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Re: Strip: 23 ga micro pinner help with "Stapleles
By:Ben Thacker-Gwaltney
Date: 3/29/2012, 8:20 am

: I was looking at my 23 gauge micro pinner tonight and wondered if
: it would be useful in "stapleless" stripping? Instead
: of having to clamp and wait could you blow a pin into the row
: below and move on as quick as with staples? Could you even toe
: nail into the forms if needed and then clip it off and sand it
: when doing the inside?? Just thinking out loud I have yet to go
: stapleless. Any down sides you can think of?? Travis

A lot of big, wood-strip boats are built edge-nailed as you describe. On Harker's Island in NC, big sportfisherman are still built this way in people's yards. Note that their strips may have a lot more width than yours, giving them a lot more room for error if the brads/nails go astray. That said, the method is proven and should work fine.

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Strip: 23 ga micro pinner help with "Stapleless"?
Travis -- 3/28/2012, 8:59 pm
Re: Strip: 23 ga micro pinner help with "Stapleles
Mike -- 3/28/2012, 9:56 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 3/28/2012, 10:26 pm
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Ben Thacker-Gwaltney -- 3/29/2012, 8:20 am
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Charlie -- 3/29/2012, 5:26 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/1/2012, 2:05 am
Re: Strip: 23 ga micro pinner help with "Stapleles *PIC*
Bryan K -- 3/29/2012, 9:37 am
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Sean Dawe -- 3/29/2012, 12:54 pm
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Dan Caouette -- 3/29/2012, 2:55 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/1/2012, 2:09 am
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Bryan K -- 3/29/2012, 3:36 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 3/29/2012, 12:29 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 3/29/2012, 3:52 pm
Re: Strip: 23 ga micro pinner help with "Stapleles
Travis -- 3/29/2012, 7:54 pm
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David Bynoe -- 3/29/2012, 8:41 pm