Mistake made lesson learned
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Topic: Mistake made lesson learned
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Subject: Mistake made lesson learned
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2019 at 7:49pm
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We got home at 5:00 today. I went to the shed to put foundation in bee hive frames. These frames are made of real soft pine. I ran out of 3/4" brad nails for my nail gun last week. I forgot to get them at the local hardware store and later in the afternoon we were going by Harbor Freight. So I got a box there. Guys these things are softer than the pine frames I am attempting to put together. They bend. They are a pain. Only thing I have gotten from H.F. that I have been completely disappointed with.
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Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2019 at 7:08pm
Have not had any problems with them. Most of the ones I have used are 1 1/2 or 2 inch for putting down quarter round. Must have been a real bad batch of them, I would take them back and try a different lot number.
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2019 at 9:38pm
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or turn the power down on the nail gun?
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Posted By: truckerfarmer
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2019 at 10:28pm
Check your air pressure. Sounds like it might be set to low. If pressure is to low it won't drive nails all the way an thus leave bent end sticking out. If pressure is to high , it will drive nails too deep.
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Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2019 at 9:50pm
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Guys these are not going into the wood. They bend and shoot off to the side. Air pressure is set at 70 lbs. That's where I leave it on my little compressor. Always worked before. I will pick up some from our local hardware store in the AM. Went back to the 1" Bostich and they work fine, just a smidge too long.
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Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:01am
Tom... those nails are made from a big pot of whatever they brought in on the scrap ship... you can bet that if you were to do a metallurgic sample, you'd find everything on the periodic table in there. Mild steel is 29ksi, those HF nails probably have more steel, zinc, and lead in 'em than iron.
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