Air hammers/palm nailers revisited

[Isaac OLEG]

Hi,
I use that one with greatful thanks to Danair !

I bought it first with the magnet tip, but this is a too large hole
for pin driving BMO.
The Danair people send me the special tip they made once for Baldwin,
and that is perfect to drive pins (with a window to go around the
coils). Be careful that this tip works with a model of nose
(standard), but the nose is not sold with the magnet option.
You should consider buying some spacers that allow to modify the
height of the tool and the size of the stroke, so you will be able to
drive the pins exactly where you want to.

Buy a special Ballistic Nylon cover to use the tool, better fit in
hand and less noise, I bought the leather one , good contact in hand,
but the strap is useless.

The tip is indeed in metal and I was afraid to mar the finish with it,
but it did not happen, possibly because thje contact between the plate
and the tip is a light contact. Anyway I've find a temporary method to
protect the tip's edges with some tubular thermoretractable plastic,
that I warmed and this stay in place for some time, allowing the end
of the tip to be plastic covered.



Hope that help, the most appreciated thing with the nailer, after the
less energy used, is that it produce far less noise than hammering. It
is even possible to have it work with a very little portable
compressor (instant type)so I will eventually work on site in
customer's place with it.

And yes the people from Danair are knowing exactly what we need, ask
James MARTIN Jimdanair@aol.com, he will anwer you and you will find
him very efficient.

They even send me for free some oil, spacers, gaskets and the nose for
the tip (because it was forget on the order)

I understand there is a guarantee on the tool


Isaac OLEG

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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
> part de Stan Kroeker
> Envoye : mardi 4 mars 2003 19:44
> A : Pianotech
> Objet : Air hammers/palm nailers revisited
>
>
> Greetings to all from the deeply-frozen Canadian prairie,
>
> Now that the subject of air hammers has come up again,
> would those of
> you who use these devices (palm nailers) for pin driving,
> mind posting a
> brief message to the list?  I would like some assurance
> that the Danair
> RN-16-8 is the ONLY model to consider, or ... what are the
> experiences
> of those who use imitators (Porter Cable, Bostich etc.)?
>
> Just a quick note, please, with make, model and price and
> your expert
> evaluation of the tool's performance (and what size
> compressor required).
>
> Regards,
>
> Stan Kroeker
> Registered Piano Technician
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