question off topic about nailers

What size nails do you want to drive? Are heads OK or do you want finish heads, or no heads at all? These should be your first decisions. For small projects I mostly use brad nails or narrow crown staples. For larger projects where I want to cover the nail heads I use finish nails. For fine work where I want to hold something in place "until the glue dries" I use pins because their holes are almost invisible. For carpentry work I use framing nails. All of these require different tools to drive them. Your compressor is a good choice for use with nailers if it can provide and maintain 100-110 lbs of air pressure at the regulator output. I can't imagine you needing a nailer if your projects are made on a lathe though.

Thanks Charley, I guess if I had money the answer is buy one of everything. Don't know what size nails. I would guess finish nails for type, but pins would be good to hold things together while the glue dries. What gage or length pins would you suggest? What about the combo pin/stapler? Most of what I play with in the shop is on the lathe, that is why I was looking at a general nailer you would use around the shop. Maybe the better question would be what should the first nailer be? I can see now you buy them as the need arises. Working on the house or building outside would be a framing nailer as an example. I guess I will go for the pin nailer to start, for jigs and the like. Like I said before any suggestion on pin gage, length, nailer, would be appreciated. I am going to save you reply for the future.

Thanks aga> What size nails do you want to drive? Are heads OK or do you want finish

Ditto! Especially when working without the benefit of a "hold this" helper, those pins are the greatest. The one hand that you would be fumbling with a clamp with pits the nail in without moving the piece you're aligning with the other. I used to make jigs with hot glue, now I use the nailer. Just made a cutoff jig for slats, and a comb jig to align them for assembly before calling it quits in the shop today. Haven't turned in three days, and my hands are getting shaky.

Thanks everyone for the info. I will start looking at the 18 gage brad nailer. Darrel, I just watched your mushroom video and I like it. looks like you have a voice after all. I have been watching the other ones you made. Now you just have to put a head on top of the body to go along with the voice. Also watched your use of the Oland tool maybe now I can get it to work. I am wondering if the bevel on mine is to long.

Thanks again everyone

Bruce

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