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making up new supers wondering what type of staple gun and size staples to use. any comments well appreciated
making up new supers wondering what type of staple gun and size staples to use. any comments well appreciated
I use a brad nailer that handles nails from 5/8" up to 1-1/4". It's electric so you don't have to buy the air compressor. It's $50 to $60. I use the 1-1/4" w/ glue for frames, and the 5/8" for the wedges.
Do a search on here. Lots of info.
harbor freight sales a 1/4 crown stapler nailer that shoots up to 1 1/2 length staples for $19.00 I have used and abused mine and its still running great.
You mean you missed the sale rat!!!
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." Winston Churchill
I shoot 2.5" 15 guage finish nails in mine. I have a 15 guage stapler, but I like the longer length on the finish nails and it doesn't crush the grain like a staple does. I shoot them at an angle which gives them much greater holding power shooting into endgrain. Angle each one the opposite direction and it pretty effectively locks the joint.
I just tack well glued supers with 2" brads then drill and nail with galv nails
I use a Bostitch narrow crown stapler and shoot 1 1/2" staples. i switch to smaller staples for frames.
"My wife always wanted girls. Just not thousands and thousands of them......"
I've been using 1.5" narrow crown staples for frames, and 18 gauge 1.5" brads for the supers (glued in the finger joints). The only reason I use 18 gauge is because that's the size my air nailer/stapler uses. I'm sure some will say that 18 gauge is too small.
I got a Bostitch SX-150 Narrow Crown Pneumatic Stapler for Christmas this past year and it is one of the best toolsI have ever owned. I have only used it on frames and it made short order of those.
Porter cable crown stapler with 1-1/2 staples works great with tite bond glue.
https://www.beesource.com/forums/show...itachi+stapler this is a thread on a great stapler I bought and have run 75000 stapler thru this year. It has not had any issues.
Feeding early patties. https://youtu.be/bUDd3vk7bgY
I'm with Ross. Just bought a Campbell Hausfield 2-1/2" nail gun at a pawn shop for $17.00. It really does less damage to the wood in the finger joint area. I'm impressed. It also shoots shorter nails (1-3/4") for frames. Previously had a Hitachi, never missed a beat. Loved it.
Tightbond III glue in conjunction with a "Max" brand pneumatic nailer shooting 3" stainless steel ringshank nails. (I used to use a 3lb sledge hammer to drive similar nails into the boxes). I use the overflow glue to seal the end grain. I also use BetterBee boxes, which are made from 7/8" stock, rather than the standard 3/4" stock. My assembled boxes are rock solid.
I have a few boxes which are the standard 3/4" stock held together with just nails. These 3/4"/nails-only boxes are noticeable less rigid than my glued BetterBee boxes.
I don't paint or otherwise seal my boxes, hence I use the SS nails to avoid rust stains caused by regular nails. Purely an aesthetic consideration.
Last edited by shinbone; 02-22-2015 at 07:50 AM.
(1975-1980, and now since 2011; maintain about 10 hives; Zone 5b; 15" rain; 5500')
The nails I use; anything from 2-1/2" to 3" work well:
(1975-1980, and now since 2011; maintain about 10 hives; Zone 5b; 15" rain; 5500')
Porter cable crown stapler with 1-1/2 staples works great with tite bond glue
That's what I use
Are 5/8th" brad nails used with titebond enough for nailing frames? I'm nailing from the side and top
Titebond and Screws!
Its safer to hand the kids a cordless screwdriver and a box of screws.


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In an effort to incrementally rebuild staffing levels in the Police Department, the City Council Public Safety Committee is asking City Manager Michael V. O'Brien to make a 20-member police recruit class and hiring a third animal control officer top priorities in planning the fiscal 2014 budget.
The three committee members said they want the city to continue the momentum that started this year to bring police staffing up to previous levels.
The Police Department currently has 412 sworn police positions, including police officers and police officials, which is down 68 from 2004 when Police Chief Gary J. Gemme became the city's top cop.
The city councilors hope that with a 20-member police recruit class next year, the Police Department will be able to beef-up its Community Impact Division and deploy more foot patrols.
District 5 Councilor William J. Eddy, committee chairman, said the council is very committed to increasing staffing in the Police Department because it is something the public wants.
"We can do this by balancing the needs to the taxpayers and do this incrementally or look to address the tax base and do it in one fell swoop," Mr. Eddy said. "This council has chosen to do it incrementally."
This year's municipal budget authorizes 25 new positions for the Police Department. Six of those positions have already been filled by officers who graduated from the Police Academy in the spring of 2009, but had to be immediately laid off upon their graduation because of budget cuts.
Chief Gemme said those officers have been reinstated and are now out on the streets.
Meanwhile, the chief added, a class of 19 recruits is currently undergoing training in the Police Academy and they are expected to graduate during the first week of April.
Even with the 25 additional officers, Chief Gemme said the Police Department will only net 10 additional police officers because nine more vacancies are expected to come up between now and next August.
"When you net 10 of 19 it doesn't give you much flexibility to do any more than what we try to do now," the chief told the committee.
But with an addition recruit class next fiscal year, he said the department would be able to re-staff its Traffic and Community Impact divisions, as well as fill long-term gaps in its Investigation Division.
"With additional police officers we would certainly add to our Community Impact Division so we could expand our foot patrol program and have more park-and-walk patrols in the neighborhoods," Chief Gemme said. "Those are the kinds of things that make people feel safe."
Mr. Eddy and his colleagues, District 2 Councilor Philip P. Palmieri and Councilor-at-Large Michael J. Germain, said they fully concur with the chief.
"These are the things people are asking for," Mr. Palmieri said. "There isn't a community meeting I've attended where these issue have not been raised; I am 100 percent in agreement."
Chief Gemme said the city would also benefit by having a third animal control officer. He said the city used to have three but one position was eliminated several years ago because of budget cuts.
He said the two animal control officers the city currently has is the "bare minimum" for a city the size of Worcester; 39 square miles in size with a population of more than 180,000.

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