Four years ago, I bought what was then called a slide nailer at Home Depot. It is a small metal pipe, approximately 3 feet long, with a rod in it, and a weighted handle on the rod. A nail was placed in the tube and the rod was used to drive the nail in tight spaces. It worked great. I gave the tool to a co-worker, assuming that it could be easily replaced. I have since been unable to find one. Every time I need the tool, I do an internet search and come up with nothing. I usually make do with some other tool and forget about the nailer. Does anyone have suggestions on where to find one of these? Do they go by a different name? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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I saw those and thought about getting one just for the novelty. Looked like it could come in handy.
So you actually used it frequently?
I think the air palm nailer has replaced the need for the slider.
Hardly, we call it here a 'pea shooter'. Used mostly for reaching through rebar into a form to add more nails as needed after the form and steel is in place. You always find that someone failed to adequately nail down the form after the steel is in and you need to snake around things you couldn't get your hand in with a palm nailer especially to nail.
Thanks, I knew something like that had to have a useful purpose. Just seemed like a good idea to me.
Maybe now I need to buy one, just in case.
GWB 4 more years!
Watch out tho. I've made two and bought one they all have walked. Must be poplar
Must not have used the right search engine....
http://www.slidenailer.com/
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