Ok, I lost my nail spinner and I am installing wood molding. Nightmare! Lowes doesn't know what I am talking about. Neither does Sutherlands. Not an item for either Grizzley or Harbor Freight. Even Rockler doesn't have one. Any ideas? Can't even find it on Amazon or Ebay or web search.
Mike D.
Excellent excuse to buy a brad nailer.
What the heck is a nail spinner? Is it something used by folks on the east side of the big pond?
On further thought, I do remember chucking up a finish nail to pre- drill holes in hardwood trim to ensure fit and no splitting.
Yep. That's what I do if I have just a few tricky nails to drive. Otherwise I'll break out the appropriate nail gun.
R
Rueful chuckle- as bad as my close-work depth perception is getting (what with my blurry-anyway eyes pointing in different directions), I always do pilot holes for hammer-driven finish trim work. One of these days, I'm gonna have to assemble and teach myself to use that HF trim nailer I bought with the 40-buck pancake compressor last year. (Not like I'll ever being doing production work for money again- and for chores around here, I can drive 3 nails and stare at the work for 30 seconds while the compressor cycles.)
Mike-
I needed one about 2 years ago and could only find them at Sears. I hit a couple s Sear locations in my area but they were "out of stock".
I was too lazy to buy a couple through Sears online store.
Now they appear to be MIA everywhere..... :(
cheers Bob
I guess we now know why nail spinners when the way of dodo bird cages. :)
btw I pinged Vermont America about nail spinner production, I should have an answer next week.... will report back.
cheers Bob
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Even that pancake will probably keep up. I've poked over 100 brads with an 8 gallon tank charged to 100 pounds.
When you put that thing together, be sure to put some padding on your forehead. You'll be smacking yourself for not getting around to that a long time ago.
It is one of *those* kind of toys.
Jim
It is the chores themselves I have been avoiding, not the 'put the tools together' part. Got some baseboards that need redoing, as well as the insides of most of the closets. I've also got a power miter saw I have yet to open the box on, from a couple 3 years ago.
Amazing how easy it is to put off stuff, with no SWMBO in the house, and low standards. If the neighbors can't see it, there is no hurry, etc.
On further thought, I do remember chucking up a finish nail to pre- drill holes in hardwood trim to ensure fit and no splitting.
That is what I ended up doing, but it still split the wood. That would not happen with the spinner.
I guess we now know why nail spinners when the way of dodo bird cages. :)
btw I pinged Vermont America about nail spinner production, I should have an answer next week.... will report back.
cheers Bob
They make them, but I can't find anywhere to actually buy one.
That does not happen with chucking the headless finish nail "bit" in a drill. I don't know what you did, but you did the something or the wood was wonky and would have split regardless of what spun the nail.
I clip off the head, chuck it into the drill, file the flats a bit to sharpen up the edges, then spin the drill to see if the nail is straight. They usually aren't. I bend the nail by hand until there is little to no run-out, and it's good to go.
R
Mike-
You say "they make them"...... are you saying VA makes them?
I searched VA's website & found no reference to them. I'm thinking they don't make them anymore.
cheers Bob
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You are correct, Sir!
Something like the Paslode Trimpulse, or approved equal, is far faster, doesn't split wood, and is useful for many more applications. It's an investment, sure, but it's an _investment_!
R
I did that and it still split a few times. That has never happened with the spinner. I only had 3 sets of door casings to do and was not about to go out and buy a compressor and trim nail gun for the task. I was also not about to go out and find one to borrow and then go hunt for the proper nails for it.
The clipped nail chucked in the drill split the wood while you were driving it? That's curious. Where were these nails located that split the wood, what size were they and what sort of wood were the casings?
I don't see how the physics of spinning a nail with a spinner is any different than spinning it with a drill, but that's neither here nor there.
R
Use your drill
The drilling nail did not split the wood. The driven nail did.
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