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   Westchester | Apr 07, 2012 08:22am | #1

   Safety

   They may require full body armor to operate a nail gun - I'm glad he's OK

   SA

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   RalphBarker | Apr 07, 2012 10:30am | #2

   But, but, but

   What about those armor-piercing nails?  Shouldn't there be additional legislation to limit the use of those nails to military and police?

   I also want flesh-sensing technology added to my hammers.

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   swenson | Apr 07, 2012 11:36am | #4

   flesh sensing technology

   or FST is now available. It is a cartridge and is retro fitted to the nail gun or you can buy a new gun called NailStop. In either case once the cartridge goes off you have to get a new cartridge,$80.00, and a new gun. The cartridge consists of two high pressure canisters, one filled with CA glue, super glue, and the other is filled with accelerator. In tandem the glue fires first, slowing the nail, and the accelerator fires a micro second later, freezing the whole works, nail, gun and anything that moves. It has worked in demonstrations with hotdogs but is quite costly each time it fires. The question is, of course, what is your heart worth to you, or your eye, or other bodily part we won't mention? There is a move afoot to force the nail gun industry to put this technology on every nail gun and, unlike the SawStop, the industry is showing great interest, as nail gun sales will soar with each freeze-up requiring a new gun.

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   RalphBarker | Apr 08, 2012 11:34am | #6

   new nailgun tech

   That sounds OK if the nail hasn't left the gun yet, but what about afterward?  What we need are "smart nails" the flight of which can be aborted after launch - similar to those "smart bombs" that cost a few $million each. Surely all those rich carpenters can absorb those costs.  ;-)

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   joinerswork | Apr 12, 2012 09:09am | #9

   Ralph,

   And we should ban those high capacity clips that hold 50 or more nails. Nobody needs those.

   Ray

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   RalphBarker | Apr 13, 2012 10:18am | #10

   high capacity clips

   I agree completely. No carpenter needs more than a single-shot nailer. And, even those should be licensed. We don't want those people wandering the streets in gangs!

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   BruceS | Apr 07, 2012 10:50am | #3

   Pins

   What about the pin nailers that don't have a "pressure" type safety.   I've  had some fun and blew through a whole magazine shooting at my dart board and took a few pot shots at a curious mouse.

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   roc | Apr 07, 2012 09:06pm | #5

   Frictional cohesive binder installation tools

   Heart . . . brain . . . you name it.  They have been going to town out there lately !

   http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/21/man-survives-shooting-nail-brain

   The old guys, or guys of old, had all that safe nailing worked out.  Here is their nailer of choice . . .

   http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/douglas15ozfinishhammer.aspx

   I have never heard of a single case where a person put a nail into their heart or brain with one of these babies.

   Notice there are no air hoses or batteries to get in the way or add weight to the device.  Few moving parts (one).  Very high mechanical reliability.  And . . . the US government puts such a high value on these they have been known to pay upwards of three hundred dollars for one of them.

   What more testiment do you need ?

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   RalphBarker | Apr 08, 2012 11:37am | #7

   All true, but . . .

    . . . I still want one with flesh-sensing (at least thumb-sensing) technology.  ;-)

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   roc | Apr 08, 2012 01:24pm | #8

   Thummies

   Well there is where the old style tools are "sorely"  lacking isn't it ? (sorry couldn't help it ).

   I am sure Swenson could hook us up with some nice cross bows for when we NEED to shoot at the dart board.  I fully understand that aspect.

   Oh no here we are again . . .

   :  (

   After reciting "The Man's Prayer" (see Red Green TV show ) then we can go on to a little chant that I have made up in honor of DonStephan

   First  The Man's Prayer . . . repeat it with me then three times on your own . .. ready ?  One, three, go :

   I'm a man

   But I can change

   If I have to

   I guess

   Now on your own . . . three times . . .

   An now for the first time anywhere, in any chat room . . . THE unveiling of The Stehpan Corrective Directive :

   Only the facts

   Leave no tracks

   I gotta be good

   Jack

   No don't Jack

   Stay on topic

   We want the lost 

   Back

   Jack

   No don't Jack

   Jack

   Well . . . it is a work in progress.  I started with a trowel to geeter done but may scrape off and do some glazing here and there.

   Feel free to add to or take away.  This is, and will continue to be, a community effort.

   Has any one run across a post or thread by DonStephon ?  I want to keep up and get back into the true swing of things.  Preferably a nice long post.  My fingers are getting a little split and messed up from all this shlock I been dumping in here.  I am sure he is picking up the slack some where here.