27-10-2011, 08:53 AM
Hi,
You brought back memories Alan regarding pallet making machines.
I used to visit Timcon exhibitions and just about every pallet making machine was on display and working as were pallet stripping machines. The noise was tremendous.
At work I designed and had made an adjustable steel table which worked as a jig and we could produce in bulk two way pallets at speed using a counter balanced nail gun; the sections would be cut in multiples on a Wadkin radial arm saw and placed on trolleys and the smallest pallets could be assembled and nailed in less than a minute.
The small electric nail/staple guns are very useful as you say Alan especially for the type of job you mention. I think it is only a matter of time before I buy one as such a gun (brad nailer) would prove very useful in cabinetmaking.
You mention ease of use Alan and this is a real bonus because to try to knock in a brad with an hammer whilst trying to position the parts is always a juggling act and the action of the hammer blows tends to loosen joints already made but with a gun it becomes incredibly simple.
Kind regards, Col.
You brought back memories Alan regarding pallet making machines.
I used to visit Timcon exhibitions and just about every pallet making machine was on display and working as were pallet stripping machines. The noise was tremendous.
At work I designed and had made an adjustable steel table which worked as a jig and we could produce in bulk two way pallets at speed using a counter balanced nail gun; the sections would be cut in multiples on a Wadkin radial arm saw and placed on trolleys and the smallest pallets could be assembled and nailed in less than a minute.
The small electric nail/staple guns are very useful as you say Alan especially for the type of job you mention. I think it is only a matter of time before I buy one as such a gun (brad nailer) would prove very useful in cabinetmaking.
You mention ease of use Alan and this is a real bonus because to try to knock in a brad with an hammer whilst trying to position the parts is always a juggling act and the action of the hammer blows tends to loosen joints already made but with a gun it becomes incredibly simple.
Kind regards, Col.
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