Nail Gun Stapler

Nail Gun Stapler FARM SHOP Tools 23-1-13 Friesen converted an old Stanley nail gun into a heavy-duty stapler that drives "clips" of fence staples that he glues together in a special jig. To drive staples instead of nails, he re-moved the nail rigging from the bottom of the gun and fitted it with a driver he de-signed for staples. It consists of a 1 by 3/ 16-in. section of metal file welded to the end of the piston. He built a rail to hold his homemade spring-loaded "clips" of staples which consist of 50 staples glued together with a hot glue gun in a jig. He also built a "fork" out of 3/8-in. dia. mild rolled steel and welded it to the bottom of the nail gun to hold the stapler in place while driving staples at a 45 degree angle on posts. "Three of us once stapled up two miles of buffalo fence in four hours," Friesen says. "There were five staples per post and 200 posts to the mile for a total of 2,000 staples." To power his nail driver and stapler, Friesen hauls a shop air compressor and a Honda generator with him on a two-wheel trailer behind a 4-WD ATV. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Robert Friesen, R.R. 1, Crooked Creek, Alberta, Canada T0H 0Y0 (ph 780 957-2332).

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