My very talented housekeeper has replaced the crummy baseboards in a couple of
my rooms with nice maple molding. She used a borrowed cordless nail gun that
apparently did (barely) the job, with a few of the nails needing additional
manual settings. But it mostly did a good job.

We liked it so much that I've purchased an additional 180 feet of baseboard,
which happens to be red oak as the maple pattern wasn't easily obtainable
right now from the merchant.

She complained that the nail gun in question was quite heavy and tiring to
use. Plus, it was borrowed.

I'm never one to turn down an opportunity to purchase a new tool. Can anyone
suggest what I need to consider? She was just given a small and inexpensive
air compressor, which seems to run for quite a while to build up pressure. So
I'm willing to purchase a pneumatic gun, but don't know if that's the best
choice - if there's such a thing as a best choice - for this application.
I've never owned a compressor and have absolutely no famliarity with air
equipment, but have no objection to air tools if they are appropriate here.

Advice and guidance welcome.

Art

On 9/28/2011 2:50 PM, Arthur Shapiro wrote:
My very talented housekeeper has replaced the crummy baseboards in a couple of
my rooms with nice maple molding. She used a borrowed cordless nail gun that
apparently did (barely) the job, with a few of the nails needing additional
manual settings. But it mostly did a good job.

We liked it so much that I've purchased an additional 180 feet of baseboard,
which happens to be red oak as the maple pattern wasn't easily obtainable
right now from the merchant.

She complained that the nail gun in question was quite heavy and tiring to
use. Plus, it was borrowed.

I'm never one to turn down an opportunity to purchase a new tool. Can anyone
suggest what I need to consider? She was just given a small and inexpensive
air compressor, which seems to run for quite a while to build up pressure. So
I'm willing to purchase a pneumatic gun, but don't know if that's the best
choice - if there's such a thing as a best choice - for this application.
I've never owned a compressor and have absolutely no famliarity with air
equipment, but have no objection to air tools if they are appropriate here.

Advice and guidance welcome.

Quite an investment _only_ for one purpose--not to try to discourage
anybody from more toys, but...

A pancake compressor is sufficient for nailguns but will be of limited
use for other purposes hence for average homeowner use likely something
like the 5-8 gal oilless compressors from the box stores are the likely
alternate.

I'm partial to the Bostitch nailers but Senco and many others are good
as well. Even the HF can be ok for small-volume users.

If she didn't like the weight, for higher $$ one can get Mg frames and
hence lighter guns but that comes w/ the price tag...

Quite likely the gun and/or pressure could have been adjusted to have
set the nails previously more better (to use the vernacular ). I've
never had the Bostitch fail even w/ oak trim in very old yellow pine
once adjusted...

--

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:50:21 GMT, (Arthur
Shapiro) wrote:

My very talented housekeeper has replaced the crummy baseboards in a couple of
my rooms with nice maple molding. She used a borrowed cordless nail gun that
apparently did (barely) the job, with a few of the nails needing additional
manual settings. But it mostly did a good job.

We liked it so much that I've purchased an additional 180 feet of baseboard,
which happens to be red oak as the maple pattern wasn't easily obtainable
right now from the merchant.

She complained that the nail gun in question was quite heavy and tiring to
use. Plus, it was borrowed.

I'm never one to turn down an opportunity to purchase a new tool. Can anyone
suggest what I need to consider? She was just given a small and inexpensive
air compressor, which seems to run for quite a while to build up pressure. So
I'm willing to purchase a pneumatic gun, but don't know if that's the best
choice - if there's such a thing as a best choice - for this application.
I've never owned a compressor and have absolutely no famliarity with air
equipment, but have no objection to air tools if they are appropriate here.

Advice and guidance welcome.

Art

Good for her! You don't mention the brand name gun she used.

For one project, consider renting a cordless Paslode nailer. Light,
easy to handle BUT expensive as all get out -

Sample:

http://www.paslode.com/products/Trim/Finish-Nailers/

I have a small Porter Cable compressor kit that included two nailers
(brad/finish) and air hose. The finish nailer has more than paid for
the cost of the kit. Never used on oak, except a few small things

Kits:

http://www.portercable.com/Products/CategoryOverview.aspx?catPath=4272.4890

Oak is hard so it is easy to bend nails...

In article , Oren wrote:

Good for her! You don't mention the brand name gun she used.

I believe it was a Bostich - a pretty healthy-sized unit. I"m at work right
now and don't know the model.

I have a small Porter Cable compressor kit that included two nailers
(brad/finish) and air hose.

Those kits are quite pricey but look great.

I see some very nice comments on the PorterCable air guns, such as BN138 or
the older BN125 (don't yet know the difference) and they're quite inexpensive,
especially reconditioned. As we already have the compressor, crummy as it
might be, this might be a nice way to go. I understand that these guns are
appropriate for even the smallest compressors; if I want to run a sandblaster
or the like it's another story.

Art

"Arthur Shapiro" wrote in message
...
My very talented housekeeper has replaced the crummy baseboards in a
couple of
my rooms with nice maple molding. She used a borrowed cordless nail gun
that
apparently did (barely) the job, with a few of the nails needing
additional
manual settings. But it mostly did a good job.

We liked it so much that I've purchased an additional 180 feet of
baseboard,
which happens to be red oak as the maple pattern wasn't easily obtainable
right now from the merchant.

She complained that the nail gun in question was quite heavy and tiring to
use. Plus, it was borrowed.

I'm never one to turn down an opportunity to purchase a new tool. Can
anyone
suggest what I need to consider? She was just given a small and
inexpensive
air compressor, which seems to run for quite a while to build up pressure.
So
I'm willing to purchase a pneumatic gun, but don't know if that's the best
choice - if there's such a thing as a best choice - for this application.
I've never owned a compressor and have absolutely no famliarity with air
equipment, but have no objection to air tools if they are appropriate
here.

Advice and guidance welcome.

Art


Sounds like you have a keeper for housekeeper
Pneumatic is the way to go. Personally, I have Porter Cable nailers, but
for a one time job, I'd probably get a Harbor Freight job as they are quite
cheap.

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:28:08 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:50:21 GMT, (Arthur
Shapiro) wrote:

My very talented housekeeper has replaced the crummy baseboards in a couple of
my rooms with nice maple molding. She used a borrowed cordless nail gun that
apparently did (barely) the job, with a few of the nails needing additional
manual settings. But it mostly did a good job.

We liked it so much that I've purchased an additional 180 feet of baseboard,
which happens to be red oak as the maple pattern wasn't easily obtainable
right now from the merchant.

She complained that the nail gun in question was quite heavy and tiring to
use. Plus, it was borrowed.

I'm never one to turn down an opportunity to purchase a new tool. Can anyone
suggest what I need to consider? She was just given a small and inexpensive
air compressor, which seems to run for quite a while to build up pressure. So
I'm willing to purchase a pneumatic gun, but don't know if that's the best
choice - if there's such a thing as a best choice - for this application.
I've never owned a compressor and have absolutely no famliarity with air
equipment, but have no objection to air tools if they are appropriate here.

Advice and guidance welcome.

Art

Good for her! You don't mention the brand name gun she used.

For one project, consider renting a cordless Paslode nailer. Light,
easy to handle BUT expensive as all get out -

Sample:

http://www.paslode.com/products/Trim/Finish-Nailers/

I have a small Porter Cable compressor kit that included two nailers
(brad/finish) and air hose. The finish nailer has more than paid for
the cost of the kit. Never used on oak, except a few small things

I also have a 16ga. and an 18ga. Porter Cable finish nailer. They have both
been very good tools. For a one-time use, I would probably try an HF, though.
My HF framing nailer sucks eggs but the smaller stuff seems to be OK.

Kits:

http://www.portercable.com/Products/CategoryOverview.aspx?catPath=4272.4890

Oak is hard so it is easy to bend nails...

With a nailer?

Arthur Shapiro wrote:
My very talented housekeeper has replaced the crummy baseboards in a
couple of my rooms with nice maple molding. She used a borrowed
cordless nail gun that apparently did (barely) the job, with a few of
the nails needing additional manual settings. But it mostly did a
good job.

We liked it so much that I've purchased an additional 180 feet of
baseboard, which happens to be red oak as the maple pattern wasn't
easily obtainable right now from the merchant.

She complained that the nail gun in question was quite heavy and
tiring to use. Plus, it was borrowed.

I'm never one to turn down an opportunity to purchase a new tool.
Can anyone suggest what I need to consider? She was just given a
small and inexpensive air compressor, which seems to run for quite a
while to build up pressure. So I'm willing to purchase a pneumatic
gun, but don't know if that's the best choice - if there's such a
thing as a best choice - for this application. I've never owned a
compressor and have absolutely no famliarity with air equipment, but
have no objection to air tools if they are appropriate here.

Advice and guidance welcome.

You can't go wrong with the Harbor Freight Brad Nailer and stapler for
$20.00.*
http://www.harborfreight.com/18-gaug...ler-68019.html

It will shoot a brad up to 2", which should be more than sufficient for
molding. HF also has a brad nailer only - no stapler - for one dollar less,
but the staple capability is swell for attaching things that are somewhat
porous to nails, such as carpeting for a cat scratching post.

The aforementioned nailer needs 70-110psi, which virtually any compressor
can handle. It also requires 1/2 cu ft per minute of air.

Likewise, the HF pancake compressor

http://www.harborfreight.com/3-gallo...sor-95275.html

at $60 seems like it can keep up with the nailer.

The brads and staples are about $10 per million. I have two sizes of brads,
1.25" and 2" and two sizes of staples, 0.5" and 1.25". This variety handles
everything I've needed.

Once you get a brad nailer, you'll wonder how you reached this level in life
without one.

I've just about forgotten how to use a hammer.

-----------
* I think the practical difference between a "brad" and a "nail" is that a
"brad" is thinner and less strong structurally. This is more than acceptable
for molding. Further, the hole created by the automatically countersunk brad
is much smaller than that of a regular finishing nail. HF brads and staples
are either coated with some kind of sticky-business or have minuscule
spines - they are not as easy to pull out as a finishing nail.

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:51:58 -0500, "
wrote:

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:28:08 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:50:21 GMT, (Arthur
Shapiro) wrote:

My very talented housekeeper has replaced the crummy baseboards in a couple of
my rooms with nice maple molding. She used a borrowed cordless nail gun that
apparently did (barely) the job, with a few of the nails needing additional
manual settings. But it mostly did a good job.

We liked it so much that I've purchased an additional 180 feet of baseboard,
which happens to be red oak as the maple pattern wasn't easily obtainable
right now from the merchant.

She complained that the nail gun in question was quite heavy and tiring to
use. Plus, it was borrowed.

I'm never one to turn down an opportunity to purchase a new tool. Can anyone
suggest what I need to consider? She was just given a small and inexpensive
air compressor, which seems to run for quite a while to build up pressure. So
I'm willing to purchase a pneumatic gun, but don't know if that's the best
choice - if there's such a thing as a best choice - for this application.
I've never owned a compressor and have absolutely no famliarity with air
equipment, but have no objection to air tools if they are appropriate here.

Advice and guidance welcome.

Art

Good for her! You don't mention the brand name gun she used.

For one project, consider renting a cordless Paslode nailer. Light,
easy to handle BUT expensive as all get out -

Sample:

http://www.paslode.com/products/Trim/Finish-Nailers/

I have a small Porter Cable compressor kit that included two nailers
(brad/finish) and air hose. The finish nailer has more than paid for
the cost of the kit. Never used on oak, except a few small things

I also have a 16ga. and an 18ga. Porter Cable finish nailer. They have both
been very good tools. For a one-time use, I would probably try an HF, though.
My HF framing nailer sucks eggs but the smaller stuff seems to be OK.

Kits:

http://www.portercable.com/Products/CategoryOverview.aspx?catPath=4272.4890

Oak is hard so it is easy to bend nails...

With a nailer?

Umm a mis-fire..not adjusted correctly, it can happen. I oil the guns
with a couple drops of oil before use. I have run a framing nailer of
my small unit. Sinking 4-5 16D 3.5' nails in fascia trim.

"dpb" wrote in message
...
On 9/28/2011 2:50 PM, Arthur Shapiro wrote:
My very talented housekeeper has replaced the crummy baseboards in a
couple of
my rooms with nice maple molding. She used a borrowed cordless nail gun
that
apparently did (barely) the job, with a few of the nails needing
additional
manual settings. But it mostly did a good job.

We liked it so much that I've purchased an additional 180 feet of
baseboard,
which happens to be red oak as the maple pattern wasn't easily
obtainable
right now from the merchant.

She complained that the nail gun in question was quite heavy and tiring
to
use. Plus, it was borrowed.

I'm never one to turn down an opportunity to purchase a new tool. Can
anyone
suggest what I need to consider? She was just given a small and
inexpensive
air compressor, which seems to run for quite a while to build up
pressure. So
I'm willing to purchase a pneumatic gun, but don't know if that's the
best
choice - if there's such a thing as a best choice - for this
application.
I've never owned a compressor and have absolutely no famliarity with air
equipment, but have no objection to air tools if they are appropriate
here.

Advice and guidance welcome.

Quite an investment _only_ for one purpose--not to try to discourage
anybody from more toys, but...

A pancake compressor is sufficient for nailguns but will be of limited
use for other purposes hence for average homeowner use likely something
like the 5-8 gal oilless compressors from the box stores are the likely
alternate.

I'm partial to the Bostitch nailers but Senco and many others are good as
well. Even the HF can be ok for small-volume users.

If she didn't like the weight, for higher $$ one can get Mg frames and
hence lighter guns but that comes w/ the price tag...

Quite likely the gun and/or pressure could have been adjusted to have set
the nails previously more better (to use the vernacular ). I've never
had the Bostitch fail even w/ oak trim in very old yellow pine once
adjusted...

I second the Bostitch choice. Have 3 Bostitch Ridge Runner roofing nailers,
and 1 Bostitch brad nailer. Bought a Senco finish nailer, but they're not
what they used to be. Ended up returning it & buying a Bostitch finish
nailer.

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:16:01 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:51:58 -0500, "
wrote:

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:28:08 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:50:21 GMT, (Arthur
Shapiro) wrote:

My very talented housekeeper has replaced the crummy baseboards in a couple of
my rooms with nice maple molding. She used a borrowed cordless nail gun that
apparently did (barely) the job, with a few of the nails needing additional
manual settings. But it mostly did a good job.

We liked it so much that I've purchased an additional 180 feet of baseboard,
which happens to be red oak as the maple pattern wasn't easily obtainable
right now from the merchant.

She complained that the nail gun in question was quite heavy and tiring to
use. Plus, it was borrowed.

I'm never one to turn down an opportunity to purchase a new tool. Can anyone
suggest what I need to consider? She was just given a small and inexpensive
air compressor, which seems to run for quite a while to build up pressure. So
I'm willing to purchase a pneumatic gun, but don't know if that's the best
choice - if there's such a thing as a best choice - for this application.
I've never owned a compressor and have absolutely no famliarity with air
equipment, but have no objection to air tools if they are appropriate here.

Advice and guidance welcome.

Art

Good for her! You don't mention the brand name gun she used.

For one project, consider renting a cordless Paslode nailer. Light,
easy to handle BUT expensive as all get out -

Sample:

http://www.paslode.com/products/Trim/Finish-Nailers/

I have a small Porter Cable compressor kit that included two nailers
(brad/finish) and air hose. The finish nailer has more than paid for
the cost of the kit. Never used on oak, except a few small things

I also have a 16ga. and an 18ga. Porter Cable finish nailer. They have both
been very good tools. For a one-time use, I would probably try an HF, though.
My HF framing nailer sucks eggs but the smaller stuff seems to be OK.

Kits:

http://www.portercable.com/Products/CategoryOverview.aspx?catPath=4272.4890

Oak is hard so it is easy to bend nails...

With a nailer?

Umm a mis-fire..not adjusted correctly, it can happen. I oil the guns
with a couple drops of oil before use. I have run a framing nailer of
my small unit. Sinking 4-5 16D 3.5' nails in fascia trim.

I've had them not sink nails completely and double-fire (my Senco siding
nailer loves to double-tap) but I don't recall ever having a bent nail. If it
doesn't sink it, the nail might as well be bent, though. It's not going in
without bending (just pull it out before you make it harder).

(Arthur Shapiro) wrote in
:

In article , Oren
wrote:

Good for her! You don't mention the brand name gun she used.

I believe it was a Bostich - a pretty healthy-sized unit. I"m at work
right now and don't know the model.

I have a small Porter Cable compressor kit that included two nailers
(brad/finish) and air hose.

Those kits are quite pricey but look great.

I see some very nice comments on the PorterCable air guns, such as
BN138 or the older BN125 (don't yet know the difference) and they're
quite inexpensive, especially reconditioned. As we already have the
compressor, crummy as it might be, this might be a nice way to go. I
understand that these guns are appropriate for even the smallest
compressors; if I want to run a sandblaster or the like it's another
story.

Art



Harbor Freight's Central Pneumatic guns are reputed to be a good deal.
Parts support might be a problem. You might even have a HF store locally.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com

On 9/28/2011 8:24 PM, Jim Yanik wrote:

Harbor Freight's Central Pneumatic guns are reputed to be a good deal.
Parts support might be a problem. You might even have a HF store locally.

I'm taking a day off tomorrow, and will probably drive up to HF about
15v miles from here. But there's a almost-unused Porter-Cable CFFN250N
kit (compressor + brad nailer + finish nailer) on the local Craigslist
for $125. (It's $300 on Amazon.) Tempting!

On Sep 29, 12:02*am, wrote:
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:24:08 -0500, Jim Yanik
wrote:





(Arthur Shapiro) wrote in
:

In article , Oren
wrote:

Good for her! *You don't mention the brand name gun she used.

I believe it was a Bostich - a pretty healthy-sized unit. *I"m at work
right now and don't know the model.

I have a small Porter Cable compressor kit that included two nailers
(brad/finish) and air hose.

Those kits are quite pricey but look great.

I see some very nice comments on the PorterCable air guns, such as
BN138 or the older BN125 (don't yet know the difference) and they're
quite inexpensive, especially reconditioned. *As we already have the
compressor, crummy as it might be, this might be a nice way to go. *I
understand that these guns are appropriate for even the smallest
compressors; if I want to run a sandblaster or the like it's another
story.

Art

Harbor Freight's Central Pneumatic guns are reputed to be a good deal.
Parts support might be a problem. You might even have a HF store locally..

If you get a Harbor Fright gun buy the better one. I have 2 18ga
nailers from them. The cheap red one is pure crap. The purple one that
costs about $10 more is OK for occasional use. I ran it off of a
regular BevCo 20# *Co2 tank when I was finishing my kitchen and shot
hundreds of 18 ga nails without using an appreciable amount of gas..

BTW I don't see either of them in the current catalog but I would
still stay away from their cheapest tool, no matter what it was.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

How about their rulers, are they shorter than most other rulersG.

On 9/29/2011 12:26 AM, Art Shapiro wrote:
On 9/28/2011 8:24 PM, Jim Yanik wrote:

Harbor Freight's Central Pneumatic guns are reputed to be a good deal.
Parts support might be a problem. You might even have a HF store locally.

I'm taking a day off tomorrow, and will probably drive up to HF about
15v miles from here. But there's a almost-unused Porter-Cable CFFN250N
kit (compressor + brad nailer + finish nailer) on the local Craigslist
for $125. (It's $300 on Amazon.) Tempting!


As others have said, the good ones are very good and the cheap ones are
what you pay for. That said, I bought an el-cheapo set of 3 (brad,
staple, finish) from Menard's and they have performed well for me. I've
mostly used the finishing nailer to build many utility shelf units in a
new house. I think I paid about $80 for the 3, no compressor, which I
already had, anyway. I don't know if you have Menard's in your neck of
the woods but I did find one in their latest on-line flyer for $99 with
a small compressor and 3 nailers. BUT, I think I'd probably check out
Porter Cable on Craiglist as long as it doesn't cost and arm and leg to
ship it.

Jim Yanik wrote:

Harbor Freight's Central Pneumatic guns are reputed to be a good deal.
Parts support might be a problem. You might even have a HF store
locally.

Their pneumatic guns COME with spare parts. And an oiler.

On 9/28/2011 9:26 PM, Art Shapiro wrote:

I'm taking a day off tomorrow, and will probably drive up to HF about
15 miles from here.

OK, folks, need a "ha ha" or a "too bad":

I drove up to Harbor Freight (the Porter Cable on the local Craigslist
was snatched up rapidly, as you might imagine from that price). Bought
the gun and a bunch of other stuff, of course. Spent $65.

Came home, and as I was unloading the car up walks the postman. He
hands me the latest Harbor Freight flyer with a coupon for 15% off $65.

Couldn't I at least get the stuff into the garage before seeing the
bleedin' flyer???

Art

That's how the world works. Kicks you in the head, while
you're down.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"Art Shapiro" wrote in message
...

OK, folks, need a "ha ha" or a "too bad":

I drove up to Harbor Freight (the Porter Cable on the local
Craigslist
was snatched up rapidly, as you might imagine from that
price). Bought
the gun and a bunch of other stuff, of course. Spent $65.

Came home, and as I was unloading the car up walks the
postman. He
hands me the latest Harbor Freight flyer with a coupon for
15% off $65.

Couldn't I at least get the stuff into the garage before
seeing the
bleedin' flyer???

Art

"hr(bob) " wrote in
:

On Sep 29, 12:02*am, wrote:
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:24:08 -0500, Jim Yanik
wrote:





(Arthur Shapiro) wrote in
:

In article , Oren
wrote:

Good for her! *You don't mention the brand name gun she used.

I believe it was a Bostich - a pretty healthy-sized unit. *I"m at
wo
rk
right now and don't know the model.

I have a small Porter Cable compressor kit that included two
nailers (brad/finish) and air hose.

Those kits are quite pricey but look great.

I see some very nice comments on the PorterCable air guns, such as
BN138 or the older BN125 (don't yet know the difference) and
they're quite inexpensive, especially reconditioned. *As we
already have the compressor, crummy as it might be, this might be
a nice way to go. *
I
understand that these guns are appropriate for even the smallest
compressors; if I want to run a sandblaster or the like it's
another story.

Art

Harbor Freight's Central Pneumatic guns are reputed to be a good
deal. Parts support might be a problem. You might even have a HF
store locally
.

If you get a Harbor Fright gun buy the better one. I have 2 18ga
nailers from them. The cheap red one is pure crap. The purple one
that costs about $10 more is OK for occasional use. I ran it off of a
regular BevCo 20# *Co2 tank when I was finishing my kitchen and shot
hundreds of 18 ga nails without using an appreciable amount of gas..

BTW I don't see either of them in the current catalog but I would
still stay away from their cheapest tool, no matter what it was.-
Hide qu
oted text -

- Show quoted text -

How about their rulers, are they shorter than most other rulersG.


They do have wood rulers ready for marking. Some unscrupulous retailers
call them sticks.

Art Shapiro wrote in news:j62mcd$e76$1@dont-
email.me:

On 9/28/2011 9:26 PM, Art Shapiro wrote:

I'm taking a day off tomorrow, and will probably drive up to HF about
15 miles from here.

OK, folks, need a "ha ha" or a "too bad":

I drove up to Harbor Freight (the Porter Cable on the local Craigslist
was snatched up rapidly, as you might imagine from that price). Bought
the gun and a bunch of other stuff, of course. Spent $65.

Came home, and as I was unloading the car up walks the postman. He
hands me the latest Harbor Freight flyer with a coupon for 15% off $65.

Couldn't I at least get the stuff into the garage before seeing the
bleedin' flyer???

Art


****ty service. Now you know why the post office is going belly up.

Art Shapiro wrote:
On 9/28/2011 9:26 PM, Art Shapiro wrote:

I'm taking a day off tomorrow, and will probably drive up to HF about
15 miles from here.

OK, folks, need a "ha ha" or a "too bad":

I drove up to Harbor Freight (the Porter Cable on the local Craigslist
was snatched up rapidly, as you might imagine from that price). Bought the
gun and a bunch of other stuff, of course. Spent $65.

Came home, and as I was unloading the car up walks the postman. He
hands me the latest Harbor Freight flyer with a coupon for 15% off
$65.
Couldn't I at least get the stuff into the garage before seeing the
bleedin' flyer???


Tough. Take ALL the stuff back to HF for a refund. Then buy it all over with
the coupon.

I hate to admit it, but I've done exactly that. Of course if was for a
$12.95 item that was sold the next day for $4.95...

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:50:21 GMT, (Arthur
Shapiro) wrote:

My very talented housekeeper has replaced the crummy baseboards in a couple of
my rooms with nice maple molding. She used a borrowed cordless nail gun that
apparently did (barely) the job, with a few of the nails needing additional
manual settings. But it mostly did a good job.

We liked it so much that I've purchased an additional 180 feet of baseboard,
which happens to be red oak as the maple pattern wasn't easily obtainable
right now from the merchant.

She complained that the nail gun in question was quite heavy and tiring to
use. Plus, it was borrowed.

I'm never one to turn down an opportunity to purchase a new tool. Can anyone
suggest what I need to consider? She was just given a small and inexpensive
air compressor, which seems to run for quite a while to build up pressure. So
I'm willing to purchase a pneumatic gun, but don't know if that's the best
choice - if there's such a thing as a best choice - for this application.
I've never owned a compressor and have absolutely no famliarity with air
equipment, but have no objection to air tools if they are appropriate here.

Advice and guidance welcome.

Art

So you're going to spend several hundred bucks just to install 180 ft.
of moulding?
You got to be very lazy to not be willing to hammer in around 100
finishing nails. Hell, hire some homeless person to use the hammer if
you're that goddamn lazy....

On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:13:07 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:50:21 GMT, (Arthur
Shapiro) wrote:

My very talented housekeeper has replaced the crummy baseboards in a couple of
my rooms with nice maple molding. She used a borrowed cordless nail gun that
apparently did (barely) the job, with a few of the nails needing additional
manual settings. But it mostly did a good job.

We liked it so much that I've purchased an additional 180 feet of baseboard,
which happens to be red oak as the maple pattern wasn't easily obtainable
right now from the merchant.

She complained that the nail gun in question was quite heavy and tiring to
use. Plus, it was borrowed.

I'm never one to turn down an opportunity to purchase a new tool. Can anyone
suggest what I need to consider? She was just given a small and inexpensive
air compressor, which seems to run for quite a while to build up pressure. So
I'm willing to purchase a pneumatic gun, but don't know if that's the best
choice - if there's such a thing as a best choice - for this application.
I've never owned a compressor and have absolutely no famliarity with air
equipment, but have no objection to air tools if they are appropriate here.

Advice and guidance welcome.

Art

So you're going to spend several hundred bucks just to install 180 ft.
of moulding?
You got to be very lazy to not be willing to hammer in around 100
finishing nails. Hell, hire some homeless person to use the hammer if
you're that goddamn lazy....

The OP does not nym-shift as you are known to do.

Try reading the entire thread, Sybil! Lazy ass.

What will your next nym be, huh?