I did a bit of work around the house over Easter and went to the big green shed for some more loose 50mm nails. I came back with an 18 volt finishing nailer, and a box of 50mm paper collated nails. The missus was not impressed.
Her:
'But why do you need two nail guns?'
Me: 'Ahh the one I already have is a framing nail gun and this is a finishing nail gun'.
Her: (she screwed her face up and looked like she didn't buy into the logic).
'But why do you need two nail guns?'
Me: 'The other one is air powered and is for big nails. This one is battery powered and is for smaller nails'.
Her: (still not buying into it)
'But why do you need two nail guns?'
Me: 'The other one is for 90 to 50mm fat nails with big heads and this cool one here is for 32mm to 64mm skinny nails with little heads'.
Her: (realising my enthusiasm for the new tool is over riding her objection and she was probably not likely to understand what I was saying)
'I don't want to know how much it cost!'
I think she was a bit miffed because previously I had been holding things (tear dropped pine moulding going up inside the house) whilst she hammered every other nail into them, albeit whacking all around the nail too and now I could hold it and nail it myself without her assistance.
Her:
'You sure you don't need any help?'
The poor girl likes helping, feeling useful and having a sense of ownership (or a stamp of 'we did that'!) on the renovations. I think she is envious of the finishing nailer.
Er sorry this might be in the wrong thread, it would appear that none of you guys have used nails in your projects.
Sincerest apologies; I took this to be evolving into 'this is a wood project I did on the Easter weekend'.
On another note the FIL was talking about giving me his 32" chainsaw so I can go and cut some timber slabs. He was even talking about bringing it back via aeroplane in his luggage as he reckons without the cutter bar or chain he'd fit it in. What a champ! Mmmm, river red gum, black cypress, beefwood, mulga, red mulga, gidgea...
