Is anyone knowledgeable about these? I'm going to be fastening netting to various wooden frames (fruit cage etc) and thought a staple gun might make my life easier but have never actually used one.
It would have to be manual or cordless.
All advice most welcome.
Hi Barnowl,
I use a staple gun all the time, just one of the cheap manual ones. They are easy to use, the metal ones can be heavy, mine is a small Rexel one from Staples, blue plastic.
One tip I have learnt is to staple on an angle so that one side of the staple has not gone all the way in. This makes it much easier to remove again. If you need access inside the netting I have even made it so only one side of the staple is in the wood and the netting just hooks over.
Hope this helps.
T.
Thanks for the advice Tulipa :)
ray uses one of the heavy duty ones, he put all the plastic on our poly doors with it..if you need advice, I can get him to put a reply on here :)
My OH uses one quite often around the home for different things. Her last use was to recover the dining chair seats leather material. Looked as good as shop bought ones. ;)
So a heavier duty one is likely to be more useful?
It probably depends on what material you are using it for. I have upholstered my kitchen chairs with the lighter one, as well as stapling the netting. This is mine:
http://www.acco.co.uk/stapling_punching/product.asp?category=13&subsection=45&id=2020
You might need to look at the size of the staples and decide then as they take different sizes and you can find the staple you think will do the job.
We also have a very heavy duty one and I can't use it, it needs more strength than I have in my hands and the width of the metal in the staples is so wide they don't always go into the wood if it is too hard. I used to be a classroom assistant so have used all different types in my time. Perhaps go for a middle of the road type that would do all the jobs. It depends how tall you are too, I am short and when having to staple above my head a lighter one would be better.
If the netting is permanent a heavier duty one is fine but if at some point you may have to remove or change it the lighter staples would be easier, they can be hard to remove.
Sorry this is not a decisive answer for you but I suggest you go and have a look for yourself.
Hope it is of some help!
T.
Barnowl So glad you asked this question. Hope you don't mind me joining in. Tulipa Is the one you using the value tracker or the lighter one?
Hi
I use the value tacker as it is much lighter than the other one I have. It takes 23/6 and 23/8 staples.
T.
We've got a Black & Decker powershot one it's very good I think you can use nails/tacks with it. I just looked them up I can't find the same one as we have but they seem a lot more expensive than I remember.
I used it on my allotment to staple the wire mesh fence to the posts my only problem now is that the Town council had manure delivered and about a ton went on my fence. The wire mesh withstood the weight but the fence posts snapped so now to replace the posts I have to get the staples out...otherwise I will lose a couple of inches of wiremesh which I can't really afford to lose as my fence won't meet up with my gate ( I say 'gate' in the loosest sense...my gate is a section of wire mesh that opens but that does seem to fool people into thinking there is no way through).
Thank. From the discussion I think I probably might as well get something a bit heavier than the lightest Rexel (and perhaps one that can do nails as well as staples) but will note the warning about using too large a size of staple!
I have a Stanley TR45,a metal manual stapler.They come in varying sizes. It's great for mesh on posts etc. I had an electric Rexel before but it was intermittent alot of the time, and I had to have a power supply which is not always possible.
Wouldn't want to be without this bit of kit.