[SML] T-nailer (was brad nailer)

[Paul Bradley]

I have the Grex T-nailer and it works great.
We bought it from nailgundepot.com

Paul Bradley

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Duncan Mahoney via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Joe Golden asks:
>
> "I am looking for a brad gun for stapling 1/4 plywood to aluminum frames.
> Does anyone have a favorite that they could recommend?"
>
>
> The tool you need to fasten wood to steel or 1/8" aluminium tube is a
> "concrete T-nailer".  In real life they are used primarily to shoot carpet
> tack strip into concrete slab floors.  A regular brad nailer might work if
> the aluminium is very thin, but the hardened steel nails are what makes the
> whole nail-into-metal thing work, and they are only available as T-nails
> AFAIK.  We have a few "made in Taiwan" T-nailers of various brands that
> have held up OK considering the occasional but heavy use they get and the
> low initial cost.  The last time I went looking for a replacement I found
> that there were far fewer choices in the marketplace and the nails were a
> little more of a challenge to source.  Bostitch still makes one and there
> are a couple import brands like Porta-nails and Grex.
>
> One caveat for flying scenery, it's not all that hard to pull the T-nails
> out of metal tubing (or through 1/4" plywood), so I always use adhesive
> between the plywood and metal, or add a few TEK screws into each panel of
> plywood as a safety measure.
>
>
> Duncan Mahoney
> Director of Technical Direction
> Associate Professor of Theatre Practice
> University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts
>
>
>
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