Tom Donalek
12-29-2005, 12:43 AM
Hello - ! For better and for worse, I swung by the 'orange Borg' and squandered some Christmas gift cash (and a gift card) on the PC compressor/nailer combo with the 16ga/18ga/stapler 'guns'. The impetus was (lack of) progress on a Christmas present - an overly complicated MDF book/display shelf unit for my little sister's new apartment. The big hangup has been sequential gluing and clamping, so being able to brad nail as I go (instead of clamping and waiting) is speeding things up.
I guess I could have posted this in the Christmas present thread, since it also became a good introduction thread! (Dear photo police - this is a dull item - please see the PC website. My other big WW gift was from the bestest girlfriend in the world - the PC 557 biscuit joiner. She may expect a new desk to be made with it though...)
I'm impressed, but I suspect my neighbors are more impressed - with the compressor noise! Along with Stu, Tyler and Per, I'm a big city wood butcher. I live here in 'the inner city' in Chicago in a three flat, with a 'shop' in the basement. (I'm actually envious of Stu's dungeon!) I ran the compressor out in the detached garage, and ran the hose into the basement. The garage is an uninsulated wood frame building. (Between the rats and the folks who break in to the garage every so often, the compressor can't stay out there permanently, so our below freezing weather isn't an issue) I could faintly hear the thing running in the basement with the door closed! (but not with my hearing protection.) I'm worried that the neighbors might be able to hear it through their brick walls - no late night nailing for me!
So my big question is - there's a bottle of oil in with the nailers. The 'online bookstore' reviews mention using the oil, but not much detail. I looked through the instruction manuals before using them, but I don't see anything about the oil. What the heck do I do with it? Where does it go on the guns? Thanks!
I guess I could have posted this in the Christmas present thread, since it also became a good introduction thread! (Dear photo police - this is a dull item - please see the PC website. My other big WW gift was from the bestest girlfriend in the world - the PC 557 biscuit joiner. She may expect a new desk to be made with it though...)
I'm impressed, but I suspect my neighbors are more impressed - with the compressor noise! Along with Stu, Tyler and Per, I'm a big city wood butcher. I live here in 'the inner city' in Chicago in a three flat, with a 'shop' in the basement. (I'm actually envious of Stu's dungeon!) I ran the compressor out in the detached garage, and ran the hose into the basement. The garage is an uninsulated wood frame building. (Between the rats and the folks who break in to the garage every so often, the compressor can't stay out there permanently, so our below freezing weather isn't an issue) I could faintly hear the thing running in the basement with the door closed! (but not with my hearing protection.) I'm worried that the neighbors might be able to hear it through their brick walls - no late night nailing for me!
So my big question is - there's a bottle of oil in with the nailers. The 'online bookstore' reviews mention using the oil, but not much detail. I looked through the instruction manuals before using them, but I don't see anything about the oil. What the heck do I do with it? Where does it go on the guns? Thanks!