Jake14mw
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Hi all,
I am in the middle of my 58" round budget table build. It's time for the rail. I have two different staplers available. The first is an old Swingline electric stapler. It's just a PITA to use. You need to keep pressure on it with your other hand for it to work well. Even with that, it doesn't drive staples very well. Every third (or so) staple is a problem. I am using 1/4" staples with that one. My other alternative is a cheap brad nailer/stapler. The only compressor I have for it is one where you can't adjust the pressure. This one fires great, but the only problem is, it's not an upholstery stapler. The staples are only 3/16" wide. They tend to want to go to deep, and have a tendency to cut through the vinyl too much. Because of this, I need to use much longer staples to prevent that. Removing them later would be close to impossible. It would however be fairly easy to just pull the vinyl out of them.
I did just test it out a little, and the air tool is so much easier. Buying a different stapler is not an option. Is there anything I'm not thinking of here? There is no adjustment on these brad nailers to help with depth, right?
I am in the middle of my 58" round budget table build. It's time for the rail. I have two different staplers available. The first is an old Swingline electric stapler. It's just a PITA to use. You need to keep pressure on it with your other hand for it to work well. Even with that, it doesn't drive staples very well. Every third (or so) staple is a problem. I am using 1/4" staples with that one. My other alternative is a cheap brad nailer/stapler. The only compressor I have for it is one where you can't adjust the pressure. This one fires great, but the only problem is, it's not an upholstery stapler. The staples are only 3/16" wide. They tend to want to go to deep, and have a tendency to cut through the vinyl too much. Because of this, I need to use much longer staples to prevent that. Removing them later would be close to impossible. It would however be fairly easy to just pull the vinyl out of them.
I did just test it out a little, and the air tool is so much easier. Buying a different stapler is not an option. Is there anything I'm not thinking of here? There is no adjustment on these brad nailers to help with depth, right?