Pneumatic Tools
- Pneumatic tools were originated to help with the building of wooden airplanes.
- The tool works by using pistons in the inner workings and compressed air that is attached via hose on the bottom of the tool.
- To load in the fasteners, there is a button or a lever to pull out the magazine of the tool to reload or load the tool. Simply push in the magazine and the tool is ready to use.
- Best to use this tool on material that has no knots or leftover fasteners.
- In regards to safety, never hold the trigger of the tool when not in use. In addition to that making sure that you keep the tool facing down so you’re not potentially shooting any fasteners at anyone.
- With working with the tool, best to work more slowly rather than quickly even if you know the PSI of the tool. Reason being is that some of the fasteners would stick up and not fully penetrate the wood.
Fasteners
- Narrow Crown staples are more suitable for fine woodwork
- Medium Crown staples are suitable for framing when building flats.
- Finishing Nails are used to holding the project and are able to be puttied over.
- Corrugated Nails are serrated and are primarily used for wood joinery
What to look for in regards to fasteners
- leg length
- gauge (thickness)
- crown width
*important note*
- always use the correct fastener for the particular pneumatic tool you’re going to use.
- to determine the correct length of fastener to use, the total length of the leg should be three times the length of the thinner material no longer than your total width of the material.
We also discussed flat construction on this class day. Do you have any notes on that?