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Switched from hammer tackers to pneumatic staplers on low voltage clips and never looked back
I used to do all my low voltage cable clips with a hammer tacker for like 8 years. Thought it was just fine, bang bang bang and done. Then I got on a big commercial job in Phoenix around 2018 where we had to run over 200 drops of cat6 in a drop ceiling. The GC kept complaining about the noise from hammer tackers echoing through the whole floor. So the foreman made us switch to pneumatic staplers for the clips. Man, what a difference. The stapler is way lighter on the wrist after a full day, no more sore arm. And the clips seat perfectly flat every time, no bent ones or misfires. Now I won't go back. The only downside is dragging the air hose around but for production it's totally worth it. Anyone else made the switch and felt the same way about wrist fatigue?
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ben40226d ago
Yeah, wrist fatigue is a real thing with hammer tackers. Air tools just feel smoother over a long day. The hose is annoying but beats a sore arm.
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paulperez26d ago
Man, you nailed it @ben402... I did a garage roof last summer with a hammer tacker and my whole forearm was shot by noon. Switched to an air stapler on the next job and it was night and day, even with that hose dragging around. The trigger pull is just so much lighter, you can go all day without clenching up. I'll trip over the air line ten times before I'd rather go back to that sore wrist feelin'.
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