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May 12, 2001 | 09:33 PM

alanscott

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Anyone have much experience with these? I am going to have a lot of sheetrock to hang in the near future and was wondering how one of these would work out. I was thinking about a palm nailer since they look to be more versatile than the others.

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May 12, 2001 | 09:47 PM

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You need to use screws or use drywall nails hammer them in by hand, they make drywall drills that work good dewalt works real good.

May 12, 2001 | 09:53 PM

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I don't think an air nailer will work for sheetrock I would screw it ask jakegypsum for advise on what to do he sells it and all the fixins' to go with it. John

May 13, 2001 | 07:09 AM

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Alan, you don't want a air nailer for your drywall, it can punch the nails clear throuogh and not provide the dimple needed for a proper finish. As the others have suggested, the screw gun is the better route. The screws pull the rock tight to the framing and wont back out.

Be sure to put a screw in every stud along the edge and you can make straight lines across the center of the framing pieces for the middle. One at each edge and one each at 12" should work for the walls. I would go 8" on the overhead.

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May 13, 2001 | 11:47 AM

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definitley drywall screws...1 1/2 inches long...

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May 13, 2001 | 04:02 PM

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Not really related here but my new paslode impulse framing nailer is truely awesome, its not air it uses propane i think and a little spark plug and burys the nail truely an engineering marvel, miles ahed of the co2 nailers

May 13, 2001 | 04:34 PM

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Most guy's use 1-1/4" screws for 1/2" rock, and they use 1-5/8" screws for 5/8" rock. You want to use coarse thread screws for wood studs and fine thread screws for metal studs. Longer screws for this application can't hurt although using too long of a screw can be a PITA. Screws go from 1" all the way up to 6", if you really need them that long. Standard drywall nails are 1-3/8" for 1/2" rock and normally 2" nails are used for 5/8". You may also use drywall adheasive in conjunction with the screws or nails. Most custom jobs are done with drywall adheasive. The above posts are correct with the fact that you need a "dimple" effect when you use nails or screws. The dimple will allow for joint compound. Air guns will not allow for a proper dimple. I have seen people use them and either blow nails through the rock or not have them seat properly, let alone any dimple. One guy used a stud driver once. Lol. He was going over a block wall. It was a rough job to tape and finish.
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May 13, 2001 | 08:21 PM

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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 13-May-01 AT 09:28 PM (EST)[/font][p]John, only for holding power...with 1/2 inch thick drywall, a 1 inch screw gives ya 1/2 inch in the stud...a 1 1/2 inch screw gives ya 1 inch in the stud..better job it seems to me...although 1 1/4's will do just fine.

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May 13, 2001 | 09:02 PM

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Otto, that isn't an impulse gun its an orange wonder I wouldn't be caught without one. If you never used one its not to bad to drive nails, but once you use it you will never go back LOL. John

May 13, 2001 | 09:30 PM

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Thanks for the advice, I'll try the screws. I spent a summer while in hi skool hanging sheetrock in a new subdivision (20 plus years ago) and was trying to figure out a way to bypass the "Bam Bam Bam" repeat! method.

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May 14, 2001 | 05:04 PM

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yea i know its great i havent hammered a nail in years either screws or a nail gun, mostly nails since i got the new paslode

May 14, 2001 | 06:25 PM

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allen i am sorry to tell this to you but using are tools such as nailer on sheet rock would make the nail go straight threw the stud. use a an electric drill becouse srcews will hold 10 times better than nails. good luck!