Electric staple/nail gun surprise
Posted: September 19th, 2021, 8:59 am
Hi Folks,
You know when a simple job turns out not to be? I wanted to put some plastic trellis, along a fence, to support and train a clematis. Yes, I thought a job for the staple gun, bang, bang, bang five minute job done - not quite.
I bought the staple gun years ago and never used it, so still in it's unopened sealed plastic case. I noticed the piece of paper covering the plug was a bit brown, removed it and the plug was a bit brown. Opened up the plug to find it was totally rusted up inside.
Okay cut the wire and fit a new plug. The copper wire in the cable was black. After cutting back a bit more and a bit more, still black. I thought I'd do a Repair Shop special so opened up the staple gun to see how easy it was to replace the entire wire. Pretty straightforward, no soldering, except that as I opened it, very carefully, a few parts 'pinged out'. I got them all but cannot see where they all go.
As It's going to be plugged into the mains, I don't think 'seeing if it goes here' is a great idea. Solution is the whole thing goes in the bin.
I think the gun must be at least 20 years old, my records don't go back past 2000. I did a lot of woodworking at the time and it was a 'good buy.
I feel I ought to check my other electrical tools, circular and jug saws, router, as they were kept in the same place, garage, just to make sure they have not suffered the same fate. The trellis, well that will have to wait a few days. Now where did I put those manual staples and the hammer?
Ray.
You know when a simple job turns out not to be? I wanted to put some plastic trellis, along a fence, to support and train a clematis. Yes, I thought a job for the staple gun, bang, bang, bang five minute job done - not quite.
I bought the staple gun years ago and never used it, so still in it's unopened sealed plastic case. I noticed the piece of paper covering the plug was a bit brown, removed it and the plug was a bit brown. Opened up the plug to find it was totally rusted up inside.
Okay cut the wire and fit a new plug. The copper wire in the cable was black. After cutting back a bit more and a bit more, still black. I thought I'd do a Repair Shop special so opened up the staple gun to see how easy it was to replace the entire wire. Pretty straightforward, no soldering, except that as I opened it, very carefully, a few parts 'pinged out'. I got them all but cannot see where they all go.
As It's going to be plugged into the mains, I don't think 'seeing if it goes here' is a great idea. Solution is the whole thing goes in the bin.
I think the gun must be at least 20 years old, my records don't go back past 2000. I did a lot of woodworking at the time and it was a 'good buy.
I feel I ought to check my other electrical tools, circular and jug saws, router, as they were kept in the same place, garage, just to make sure they have not suffered the same fate. The trellis, well that will have to wait a few days. Now where did I put those manual staples and the hammer?
Ray.