Staple Gun

rosinante · 2 Mar 2014

Hi ,can anyone recommend a staple gun, it needs to be able to fire into beech, it only needs to fix cloth for an upholstery project, probably 8 mm or so staples the alternative is a magnetic tack hammer but I think I will get more use from a staple gun,thanks in advance
chris

Mar_mite · 2 Mar 2014

I'd buy a cheapo compressor and a nail gun that takes staples too.

MMUK · 2 Mar 2014

HD Stanley Sharpshooter, about £20 from Tradepoint. Buy the Arrow staples though, much cheaper.

Myfordman · 2 Mar 2014

For amateur use, the combined nail and staple guns sold by Aldidl from time to to time are good value and 3 year warranty too

Random Orbital Bob · 2 Mar 2014

+1 to air stapler. Once I went down the compressor route it opened the flood gates to many varieties of different gauge nailers, staplers etc. Perfectly good models can be got from Axy for well under £50 and they're great. Never had one break on me and they will make short work of upholstery type stapling. But for a one off you might not want to invest that much

petermillard · 2 Mar 2014

If you don't wan to go the compressor route, then a Maestri ME30 is a fantastic piece of kit. Not cheap, but bulletproof.

HTH Pete

dickm · 3 Mar 2014

For upholstery work, the Tacwise mains operated stapler is certainly adequate. But if you have a compressor, then the air operated nailers are much more versatile.