exigetastic
Established Member
Hi all...
Been a long time since I've been on.. too much to do so little time..
I'm after a bit of advice.
Basically I have 800 linear metres (not a typo) of Western Red Cedar ready to install on my workshop... as I'll be doing this on my own it's dawned on me maybe a hammer is going to take a rather long time.
I don't have a compressor, or a nailer yet, and researching it is doing my nut in.
From what I can tell the "right tool" seems to be a coil nailer (I was looking at Bostitch N66) I also understand I should be looking for stainless steel nails... for the life of me I can't find Stainless Steel nails in reasonable quantities (I really don't need 10,000 )
One place I did see some was at Spotnails cedar but having phoned them up they said I needed that _exact_ gun, which I am struggling to justify...
The only other option I have considered was galvanised, however I can't seem to tell if the nails online are hot dipped or electro plated, again it's large quantities so an expensive gamble, and not even sure this is a good idea (spending a big wedge on nice timber only to have it go all streaky after a few years cos I skimped on nails)
Lastly I guess it's something like a Paslode 350, and S/S fixings, concern there is the suitability of clipped head nailers... on the upside I'd get some fair use out of it for other stuff I guess.
Any help very much appreciated...
Si
Been a long time since I've been on.. too much to do so little time..
I'm after a bit of advice.
Basically I have 800 linear metres (not a typo) of Western Red Cedar ready to install on my workshop... as I'll be doing this on my own it's dawned on me maybe a hammer is going to take a rather long time.
I don't have a compressor, or a nailer yet, and researching it is doing my nut in.
From what I can tell the "right tool" seems to be a coil nailer (I was looking at Bostitch N66) I also understand I should be looking for stainless steel nails... for the life of me I can't find Stainless Steel nails in reasonable quantities (I really don't need 10,000 )
One place I did see some was at Spotnails cedar but having phoned them up they said I needed that _exact_ gun, which I am struggling to justify...
The only other option I have considered was galvanised, however I can't seem to tell if the nails online are hot dipped or electro plated, again it's large quantities so an expensive gamble, and not even sure this is a good idea (spending a big wedge on nice timber only to have it go all streaky after a few years cos I skimped on nails)
Lastly I guess it's something like a Paslode 350, and S/S fixings, concern there is the suitability of clipped head nailers... on the upside I'd get some fair use out of it for other stuff I guess.
Any help very much appreciated...
Si