Magazine fed framing hammer

[Aaron_W]

Who will be the first on their block to own a magazine fed hammer?

http://digg.com/video/framing-hammer-collated-nails

 

[Aaron_W]

Wow, no comments? I'm not sure if it is actually a solution to a real problem or not, but thought it was kind of an interesting idea.

 

[RedneckWelder]

I already have a high capacity magazine fed framing hammer. It’s fully semi automatic too

 

[joey1320]

I have to give props to the guy for coming up with the design but it really doesn't solve a problem. Pneumatic nailers are 100x quicker, hold more nails and are relatively cheap.

 

[hsvtoolfool]

I've never broken a hammer, but I can break that one. Somehow.

 

[850xpeps]

Ya looks kinda useless to me. Especially when you wanna swing a hammer or pulls a nail or spilt some wood. Seems like the nails would get in the way. And ya I’m to rough on my hammer. A decent carpenter can also nail set by hand quick too. Wouldn’t save much time especially when you have to reload it.

 

[dutchgray]

It would never be durable enough considering how much use a hammer gets that isn't actually hammering nails.

 

[Farmall450]

I already have a high capacity magazine fed framing hammer. It’s fully semi automatic too

^^^^^

 

[SilverBulletZ06]

Over 10 rounds... Banned in NY.


Just seriously why not pneumatic or electric?

 

[Professional Tool User]

Yawn... A cordless or pneumatic nailer requires far less effort to use and does the job more efficiently.

 

[Toolfool]

I guess you guys have never been two stories up on an extension ladder trying to piece in half a sheet of plywood at the corner of a wall and getting a couple of nails started. Climbing the ladder with the plywood in your hands and a nail gun and hose hanging off your belt adds an extra degree of danger. Holding the plywood in place with one hand and a knee, I would welcome this hammer.

 

[Farmall450]

I guess you guys have never been two stories up on an extension ladder trying to piece in half a sheet of plywood at the corner of a wall and getting a couple of nails started. Climbing the ladder with the plywood in your hands and a nail gun and hose hanging off your belt adds an extra degree of danger. Holding the plywood in place with one hand and a knee, I would welcome this hammer.

Cordless is a lot easier than starting and driving by hand.

I'm not even talking the newer electric, Paslode has had it figured out for quite a while.

 

[850xpeps]

I guess you guys have never been two stories up on an extension ladder trying to piece in half a sheet of plywood at the corner of a wall and getting a couple of nails started. Climbing the ladder with the plywood in your hands and a nail gun and hose hanging off your belt adds an extra degree of danger. Holding the plywood in place with one hand and a knee, I would welcome this hammer.

Sounds like you haven’t been there.
Been there many a times. It’s easier to pin it with an air nailer then reach out and swing a hammer while holding something. Regardless my hammer has a nail set that I will use which replaces this silly contraption.

 

[Aaron_W]

I have to give props to the guy for coming up with the design but it really doesn't solve a problem. Pneumatic nailers are 100x quicker, hold more nails and are relatively cheap.

That was my thought, it is a neat idea and the guy seems to have put some real thought into the design, but it just seems like a solution in need of a problem.

I have hammers, and I have nail guns. If I'm doing enough nailing that I wished there was a better way than "handloading" the hammer, I go to the nail guns.

He makes reference to framers needing to use two kinds of nails (singles for hammer, and strips for nail guns) so I was curious if maybe those in the trades might not have a different opinion.

I assumed framing hammers were largely extinct on the job site these days.

 

[Fluxion]

Cool Idea, I hope the kid does well selling them. As a guy who has worked on a framing crew, I can certainly see how useful that hammer would be. You can't always have a nail gun with you while climbing around.

 

[egdede]

I mostly use my framing hammer to pull nails, and as a demo tool.