You might be asking whether you can use all wood screws on wood. Of course, the answer is, “Yes, you can!” Nevertheless, it will be good to note that wood screws differ in length, diameter, and other aspects. Thus, you must choose the screws that are best suited for a particular application. Besides, you should … Read more
Cordless nail guns, of course, have quickly become popular in recent years because battery technology has improved at a rapid clip as compared to other types of nailers. Nowadays, batteries have become longer-lasting and more powerful than before. Thus, this rapid technological advancement in battery design has also trickled down to the development of better … Read more
“All the biggest technological inventions by man usually say a lot about his laziness,” says a famous author, and you might agree with him. Yet, if you are driving dozens of nails every day using your hammer, you might as well embrace pneumatic nailer technology, even if it says something about your laziness. Yes, driving hundreds … Read more
Sometimes the advice you need to hear is also too obvious to you. Here’s an example of this that happened several months ago. A friend of mine asked me which between the roofing nailer and the siding nailer is best for installing his home siding. Well, I could not help but guffaw a bit, thinking … Read more
Have you ever wondered how long it would take you to install hardwood floorboards using only a hammer? I bet you haven’t figured that out, for you’ve been so much accustomed to using your nail guns to drive nails. Yet, if you ever try to use your hammer for such installation, you’ll get too exhausted … Read more
So, you’ve been thinking of buying a pneumatic nailer, but you quickly realize that pneumatic nailers require an air compressor to function. Thus, instead of dealing only with the question of which pneumatic nailer to buy, you also get confronted with the need to decide which air compressor to choose. Thus, the buying process becomes … Read more
The other day, I was doing a couple of nailing when my little nephew suddenly asked: “When was the nail got invented?” I could not quickly reply because I was so engrossed in what I was doing (but I actually didn’t know the exact date). But the little boy was insistent. So, I casually remarked, … Read more
Nailers come in different types like framing, finishing, brad, roofing, and flooring nail guns which can be a bit confusing to a tyro in the use of nail guns. They are also classified depending on their power sources like pneumatic, cordless, electric, and many other power source types. Besides, nail guns could be classified based … Read more
A question I get asked more often by newbies in woodworking is about which nail size they should use for a specific woodworking project. This question, of course, seems to be very basic, and anyone seems to be intuitively capable of reasonably answering this question. Yet, many beginners in woodworking messed up their home projects … Read more