Nailhead Gun Experience?!

[crosjn]

So, the banner ad (today?  Always?) is an uffy decorative tack gun.  Anyone have any experience with these?  Do they dramatically improve efficiency?  Is there a compromise in quality (I'm watching the video and perhaps it's wasn't meant to be but it looks like the operator didn't produce a straight line just before they cut the video.)

Thoughts???

[sofadoc]

We've discussed that product, and that video here before.

It's obvious that the guy who made the video wasn't adept at using the gun.

Some of the reported feedback and possible concerns about the gun were:

1) It scratches the heads as they swirl around in the canister.
2) There is a "learning curve" to control the straightness and depth. The time spent straightening the ones that went in crooked offsets some of the time saved.
3) You need a big compressor to keep up with it. Most 110V compressors will run constantly.
4) Probably not ideal for antiques. More suited to new installation such as headboards.

There are a few on a FB forum that bought one. I nagged and hounded them about giving feedback. None of them ever did.

[MinUph]

I saw a video someplace with a guy using a palm nailer. I picked one up and will be trying it out soon. I have driven a few nails into test wood. Happens fast. There is a lot of pressure on the hammer stroke and I put a regulator inline but it doesn't help all that much. When I get to  low pressure it the tool doesn't work. But I will report when I do test again.

[baileyuph]

No experience with an automated decorative tack driver, for sure something must work at factories, their work looks perfect sometimes anyway.

A spacer guage and hammer driving the tacks is my experience.  The demand in my business just isn't there (my desire to sell either).

Just a question, the automated nailer we all see here;  those probably weren't around 55 years or so ago, but seeing some of there work back then, what did the factories use = just a guage then, with a manual hammer?

Some of the work that long ago looked very good.

Doyle