stringing

[Nichols]

Tom,
     My Dad taught me how to string with an air ratchet, and the pins 
driven in first. (3.5 turns high)
Run the wire into the high side and ratchet down, run around the bridge and 
hitch, etc, feed past the low side to three fingers (his were thick), cut, 
feed it through, and ratchet down. No waste. None. His thinking was that 
screwed pins were better than driven. That has been proven false through 
research. Driven pins hold better, longer, in most blocks. Our beckets were 
always perfect, 'cause we lined 'em up before the wire touched them. 
Getting the coils right while the air ratchet was turning wasn't too hard 
with practice. But... it was slow and noisy. I'm a driver, now, with 
appropriate markings on the heavy-duty needle nose pliers for accuracy. 
Much faster, and not that much more physical. I still use a short handled 
two-pound sledge, though. I'm ready for an air hammer.

Guy Nichols, RPT
Ft. Stinkin' Desert



At 07:24 AM 8/5/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>List,
>I'm a "wind the coil on the pin then drive the pin" stringer.  I've toyed
>with the driving in the pins first but I like the advantage of having one
>side of the pin completely accessible for coil lift and the sorts. I'm very
>anal on nice coils and beckets which align beautifully. Every advantage I
>can get to meet my needs I'll do.
>That being said, I'm wondering if any out there would/could comment on the
>use of an air impact driver to wind the strings onto the coil ( while in the
>block).  I'm thinking that between a palm nailer and impact driver,
>stringing could become  a lot less physical.
>Tom Servinsky, RPT
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