I sometimes use my pneumatic framing nailer to install siding or exterior trim. But before doing so, I affix a homemade nosepiece to the nailer. The nosepiece does two things: First, it keeps the prongs of the nailer from marring the work, and second, the nosepiece allows me to adjust the depth that the tool sets the nail. As shown in the drawing, I made the nosepiece out of a 2-in. section of garden hose. I slit the hose so that it would slip over the nailer’s business end. Then I secured the hose with a pipe clamp. By the way, on some nailers you might have to make a notch in the pipe clamp to allow the nails to pass unimpeded from the magazine into the nailer’s nose.
—Diane Wray, Coupeville, WA
Edited and illustrated by Charles Miller
From Fine Homebuilding #97
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The illustration shows a hose clamp not a pipe clamp, which would be too big and heavy. Therefore, it must be a hose clamp. The text would be wrong if that is the case. It looks like a good idea.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE ADDITION OF THIS HOSE PIECE NOT INTERFERE IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER WITH THE OPERATION OF THE SAFETY ON THE FRONT NOSE OF THE TOOL!!