I want to build some extensive, but temporary wood scaffolding to work on the second floor siding of my garage. Extremely sloped and irregular ground and complicated floor plan make pre-fab scaffolding impractical. No problem, I'll just nail up some wood. I still need to frame my other addition so can reuse the wood there. Which leads to the problem. I'd like to drive duplex nails so I can take the scaffolding apart. This is lots of hand work, which I'll do if I have to, but I'd rather use an air nailer. My Senco FramePro XP702 only runs smooth shank nails. Does anybody know of a duplex nail I can run with my Senco or maybe even another nailer that shoots duplex nails?
Air nailer for duplex nails
- Thread starter Ironcrow
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Blacknwhitepit
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Ironcrow said:
The Duo-Fast CN350B-SP215 shoots duplex nails.
http://www.dhcsupplies.com/aaair/airnailercn350b-sp215.htm
-BWP
Ha ha. Yeah, it's always a stretch to justify another expensive tool. I've got about $1000 in form and scaffolding wood for this project. I could chop the whole thing up with my Skilsaw when I'm finished, but if I pull nails I get more value out of the wood (keeping the studs at a reuseable 8 feet and so forth).
Thanks for the lead on the Duo-Fast. I think I'll get a stick of duplex nails from them and see if my Senco will shoot them.
Or I could just hire the neighbor's kid to sit around and pull the stuff apart with a claw hammer...
Thanks for the lead on the Duo-Fast. I think I'll get a stick of duplex nails from them and see if my Senco will shoot them.
Or I could just hire the neighbor's kid to sit around and pull the stuff apart with a claw hammer...
Ironcrow said:
That'd probably end up much like my 6 year old son's first time mowing the yard a few weeks ago.
He mows for 20 minutes, I hear the mower quit, he walks up to me "Dad, I'm bored" and he goes inside.
We have 3/4 acre. So I probably shouldn't have him out there with the 22" push...
but I won't put a 6 year old on my 48" SCAG with the Velke stand-n-ride...(yes, I gave him the lecture "we don't quit mowing the lawn when we get bored... otherwise it'd never get mowed!")
Paradise Ridge
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Probably a dumb idea, but have you thought of a palm nailer?
I figured they were pretty much useless, but a friend of mine has one he uses for tight spaces. I tried it and it worked quite well.
PC, Senco etc. all make one. $60-75 for a good one, and you can get a cheepy for about $20.00. The cheepies will pound your wrist pretty good, but the better ones are no worse than pounding nails by hand. Once you get used to they go pretty fast.
I believe the better ones have an adjustable depth setting so it would work well for duplex.
My nickels worth,
Scott
I figured they were pretty much useless, but a friend of mine has one he uses for tight spaces. I tried it and it worked quite well.
PC, Senco etc. all make one. $60-75 for a good one, and you can get a cheepy for about $20.00. The cheepies will pound your wrist pretty good, but the better ones are no worse than pounding nails by hand. Once you get used to they go pretty fast.
I believe the better ones have an adjustable depth setting so it would work well for duplex.
My nickels worth,
Scott
sberry
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Deck screws and screwgun.
snorvet
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I agree with sberry. Last year I built some rough scaffolding out of 2x6's and plywood so I could stain the soffit/facia. Screwed it together with deck screws. After I was done, I unscrewed everything and left some of the screws partially in the 2x6's so I can reconstruct it faster next time.