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Old 08-16-2006, 05:34 AM   #21
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lol. it was expensive. i should use it more often than I do. but i gotta keep it.

i'm just the kind of person that if i need to buy something for one job and it may not get used again for a while, I end up buying it. not in all cases but a lot of cases. good to have an arsenal of tools to tackle any job.

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Old 08-16-2006, 06:25 AM   #22
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Holy she-at. Did you say .38 cal? That thing must shoot some big m-fer nails. I have a .27 that'll shoot anything into anything. I can only imagine....
I posted the owners manual for all to see. As I said before it is a Very Dangerous Tool. The nail/stud is driven by the charge and not by a piston driven charge like the newer tools on the market today. I bet that this tool might even be illegal to use in some places.
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I bet that this tool might even be illegal to use in some places.
Cool. Illegal tools are keepers.
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Old 08-16-2006, 05:33 PM   #24
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Holy she-at. Did you say .38 cal? That thing must shoot some big m-fer nails. I have a .27 that'll shoot anything into anything. I can only imagine....
I used one on a commercial job, putting up 12ga. track for a wall and I shot into the bottom of a 3/4" thick flange of a steel I-beam and a 1/4" of the pin stuck through
I was wearing ear plugs and it still hurt and my wrist felt like I was shooting a hand held howitzer
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I posted the owners manual for all to see. As I said before it is a Very Dangerous Tool. The nail/stud is driven by the charge and not by a piston driven charge like the newer tools on the market today. I bet that this tool might even be illegal to use in some places.
I think it's illegal in a lot of places, At least wherever OSHA rules are followed.

It was killing people, It's basically a handgun that shoots nails instead of bullets.
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I think it's illegal in a lot of places, At least wherever OSHA rules are followed.

It was killing people, It's basically a handgun that shoots nails instead of bullets.
Hardened Steel Nails!!
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I really really really want this tool....
there is a squirrel that is driving my dog nuts.....
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I really really really want this tool....
there is a squirrel that is driving my dog nuts.....
You have a .22 use that, it will be a lot quieter than that thing
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You have a .22 use that, it will be a lot quieter than that thing
But I could just say I was using a tool when the cops come... Then I could show them how it shoots nails into concrete.

I wish I could use my .22 but I am too close to other houses. And my .22 sounds like a 9MM and even the subsonic .22 rounds are very loud. I might just have to get a pellet gun....
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"I really really really want this tool....
there is a squirrel that is driving my dog nuts..... "
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Old 08-19-2006, 12:01 AM   #31
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I had the same powder driver about 15 years ago. I was shooting PT 2x4s into an old brick home for an add on. The nail went threw the brick wall, bounced off something in the room and stuck in the ceiling.

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Another one, that I actually forgot I had..
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Mine is a snapjack, it's red with a green handle. Noone has ever seen this thing, but every new laborer I've hired has gone looking for it.
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thats funny fauker. I had a foreman ask me to hand him the henway one time.
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I use my wood suction cups and board stretchers all the time.best investment i ever made
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