Re: [bolger] Re: Air Stapler

>I do hope you'll try it and report when/if it works. When I tried it the
>plastic shredded and the staple remained in place. It did make it easy to
>grab the staple with pliers/vise-grips and pull it out, but it sure didn't
>match my image of just grabbing the strap and removing them by the dozen
>with one pull.
>
>Roger
>derbyrm@...
>derbyrm.mystarband.net/default.htm
>
>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <sstudle1@...>

> Don't know what you are stapling or why, but if you are stapling
> to hold a glue joint... try regular staples thru plastic band wrap.
> The kind they use for wrapping pallets of whatever. Then you
> pull out easily after the joint is set. Also might look into
> the Raptor line of plasic staple. These won't hurt a thing when you
> plane over them.

>Hi again......I have been researching this and I've finally found that
>316 SS is suitable for boatbuilding. The catch is that you can only
>get SS staples and nails for certain guns. I bought a bostitch 7/32
>crown stapler just for the purpose of boat building only to find out
>that you can't get them in SS! you have to have senco or a few other
>brands and they are expensive!!!......I still think they are worth the
>money for several reasons: ALOT of time saved, stronger, impossible to
>back out.
>
>

--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Robb" <rube2112us@y...> wrote:

Robb;
Corrosion in SS is quite different than for ferritic steels. 316SS is
recommended for marine fasteners over 304SS because of it's improved
resistance to interstitial (sp?) corrosion in salt water. However,
neither grade actually turns into a swollen pile of red stuff the way
carbon steel does.

Interstitial corrosion mainly affects stressed components such as a
bolt, which is under tension. Staples used to hold pieces together
while glue sets become redundant in a cured joint. Thus, their long
term strength is unimportant.

The problem with carbon steel is that it swells considerably as it
corrodes. The result is sometimes visible. Some builders don't
consider it an issue, some do. 304SS and 316SS are austenitic
stainless steels. They don't swell as they corrode, they just get
weak. Of course, 316SS is much better at retaining it's strength.

Doug

----- Original Message -----
From: "doug6949" <prototype@...>

> I inquired once and the gun price was about $300. Sure beats pulling
> steel nails after the glue sets. The savings in planer blades might
> also help offset the cost.

> What is the name of that
> proprietary 'plastic' staple
> that strip canoe builders use?

--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Hallman <bruce@h...> wrote:
> --- Robb wrote:
> > stainless staples
>
> Isn't Monel [nickel/copper] alloy
> the better choice than stainess?
>
> I don't know the answer to
> that question, but I have
> heard that 'stainless' can
> have corrosion problems in
> saltwater. Also, I wonder
> what the 'hardness' of Monel
> is relative to tool steel,
> in other words, will Monel
> staples chew up the blades
> of my plane, etc., like
> stainless would?
>
> I read once that there used
> to be a source of silicon
> bronze air gun staples,
> but that doesn't seem to be
> true anymore.
>
> What is the name of that
> proprietary 'plastic' staple
> that strip canoe builders use?

> stainless staples