I’m up on the roof shingling with my pard today, nice sunshine, warming up to plus 15 from a minus 16 at dawn, and he is having problems with one of the Bostitch roofers. Asks for oil.
I happened to be carrying a little plastic bottle of oil in my pouch, and gave it to him. It is the size and kind that comes in the box with a new pneumatic nailer.
When he gave it back, I noticed the oil was about gone.
I looked later, when we wrapped up the tools, and saw that the little bottle is non-refillable (or maybe I was missing something.)
Does anyone have a source for little plastic oil bottles with squeeze drop tips that are refillable?
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Buy a large bottle of oil and use a fat hypodermic needle to transfer the oil thru the little cutoff nib on the small bottles.
If I weren't in the Holiday spirit, and leaving on vacation tomorrow AM, I'd have to give you Hellll for using pheumatics on such cold shingles.
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I agree. The shingles were getting punched a lot.
just for the knowledge, what happens to the shingles in cold weather. Does the nailer snap them?
can crack them if frozen, but typically blows out a pockmark of material around the nail nail is in securely, but area it fastens is compromised by the blowout under heavy wind, shingles way more prone to take off
better to apply roll roofing during winter, strip and reroof in spring
thanks Ed.
composition shingles are far more brittle in the cold. You can be more careful about the way pressure is applied when hand nailing, one of the reasons a shingle hatchet is broad headed - it spreads the blow over a large surface.
The coldest I hae ever shingled was doing t-locks in temps aroung minus 14-4 F. Had a lucky day - but I have also quit working when I saw shingles explode like glass shattering into slivers from pneumatics
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We had some blow thrus, Pif, but I hope not too many.
There has been absolutely no sun or heat, so the stickdowns won't work until next spring.
Yesterday, we had nasty wind all day, a big weather change, and a lot of trees went down all around the north country. Probably as bad a wind as we ever see. No blowoffs occured on the shingled roof, but of course with the cold, they are too stiff to curl.
Gene,
SOMETIMES shingles( particularly light weight shingles like 20 year 3 tabs)
installed in the winter----especially on the north side------NEVER seal down.
Not always---but sometimes.
I think the glue strip dries out,or oxidizes, or dust blows up under the tab interfereing with adhesion. I have seen several different subdivisions with this problem following winter time installations.
Stephen
I bought one from REI (the equipment/clothing people). You should be able to find something that will work for you at any store that sells camping gear.
see if you can find tool supplier w bottles of Senco pneumatic tool oil has flip up dispensing tip on screw-on cap i trash the oil and refill w Cat Oil synthetic for pneumatic tools works great in difficult guns, especially cold weather
Man, how much oil did he put in his gun?
My little bottle was pretty well spent when I threw it to him.
I use the little bottles that have the test kit solutions for pools/hot tubs etc. Got a hot tub and buy new kits about every year, or at least the refills. A couple of bucks at wall mart. Ask someone for the old ones or just buy and dump out. If you can't find them send me an e-mail. Another option is eye drop bottles or nose spray bottles. If hole is too small enlarge it.
Bob
Thanks for the offer and tip, but I am going to get a hypodermic syringe to use to fill the one I've got.
My ski partner is my cousin, who is a dentist and said he has something in the office I can have and use.
He will carry it in his ski parka pocket and give it to me when we are going up in a full gondola car with a bunch of snowboarders. We'll see if us old gray hairs can raise some pierced eyebrows.
Instead of consuming all the oil, which seems like way too much, (couple of drops should do). Try soaking the business end of the nailer in a little deisel fuel after every use. That, and a little spray lube before each use should be all it takes for hassle free nailing.
Try over in the drug store section at WalMart or wherever. There, amid the combs and such you can often find small, refillable bottles. I have some rather small ones that I use for eye drops. The tip pries out for refilling.
REI has better quailty refillable bottles - and I should get one because the oiler that came with my PC finish nailer is one-shot.
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