
(unscientific difficultly to drive a nail into old SYP)

I agree, get the 1/4" staples. There is no stapler made that will drive a
1/2" staple in that stuff.

My old spring stapler does just fine, as does the HF pneumatic stapler. This
thing is *WIMPY*.

Oh, and to the O.P. : You can send that stapler to me, if you don't like
it! ;-)

Send me the $100, otherwise I'll put it in someone's garage sale and hope for
$5. ;-) ...or the garbage, if I have to look at it too many more times.