Sandable, Cuttable Nails

[wespor]

I couldn't make it out to the big Maker Faire this year but I've been browsing the pictures. This peaked my interest.

http://i.imgur.com/RvID2Ex.jpg

I guess these have been around for about a year but it's the first time I've heard of them.

http://raptornails.com/

EDIT: Ha, further down in the same gallery I found ShopBot (http://i.imgur.com/unuiw8t.jpg). Is that a new cover design?

[ssflyer]

Plastic nails have been around a long time. Good gun is expensive, but they don't hurt your bits. Of course a little planning, and you don't hit them, anyway.

[gene]

There is a place in Oregon or Washington called Anco Fasteners , They sell raptor polimer nails and the guns that shoot them . They work good

[bleeth]

I forget which one but there is another gun that shoots them fine and costs a lot less. Might be an Omek.

[Red F]

Omer nail guns

[Ajcoholic]

I have an Omer 15 guage nailer I bought from Gene. Very awesome gun - I use it a lot to hold sheet goods on the Bot' table.

[myxpykalix]

couldn't you just use a rubber hammer?:rolleyes:

[coryatjohn]

I've been using a cheapo Milwaukee nail gun with the plastic nails and it works fine. Some woods or grains cause the nails to shatter. I don't know if this is my gun or a limitation of the nail. My total investment is about $20 including shipping for a box of plastic nails.

[Burkhardt]

I looked into the Raptor nails a while ago and could not find a retail place to buy them (brick or Internet), only directly from the manufacturer in rather large quantity. Where do you guys buy that?

[ssflyer]

One other point. While they seem to work well as hold downs for us, actually using them for joinery sometimes causes some issues - like they follow the grain, and actually bend. They have a couple of point types, chisel and I guess you'd call it pyramidal? You can alleviate some of this with the chisel point by simply turning the gun so that the chisel point goes cross grain.

Just some thoughts... ;)

[planman]

"I've been using a cheapo Milwaukee nail gun with the plastic nails and it works fine. Some woods or grains cause the nails to shatter. I don't know if this is my gun or a limitation of the nail. My total investment is about $20 including shipping for a box of plastic nails."

John,

Can you tell us which nails you have been using and what they cost?

Thank you,

Charles

[gene]

i use a omer 17.55p cost aprox 345.00 from anco fasteners .:eek:

[coryatjohn]

"I've been using a cheapo Milwaukee nail gun with the plastic nails and it works fine. Some woods or grains cause the nails to shatter. I don't know if this is my gun or a limitation of the nail. My total investment is about $20 including shipping for a box of plastic nails."

John,

Can you tell us which nails you have been using and what they cost?

Thank you,

Charles

I bought a couple boxes of Raptor nails and found the 1" length to work the best in my Porter Cable (BN 125A, 18 Ga.) gun. As mentioned before, they wanter more than metal nails so that has to be taken into account.

I was able to buy the nails by the box from a marine supplier:

http://www.glen-l.com/

[919RickR]

Hey All
Ron is right I turn any trim, or brad gun cross grain. especialy in southern yellow pine, been doing it for years with great results. just my 2 cent worth :)