Switched from hand tapping to a pneumatic stapler on my last 12 jobs

For over a decade I used a manual hammer tacker for every stretch job because that's how my dad taught me back in Ohio. Last spring I picked up a used Senco stapler for $80 at a pawn shop and now I'm finishing rooms in half the time with way less hand fatigue. Has anyone else made that switch and found their back thanks them for it?

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king.aaron7d ago

Wait wait wait. You spent a DECADE using a hammer tacker? That's insane. My wrist aches just thinking about it. That Senco find for eighty bucks is a steal though. Those things normally go for way more. I switched to a pneumatic a few years back and it honestly changed everything. No more sore elbows after a long day. Night and day difference.

morgan5127d ago

That 80 bucks for a Senco is criminal, nice score. I did the hammer tacker thing for about 6 years on a big fencing job and my thumb joint still clicks when I make a fist. If your air compressor can handle it, grab a narrow crown stapler too, it saves your wrists on trim work way more than you'd think. Don't forget to oil the air tool every time you hook it up, that's the thing everyone skips and then wonders why it jams after two months. Night and day difference is right, you feel it in your elbow the next morning.