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Bomber
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 09:22 am: | 
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H -- there should be very little, if any, leakage from a new-ish connector -- I'd replace the cheapie on the hose (easiest replacing the hose, and keeping it for backup, or the few times you really need the reach)
air tools have revolutionized the construction trades around here, at least -- new building sites sound more like old Sinclair Stations! |
Road_thing
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 09:24 am: |
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Henrik, those connectors oughta be airtight. I use the generic "Milton" style from the local hardware store, and they don't leak a bit, they'll hold full pressure for days at a time.
The good news is they're cheap. If you get a bad one, just 86 it.
rt |
Road_thing
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 09:27 am: |
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Twin sons of different mothers...
Mr. Rosberg, you never fail to impress!
rt |
Henrik
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 09:28 am: |
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Thanks guys. Good news is, that the bad connector is screwed onto the hose, so I'll just need a different connector.
Air tool ROCK! I'm actually looking forward to more door trim and baseboards. I know, I know - it'll fade, but I'll enjoy it while it lasts 
Henrik |
Bomber
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 09:40 am: |
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H -- it'll fade when you're sanding the filler in the holes ;-} don't ask me how I know! I find that if you rest on the couch in front of V Four Victory, trying to translate the gobbldigook in the first ten minutes will allow you to do some eyelid preventive maintenance - works for me!
RT -- thanks, bro -- although impress IS a term with highly variable meaning! |
Reepicheep
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 09:48 am: |
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Has not faded for me. I still go out of my way to find excuses to use it.
My cheap brad nailer (same one you have) leaks a little from under the cover if I forget to crank the regulator on my compressor down under 90 pounds or so (which is still plenty to shoot the nail through particle board and across the garage if I am pointed the wrong direction).
I am refinishing the basement our the new house, and finally finished putting up all the 2x4 studs. In hindsight, I am kicking myself for not just buying a $120 harbor freight pneumatic frame nailer. Would have been justified for just this job alone, even if I was forever waiting for my little overworked compressor to catch up.
The powder actuated tools are pretty darn cool as well, but cost more per "entertainment event". The cool part about those brad nailers is you can rip off several hundred gratitious shots on a project and only be out $1 worth of ammo. I mean nails.
Kinda like some firearms I have gotten to play with over the years. Plenty of trendy and fancy ones, but the ones I keep finding myself drawn back to are the ruger 10/22 .22 rimfire rifle (dirt cheap at wal mart) and an old 8 round .22 revolver (bought by my wifes great grandfather from a western auto parts store for $10, he used it to shoot turtles he would spot while subsistance farming in rural KY, and they would eat them that night for dinner).
Probably the two least remarkable firearms I have ever handled, but the two that I find myself enjoying the most. Might have something to do with 1000 rounds for $8, but that's not the whole story. |
Bomber
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 09:54 am: |
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Reep -- framing is a gas (or, at least, as much of a gas as wood working gets ;-} ) -- I'm addicted to cordless drills and course drywall screws -- made what was a most onerous task palatable, although powder-powered nailing is great fun, especially if you can load quickly -- really gets the neighbors alert!
being blessed, as I am, to live with a licensed interior design professional (licensed to save folks from the heartbreak of mismatched window treatments) that labors long and hard in bidness-oriented interiors all day, I have learned NOT to do finish work in my house -- anything she has to look at every day should be done by someone, almost, anyone else -- she's never complained, but the look on her face when things are a tenth of a degree of arc out speaks volumes!
she wants it "right," and I figure putting up with me and the grease/swarf on the carpets means she deserves it |
Court
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 10:23 am: |
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Henrik:
Can you provide me with the "air tool equivalent" of an MSDS?
I'd like to know, now that you are armed with powder actuated and pneumatic tools, what the range and trajectory are on these things.
New York is looking a bit "small" now that you are armed.
You are on the path of destruction..please stop before you have to write and tell me you just bought a Hummer H2 SVT!
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeckkkkk |
Henrik
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 12:27 pm: |
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Well, since air and powder powered nailers is all the firepower I can own these days, I might as well have fun with it ...right
Fortunately, at this point at least, Melissa is just happy I can do this stuff myself - she doesn't care much if it's a fraction or two off as long as it gets done.
But when I finally *do* get a couch, I'll be sure to get ample eyelid preventive maintenance as well :-)
Henrik |
Blake
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 03:00 pm: |
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You are having too much fun.
Wish I was there to supervise. 
I used a rented propane fueled nailer a few years back to nail up a new fence at the Grand Priarie house. I sure enjoyed the freedom of having no air hose.
I've seen powerder charged nailers for nailing metal stud wall plates to the concrete floor. Had no idea they had 'em for plain ole carpentry. COOOOOL!!!
Do ya gotta wear ear protection when you use 'em?
If you carry one with you in NYC, can you be arrested? Might represent an interesting loophole. |
Reepicheep
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 03:33 pm: |
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I was using the powder one to drive nails through 2x4's into concrete. You can buy cartridges with all sorts of power ranges for doing just about anything, I did not use it for framing.
It would be a little expensive to use them for normal framing. I think it ends up around $20 for 100 driven nails (nails and cartridges).
I definately use ear protection. It'll make a concrete floor ring like a bell. |
Leftcoastal
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 08:08 pm: |
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Reep and all - you've got it "nailed" as far as powder actuated tools go (sorry, 'puns' runs in my family) ALWAYS wear ear & eye protection though - I've see concrete explode all over the room when shot into through 2X material. We used to do all the woodwork for Wolfgang Puck's restaurants and when his wife (and restaurant designer) would start trying to redesign the places mid-build, I'd have one of my guys go start shooting down plates and nailers and such with the Hilti nailer (.25 cal if I recall right) She HATED that noise and would leave! There must have been a hundred nails in about 6 feet of 2X4 in Chinois-On-Main, Santa Monica. We called that gun 'Barbara repellent' It got to where she would call ahead to see if the "workers had to use that gun-thing" before showing up!
They have these new fangled cordless nail guns now- light weight and no cords or hoses or anything. the guy at the hardware store said it was called a "hammer." go figure. AL |
Henrik
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 09:29 am: |
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Powder powered nailer = big bang i.e. absolutely hearing protection. I also wear a full face shield when using that sucker (not much in the house - but the loft in Brooklyn was all concrete). Like Leftcoastal said, the concrete sometimes just explodes from the impact.
Had the 15 gauge Senco going with 2 1/2" nails last night. Worked like a charm.
Henrik |
Phatkidwit1eye
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 08:58 am: |
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One thing I have learned over the years of helping and watching my Dad build and fix things around the house is......When it's all said and done somehow wives always seem to tell others that "WE" built it or "WE" hung drywall. Which is funny b/c as soon as the tools come out and the work starts the women all seem to run for the hills.
So who would in a fight Bob Villa or Norm Abrams?
I think Ol' Norm would put the boots to Bob. |
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