Quick Question on wood work

[baileyuph]

Do you find a use for pneumatic brad nailers and construction staplers (for example U-shaped - with length ranging from less than an inch to perhaps three inch?

Those I use in making repairs and replacements to boat seats - along with professional glues of course.  They add speed which is time and that is money.  The results do hold up well, had a lot of good customer feedback on that type of work.

This equipment has selected use like that but on most furniture repairs screws/glue are hard to beat when it is repair work.  The yield is superior to current factory material and work.

Doyle

[MinUph]

I find my staplers 1/4" x 1", 1 1/4", 1 1/2", work well for things like cornices and ottomans and the like. Good glue and staples hold well. But frame work on a chair or sofa is still best done with screws.
  I have to say factory work with staples would work much better if the staples actually found both pieces of wood. Problem is, air tools make people go to fast and miss the mark 50% of the time.

[kodydog]

Yes Paul, and spring clips. Can't tell you how many times I've been called on a six month old sofa with a popped spring. Upon inspection only half the staple was engaged in the clip causing the spring to rip the clip completely away from the wood.

[byhammerandhand]

I have a brad nailer and don't use it much on repairs.   Those brads just don't hold much.  Screw and glue is my modus operandi.    I have used it to nail right through some fabrics to hold things in place underneath them (roll edging, e.g.) when It's slipped out of position.

I also have a 1/4" narrow crown stapler.   The most often use for that is to staple plywood panels on the back of cabinetry and to attach webbing to the frame (other than upholstery tacks, and regular upholstery staples just don't hold there <- news to Chinese)  Lengths I use are 5/8, 7/8, and 1 1/2"

[sofadoc]

I use frame staple guns to make repairs to all the cheap furniture. Like Paul says, most of the time it's just a matter of NOT missing the wood on the other side.  I also do the "screw-n-glue" when necessary.

Funny thing. Factory workers seem to think they can make up for a lack of quality simply by increasing quantity. If the first frame staple completely misses, they shoot 7 or 8 more in the same place.

[byhammerandhand]

Boy, wish I had a dollar for every time I've seen that.  Or anytime 4 of 9 miss.

Funny thing. Factory workers seem to think they can make up for a lack of quality simply by increasing quantity. If the first frame staple completely misses, they shoot 7 or 8 more in the same place.

[kodydog]

Funny thing. Factory workers seem to think they can make up for a lack of quality simply by increasing quantity. If the first frame staple completely misses, they shoot 7 or 8 more in the same place.

Funny thing is two properly shot staples will take less time than 7 or 8 missed staples.