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1. 
   Stilletto | Jun 22, 2007 04:02am | #1

   I bought one this winter and have used it more than I thought I would. 

   But not for sheathing.  Attaching F-channel for soffit,  it is an excellent tool for vinyl siding it flies.  I also use it for attaching the risers to the backs of the treads. 

   I bought the Paslode 1/2" crown stapler and it's a decent gun.  But it will misfire if you are not running 120 psi through it. 

   I still use my coil nailer with ring shanks on all sheathing. 

    

   Matt

   
   

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   Edited 6/21/2007 9:15 pm ET by Stilletto

2. 
   IdahoDon | Jun 22, 2007 08:42pm | #2

   I use my senco a bunch since it's much lighter than a framing gun and goes automatic if drawn across the sheet at the right rate greatly increasing productivity.

   Don't use it for floors, but staples have had a long history of good performance otherwise.  Mainly I use it for roof sheathing, but it also gets used to toe nail I-joist blocking since it doesn't split the wood, and other uses that would be likely to split with an 8d. 

   My favorite application for the construction stapler is building super stiff torsion box pannels for short interior wall applications.  By sheathing both sides of a 2x4 wall and using the equivelent of sceismic anchors to hold the wall to the floor, there is no stiffer method of construciton other than posts through the floor attached to floor joists.

   Also, any boxed opening or other application using plywood or osb applied to framing that is likely to split with nails, the stapler is ideal.

   The stapler is also tops at tacking framing with little risk of spliting before final attachment with hangers or nails.

    

    

   Beer was created so carpenters wouldn't rule the world.

3. 
   MrSQL | Jun 22, 2007 10:54pm | #3

   In my experience with sheathing with framing nailers is that it is much easier to OVERDRIVE the framing nails than it is the crown nails.  Overdriving can be a problem since it weakens the ability of the plywood to withstand the sheer forces.  By the coast here in NC where there may be huricanes, overdriving is cause for failing your inspection.

   I've also found the crown nails to have quite good holding power.  My figure is that since the staples bend at wierd angles as they go in, they hold better.

    

   Regards,

   Roger <><