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I'm starting my 2015 equipment ramp up. I've always hand nailed my frames but I read a lot of posts about people using staples and am thinking about giving that a try. Instead of destroying a bunch of material trying to figure out what works I thought I'd ask.

Anyone that uses an air stapler care to share what type staples, what air pressure you use or any other advise on using staples?

I use staples but also apply Tightbond glue. As other folks have written the nails or staples are there to hold things together until the glue dries.

I run two nail guns so I don’t have to change between staples and brads. The air pressure is around 85-90 PSI.

The staple gun is from Harbor Freight and I use ¼ inch crown staples either 1” or 1.25” long to secure the top bar and bottom bar to the sides.
The brad nailer is a bostich and is used to put a brad through the side bar into the top bar.

Using the nailers and the frame jig from Brushy Mountain it moves along pretty well.

The only comment I have is to make sure you keep the stapler straight up and down or the staples will shoot out the side.

I'm glad Ski handled the technical part--I still use nails and tack hammers. A frame jig does come in handy if you need to speed up the process. I'm including a link that has pictures/plans for a simple one you can build instead of spending $ buying one.

http://www.myoldtools.com/Bees/framejig/framejig.htm

Thanks for the information, it will be put to good use!!!