staple gun for fencing

I use fencing pliers to hold the staple. I thought the little cutout near the tip of the jaws was made for holding them, plus grabbing wire.

Use a pair of pliers to hold the staple. I do this with smal nails. I developed a fondness for finger nails.

JUST seemed ironic. Homesteading, get back to basics, then looking for a machine to replace the most basic, a hammer. Kind of like haveing one cow and buying a milking machine. I find it amusing. Not trying to be judgemental just an observation. To each their own.

You're gonna find this hard to believe, but there are people on this forum who own circular saws, tablesaws, cordless drills, belt sanders, and impact wrenches, too!

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Just because you are getting back to to the basics doesn't mean you have to revert back to hand drills and stone grain grinders lol. Modern day convience sure can make a job go quick and look nice

Nn need to justify this to me. I own powertools, modern farm equipment and use electric lights.

for some of us, this isn't about being able to hold the staple and hammer it in correctly. I can do that just fine, for a short while. An arthritic right wrist limits me to about an hour of painful hammering and with about 3 - 4 miles of fencing still needed, one of these power staplers sounds like a great idea. thanks to whoever posted the Paslode info.

We own several hand drills and use them on a regular basis. There are some things that just go better with hand tools. Hubby also loves his collection of hand planers, some of them from his gr-grandfather's shop.

That said, we also have a table saw, drill press, band saw, grinder, electric planer, and lots more. And cordless drills that get used plenty as well.

Thanks for the Paslode info, whomever posted it. Interesting but expensive. I think the Hired Hand driver is what I will try if I can find it.

-Sonja

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The irony was not lost on me, either.

Power tools definitely have their place, we own our share of them, too. But some air tool can't adjust its impact appropriately like a person with a brain swinging a hammer. Building fence builds character and gives one some "deep thinking" time, IMHO.

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I would think you could use the staple holder posted by Cabin Fever in a Dewalt hammer drill and drive the staple into the post. For those that are unaware there is a right way to orient the staple into the post to aid in the staple ends to turn/clinch and anchor the staple.

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I have not read every post but be sure and drive the staples at an angle. If you drive them straight up and down, it makes a small split in the post and the staple will back out. IF you don't need to remove them, use barbed staples on an angle. They tear up lots of wood IF you have to pull them out.

power tools are great - when you have power. Love them when I can use them, but an air tank only holds so much air, can only run so much feet of cord before you don't have enough power to kick on the compressor (I've done 400 feet with a 110 compressor, only 100 ft with a 220 compressor).

Our generator is PTO driven, and already on a trailer, so it is feasible to pull it with the tractor and hook the small trailer behind the generator with the compressor loaded on it, and make the rounds.

When we first moved to WI, we rented a gas generator as we had no electricity there yet. Darn thing was not powerful enough to kick on the big 220 compressor (they don't take much to run, but a LOT to start). So we bought the smaller 110 compressor, though it had a hard time keeping up the the framing nailer. No way were we going to be doing all that pounding with a hammer!

I love that unit Cabin Fever posted, when I'm ready to put up fencing for goats, I'm going to get me one of those!

IMO after looking at the pasload air stapler, the staples are short, they would not hold well in most of my wood posts, I use 1 3/4" or 2" staples, on barbed wire,

those of the pasload are between 1 3/16" to 1 9/16" depending on the unit,

If everthing is new it may be ok, but on older posts and some weathering on them I think there would be a lot of maintance on the staples,

and the prices on the staplers are not really on the econimical side of things, from what I see.

I noticed the same thing. Looked mighty short to me. I use 1 3/4 or 2".
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I know a way to get around the wood-post-staple issue: Use t-posts.

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We have one electric stable gun and two that hook up to the air compressor, which is on wheels and portable. We haven't had to use a hammer on staples except for the super huge ones. For regular fencing we usually just drag the air compressor along with us. Yep, we're lazy!

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How often do you have to refill your compressor? Or do you tote a generator along with you?

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Three words: Long extension cord!

We do have a generator also, but haven't ever got that far from a power outlet when building fence.

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Makes me wonder what the fencers have been using - they are replacing all the fencing along the interstate. Every other post is wood. Never seen them with anything big like the paslode, and never seen a genertor out there either.

They do use plenty of machines to make the job easier, but the detaching it from the posts and reattaching it seem to be done by hand. they replace all the posts and wire every 5-10 years, and what they take down is way better than most of what is around my place.