When you need to drive in a nail, nothing beats a hammer.
There's even a convenient claw on the other end to correct any
mishaps. But when you need to drive a lot of nails in a short
amount of time, nothing beats a power nailer. A quality power
nailer can sink thousands of nails a day consistently and
accurately with a minimum amount of maintenance. Two basic types
of nail guns are widely used today. They vary based on their
magazine style and the nails they use. Stick-style nail guns use
nails that are collated, or held together, by strips of paper,
plastic or thin wire. These nails form a long, slender stick
that slides into an oblong magazine on the tool. Nail sticks
vary in length from 20-inch to 40-inch nails. Coil-style nail
guns use long, flexible strings of nails joined with wires. The
nails are stored in a round magazine on the tool. The magazine
rolls the string of nails, allowing as many as 300 nails to be
loaded at a time. Nail guns can be used in virtually any type of
construction. Some models ar