I think I may have inadvertently joined Norm's Fan Club. I'm a tool
junkie and a long time do-it-yourselfer and a beginning wooddorker.

I had to install manufactured drawers, slides and slide holders in a
recently installed Aristokraff kitchen cabinet. Drilled pilot holes in the
front slide holders and screwed the left and right, upper and lower
front slide holders to the faceframe. When I looked at completing the
installation, I found I was too fat, too old and too stiff to get inside
the cabinet to drill and mount the left and right, upper and lower rear
slide holders.

(Note: My wife and I have an agreement: In order for me to
complete any project, I get a tool chit to add one tool to my
collection. The tool may or may not be necessary to complete
that project.)

I grabbed my tool chit for this project and sped to the Borg.
Bought a Porter-Cable CFBN125A Pancake Compressor with a
BN125A Brad Nailer. I took a couple of test firings to set the brad
depth and went to work.

In less than 5 minutes, I had the rear slide holders attached to the
cabinet and the slides and drawers installed and the cabinet door
re-installed.

Boy, have I found a new toy! I'm not ready to give up my Besseys, but
this brad nailer will surely solve my problem of only having two hands.
The next project, what ever it may be, will likely provide a finish nailer.

I don't have a tool belt, I don't wear nail pockets, but I wonder if
somewhere out there I'll find a holster for my brad nailer.

Jack
--

I've never learned anything from someone who agreed with me.

"John Flatley" wrote in message

I don't have a tool belt, I don't wear nail pockets, but I wonder if
somewhere out there I'll find a holster for my brad nailer.

Suggest you use also one of your chits for hardened steel thigh armour.

"John Flatley" wrote in message
...
I think I may have inadvertently joined Norm's Fan Club. I'm a tool
junkie and a long time do-it-yourselfer and a beginning wooddorker.

Boy, have I found a new toy! I'm not ready to give up my Besseys, but
this brad nailer will surely solve my problem of only having two hands.
The next project, what ever it may be, will likely provide a finish
nailer.


Broke down and got one last year myself. It sure does save a lot of
frustration. You can clamp and curse, wait endlessly for the spouse, or
tack the place and move on. Gotta love it.

For the inevitable critics:

If you can't see it, it isn't there.
If it's utilitarian, they can be everywhere.

Just bought one myself. Can't imagine being without it after using it
only three times.

John Flatley wrote:

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I don't have a tool belt, I don't wear nail pockets, but I wonder if
somewhere out there I'll find a holster for my brad nailer.

See:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...s/1274301.html

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA

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RayV wrote:
Just bought one myself. Can't imagine being without it after using it
only three times.

Now there's a post that *really* needed some context...