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Another alternative for a very ocassional user:
Get a $20 HF brad nailer
Get a air storage tank, like they sell at Wlamart or HF, stores about 2-5 gallons ($20).
Get an air compressor for auto tires, either a 12V or 120V unit ($20-50).
The air compressor can put out up to 150 PSI if you wait a while. But you only need about 90-100 PSI in the tank. The air compressor and tank do NOT have a regulator.
So, run the compressor into the tank for a bit until the presure gets to 90-95 PSI, then shut it off.
If you have out the Nailer ont he tank using a "T" fitting, you can now fire off probably half a dozen nails or so before the tank pressure drops. When it gets down to about 80-85 PSI, the run the compressor manually until it gets back to about 95.
You can do this and modify the preesure until you find an acceptable range in which your nailer will work.
A bit inconvenient from the standpoint be being the pressure regulator yourself, but better perhaps than swinging a hammer.
As GYChang asked for, its cheap, electrical, and good for ocassional use. An unlike electrical nailers, it will drive the nail every bit as good as an air nailer attached to a 60 gallon, 3 HP compressor. Maybe not as often, but just as well.
Get a $20 HF brad nailer
Get a air storage tank, like they sell at Wlamart or HF, stores about 2-5 gallons ($20).
Get an air compressor for auto tires, either a 12V or 120V unit ($20-50).
The air compressor can put out up to 150 PSI if you wait a while. But you only need about 90-100 PSI in the tank. The air compressor and tank do NOT have a regulator.
So, run the compressor into the tank for a bit until the presure gets to 90-95 PSI, then shut it off.
If you have out the Nailer ont he tank using a "T" fitting, you can now fire off probably half a dozen nails or so before the tank pressure drops. When it gets down to about 80-85 PSI, the run the compressor manually until it gets back to about 95.
You can do this and modify the preesure until you find an acceptable range in which your nailer will work.
A bit inconvenient from the standpoint be being the pressure regulator yourself, but better perhaps than swinging a hammer.
As GYChang asked for, its cheap, electrical, and good for ocassional use. An unlike electrical nailers, it will drive the nail every bit as good as an air nailer attached to a 60 gallon, 3 HP compressor. Maybe not as often, but just as well.
Loring in Katy, TX USA
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