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Screw guns also exist with autofeed mechanisms, with which each time one finishes driving a screw, another screw gets automatically loaded onto the tip. The most common autofeed mechanism uses collated screws, which means a strip of screws held together by plastic. A screw gun that uses collated screws is known as a collated screw gun.
Powder-actuated tools come in high-velocity and low-velocity types. In high-velocity tools, the propellant charge acts directly on the fastener in a process similar to a firearm. Low-velocity tools introduce a piston into the chamber. The propellant acts on the piston, which then drives the fastener into the substrate.
Stanley Bostitch, previously and more commonly known as simply Bostitch, is an American company that specializes in the design and manufacture of fastening tools (such as staplers, staple guns, nailers, riveters, and glue guns) and fasteners (such as nails, screws, and staples).
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Paslode is a tool manufacturer. Paslode is an acronym for PA cking S hipping LO ading DE vices and was founded in 1935. The company develops and manufactures nail and staple guns; either powered by proprietary butane cylinders (in combination with battery power) or an external supply of pressurized air.
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Nail guns have in many ways replaced hammers as tools of choice among builders. The nail gun was designed by Morris Pynoos, a civil engineer by training, for his work on Howard Hughes' Hughes H-4 Hercules (known as the Spruce Goose). The wooden fuselage was nailed together and glued, and then the nails were removed. [1] [2]
In Scandinavia shakes, traditionally used only for roofing, are generally smaller than in North America, measuring 13–16 inches (330–410 mm) long, 4–6 inches (100–150 mm) wide and 1 ⁄ 8 inch (3.2 mm) thick, [6] while in Poland and Slovakia they are usually 36 inches (910 mm) long, 4–6 inches (100–150 mm) wide and 1–1.25 inches ...