Nail Gun safety Tips

Nail guns are extremely useful tools for fastening wood and other materials together swiftly and efficiently. They have made hand nailing virtually obsolete for pro builders and now for do it yourselfers as well.

The biggest benefit of nail guns is their quality to rapidly fire a emblem into the substrate and to do so repeatedly. In high speed applications like framing and roofing nails, the nail guns are usually set to fire a nail anytime the muzzle makes perceive with the face as long as the trigger is pulled. They can fire rapidly practically like an automatic weapon.

Carpentry Framing

Last week, while doing a minor carpentry scheme in my barn, I was reminded of just how fast a large framing nail gun can deliver three inch framing nails.

While nailing in some bridging in the middle of floor joists, I was retention the bridging lumber with one hand and the nail gun the other. As I was construction some overhead storage to get some of the clutter off the floor, I was standing on some of the soon to be stored clutter. Not exactly garage footing.

When using a nail gun with a perceive trip, like most framing nail guns are set for, you have to have just the right touch to forestall the gun recoil from causing it to fire a second nail right on top of the first one. usually this is easy as you just swing the gun and let it bounce off the work as the nail fires.

However, if you are trying to put a nail just where you want it, you can also compress the muzzle and then pull the trigger to fire the nail. This works well when you invent the right touch to let the gun recoil off the work piece. Experienced carpenters do it all the time.

However, if you happen to loose your balance just as you pull the trigger, I found it is possible to fire not just two but three nails into the same hole. Only the first one makes it in - the other two go off in random directions.

Fortunately this time, I mostly missed my body parts that were in line with the nail path and got by with just a minor scratch on my thumb. It did swell up nicely and still hurts a bit today.

So here are some nail gun security tips to add to the list in the owners manual:

1. Understand the variation in the middle of sequential trip trigger and perceive trip triggers. Be sure you are using the right one for the right work. The Bostich catalog has a good report of how each trigger works and when they should be used.

2. When trying to accurately place a emblem with a perceive trip nail gun, be as sure of your target and the backdrop as you would if you were firing a pistol. There is all the time the possibility of a double shot that will not be contained by the wood. Keep body parts out of the possible line of fire.

3. When using a pneumatic nail gun, be alert to the added hazard of the air hose. Compressed air has its own hazards, but having an air hose stretched straight through a construction site adds to the already dangerous environment. Watching roofers with pneumatic nail guns all the time reminds me of the story about Mark Twain in the city: He said one day he saw a fellow on a ledge threatening to jump. A large crowd had gathered below but Mark Twain said he was the only one in the group with the nearnessy of mind to throw him a rope and pull him down. The air hose all the time looks like man has already thrown the roofers a rope.

4. When retention a work piece to be nailed, be aware that the force of the nail gun will drive straight through any obstacle in the wood like knots or other fasteners. The path straight through the wood is not all the time inescapable however. Nails have been know to come out the side of wood and in some cases even made a U turn and come back at the gun. Keep you hand at least the length of the emblem you are shooting away from the muzzle at all times when joining wood.

5. Don't use rusty fasteners. Using old nails in a nail gun can not only damage the gun, but they can send rust and scale out toward the operator. Be sure to use new clean nails for safe operation.

6. Wear your security glasses or face shield. Not only can the nail gun send errant nails your way, but the force of the nailing operating can splinter the substrate as well. And if you ignored whole six above, rust and scale can be ejected as well. So safe your eyes. It is a lot easier to use a nail gun safely when you can wee what you are working with.

7. Say the nail gun properly. quarterly maintenance and lubrication will reduce the possibility of jams and misfires that need potentially dangerous repairs and unjamming procedures.

8. Read and succeed all the industry security rules and procedures. They have likely already been sued over something there

Nail Gun safety Tips

Nail guns are extremely useful tools for fastening wood and other materials together swiftly and efficiently. They have made hand nailing virtually obsolete for pro builders and now for do it yourselfers as well.

The biggest benefit of nail guns is their quality to rapidly fire a emblem into the substrate and to do so repeatedly. In high speed applications like framing and roofing nails, the nail guns are usually set to fire a nail anytime the muzzle makes perceive with the face as long as the trigger is pulled. They can fire rapidly practically like an automatic weapon.

Carpentry Framing

Last week, while doing a minor carpentry scheme in my barn, I was reminded of just how fast a large framing nail gun can deliver three inch framing nails.

While nailing in some bridging in the middle of floor joists, I was retention the bridging lumber with one hand and the nail gun the other. As I was construction some overhead storage to get some of the clutter off the floor, I was standing on some of the soon to be stored clutter. Not exactly garage footing.

When using a nail gun with a perceive trip, like most framing nail guns are set for, you have to have just the right touch to forestall the gun recoil from causing it to fire a second nail right on top of the first one. usually this is easy as you just swing the gun and let it bounce off the work as the nail fires.

However, if you are trying to put a nail just where you want it, you can also compress the muzzle and then pull the trigger to fire the nail. This works well when you invent the right touch to let the gun recoil off the work piece. Experienced carpenters do it all the time.

However, if you happen to loose your balance just as you pull the trigger, I found it is possible to fire not just two but three nails into the same hole. Only the first one makes it in - the other two go off in random directions.

Fortunately this time, I mostly missed my body parts that were in line with the nail path and got by with just a minor scratch on my thumb. It did swell up nicely and still hurts a bit today.

So here are some nail gun security tips to add to the list in the owners manual:

1. Understand the variation in the middle of sequential trip trigger and perceive trip triggers. Be sure you are using the right one for the right work. The Bostich catalog has a good report of how each trigger works and when they should be used.

2. When trying to accurately place a emblem with a perceive trip nail gun, be as sure of your target and the backdrop as you would if you were firing a pistol. There is all the time the possibility of a double shot that will not be contained by the wood. Keep body parts out of the possible line of fire.

3. When using a pneumatic nail gun, be alert to the added hazard of the air hose. Compressed air has its own hazards, but having an air hose stretched straight through a construction site adds to the already dangerous environment. Watching roofers with pneumatic nail guns all the time reminds me of the story about Mark Twain in the city: He said one day he saw a fellow on a ledge threatening to jump. A large crowd had gathered below but Mark Twain said he was the only one in the group with the nearnessy of mind to throw him a rope and pull him down. The air hose all the time looks like man has already thrown the roofers a rope.

4. When retention a work piece to be nailed, be aware that the force of the nail gun will drive straight through any obstacle in the wood like knots or other fasteners. The path straight through the wood is not all the time inescapable however. Nails have been know to come out the side of wood and in some cases even made a U turn and come back at the gun. Keep you hand at least the length of the emblem you are shooting away from the muzzle at all times when joining wood.

5. Don't use rusty fasteners. Using old nails in a nail gun can not only damage the gun, but they can send rust and scale out toward the operator. Be sure to use new clean nails for safe operation.

6. Wear your security glasses or face shield. Not only can the nail gun send errant nails your way, but the force of the nailing operating can splinter the substrate as well. And if you ignored whole six above, rust and scale can be ejected as well. So safe your eyes. It is a lot easier to use a nail gun safely when you can wee what you are working with.

7. Say the nail gun properly. quarterly maintenance and lubrication will reduce the possibility of jams and misfires that need potentially dangerous repairs and unjamming procedures.

8. Read and succeed all the industry security rules and procedures. They have likely already been sued over something there

Nail Gun safety Tips