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jttheclockman

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Just learned about this today. It is a novel idea and probably a practical one in some circumstances. So I will ask the question here. Has anyone used an air gun to shoot plastic nails? That is right they come in various colors and can be used to hang trim work make picture frames and many more ideas. One company that I found makes the gun and the nails. Ok lets discuss. Good idea or not a big deal. The idea behind it is basically twofold. They do not rust. They will not hurt blades if cut into. Will not trip safety equipment, Do not need filling on projects. Can be sanded flush and am sure more positives. negatives are not good shear strength. Probably won't shoot into some hard woods. I see more positives than negatives and see it can have a use.

https://raptornails.com/
 
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Reading some of their technical data, there are pretty limited to just soft woods. They do list some hardwoods, but have a disclaimer on it. Speaking for myself only, I can't see where I'd ever have a need for it.
 
The more I read about them, it looks like this is huge in the CNC world. Now I never worked on a CNC machine so do not know how. It is interesting though. Seems they have framing guns and many different sized pin nailers, finish nailers and staples. I can see the staples being something of value. Doing some more reading on this. Yes the guns are expensive but I know my brother was talking about getting a few Dewalt battery operated guns this winter until he saw those prices. I keep telling him to get a small air compressor and have at it. This is what I do. Was working on some framing of walls last year and I never had a framing nailer. I would always screw the studs down. But I was marrying walls with older studs and back then they were truely a 2x 4 and man they were too hard to keep trying to screw into. I started predrilling pilot holes and things like that. Then I just said heck I am buying a framing nailer and now kick myself for not having one sooner. Made easy work of my projects.
 
MY brother used to work at a company that built displays for conventions, museums etc, very very expensive displays. This type of fastener would have been perfect for onsite assembly and construction. They would often have to build the displays onsite they were so large.
 
mredburn said:
MY brother used to work at a company that built displays for conventions, museums etc, very very expensive displays. This type of fastener would have been perfect for onsite assembly and construction. They would often have to build the displays onsite they were so large.
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I believe they use that as an example of uses as a matter of fact. Seems the CNC world is a big use for these.
 
Owning a CNC I can say that these are common place for securing the raw material to the surface. If your bit happens to hit one it will not damage it. They could be used in general woodworking to hold a glue joint together while drying, but there are lower cost options out there.
 
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