Anyone know of a good stapler for Romex? Those little nail-in thingies are tough on my thumbs... I'd prefer pneumatic, but price *is* an issue, so manual "staple gun" style might be ok if it actually works well. thanx
MEW

JayPique wrote in
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Anyone know of a good stapler for Romex? Those little nail-in
thingies are tough on my thumbs... I'd prefer pneumatic, but
price *is* an issue, so manual "staple gun" style might be ok if
it actually works well.

http://www.cableorganizer.com/gardne...er/staple-gun/

I bought one of these a few years ago. Works *great* driving staples into any new
construction, not so great with the 55-year-old yellow pine joists in my basement.

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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JayPique wrote in
:

Anyone know of a good stapler for Romex? Those little nail-in
thingies are tough on my thumbs... I'd prefer pneumatic, but
price *is* an issue, so manual "staple gun" style might be ok if
it actually works well.

http://www.cableorganizer.com/gardne...er/staple-gun/

I bought one of these a few years ago. Works *great* driving staples into
any new
construction, not so great with the 55-year-old yellow pine joists in my
basement.



The younger units always beat the older guys these days!

--

Eric

Now,now....SYP is a softwood.

On 9/20/2012 7:00 PM, Doug Miller wrote:
I bought one of these a few years ago. Works *great* driving staples into any new
construction, not so great with the 55-year-old yellow pine joists in my basement.

In article , Pat Barber
wrote:

Now,now....SYP is a softwood.

On 9/20/2012 7:00 PM, Doug Miller wrote:
I bought one of these a few years ago. Works *great* driving staples into
any new
construction, not so great with the 55-year-old yellow pine joists in my basement.



And balsa is a hardwood.

--
I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I
like fishing because it¹s the one thing I can think of that probably doesn¹t. *
John Gierach

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:26:30 -0600, Dave Balderstone
wrote:

In article , Pat Barber
wrote:

Now,now....SYP is a softwood.

On 9/20/2012 7:00 PM, Doug Miller wrote:
I bought one of these a few years ago. Works *great* driving staples into
any new
construction, not so great with the 55-year-old yellow pine joists in my basement.



And balsa is a hardwood.

Only in the sense that it's deciduous.

In article ,
" wrote:

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:26:30 -0600, Dave Balderstone
wrote:

In article , Pat Barber
wrote:

Now,now....SYP is a softwood.

On 9/20/2012 7:00 PM, Doug Miller wrote:
I bought one of these a few years ago. Works *great* driving staples into
any new
construction, not so great with the 55-year-old yellow pine joists in my
basement.



And balsa is a hardwood.

Only in the sense that it's deciduous.

And 55 year old Douglas Fir (we don't get SYP much up here) is a
softwood only in the sense it's coniferous.

(I know that you know all this... grin)

--
I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I
like fishing because it¹s the one thing I can think of that probably doesn¹t. *
John Gierach

On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:47:42 -0700 (PDT), JayPique
wrote:

Anyone know of a good stapler for Romex? Those little nail-in thingies are tough on my thumbs... I'd prefer pneumatic, but price *is* an issue, so manual "staple gun" style might be ok if it actually works well. thanx

Use a pair of needle nose pliers to hold the staples, thus saving your
thumb and forefinger.

Air: I've never seen a pneumatic romex stapler.

Manuals: I've always liked the way Arrow guns work. Try their T-72
model. (Disclaimer: I have no experience with that one here, but have
used the T-50 lots and a T-25 once.)

--
I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people
who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
-- Anna Quindlen

On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:47:42 -0700 (PDT), JayPique
wrote:

Anyone know of a good stapler for Romex? Those little nail-in thingies are tough on my thumbs...

You're supposed to use a hammer.

I'd prefer pneumatic, but price *is* an issue, so manual "staple gun" style might be ok if it actually works well. thanx
MEW

I have the Gardner Bender stapler. It works pretty well, though sometimes it
doesn't go in all the way or I need a more substantial staple.

On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:47:42 -0700 (PDT), JayPique
wrote:

Anyone know of a good stapler for Romex? Those little nail-in thingies are tough on my thumbs... I'd prefer pneumatic, but price *is* an issue, so manual "staple gun" style might be ok if it actually works well. thanx
MEW

Hold the back of your hand to the wood, the staple between your index
and middle finger. It doesn't hurt nearly as much if you hit your hand
that way.

Ditto for many nailing situations.

Gardner Bender and Arrow Fastener both have a hand operated stapler that can be used for Romex® Cable Staples.

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