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My brother asked me if i could design a slide nailer for a job that he is working on.
he is in the construction trades and needs to bang in a bunch of nails into areas he can't reach by hand
he asked that it be somewhere around 30" long and needed it to be able to take punishment.
here is my answer to the problem...
i started with some reclaimed 20mm chrome shaft
drilled and tapped for M6x1.0X25 socket head capscrew and 1/4" SS Fender Washer
I had a hunk of reclaimed 6061 aluminum roller about 9" long
i bored and bushed the slide, for beautiful operation
i turned a slide collar and affixed it to the shaft by locktite and a 3/16" split steel roll pin.
i bored the 20mm shaft to .373" to accept the business end rod that measured in at .375"
and press fit the nailer rod to the slide body
i took another piece of 20mm 304 Stainless and parted it down to 3"
i bored the rod end to .380" for a nice sliding fit.
i took the rod end and milled a slot in the rod end to act as a guide for a roll pin retainer
i crossdrilled the rod in 2 places to accept 1/8" roll pins
i added a flatwasher and a spring to the end cap and installed the roll pins.
the end cap is for easy nail retention and slides back as the protruding nail is driven into the base material
you don't have to worry about missing with this slide nailer, the nail is held captive by the sliding end cap!
as always thanks for reading!
he is in the construction trades and needs to bang in a bunch of nails into areas he can't reach by hand
he asked that it be somewhere around 30" long and needed it to be able to take punishment.
here is my answer to the problem...
i started with some reclaimed 20mm chrome shaft
drilled and tapped for M6x1.0X25 socket head capscrew and 1/4" SS Fender Washer
I had a hunk of reclaimed 6061 aluminum roller about 9" long
i bored and bushed the slide, for beautiful operation
i turned a slide collar and affixed it to the shaft by locktite and a 3/16" split steel roll pin.
i bored the 20mm shaft to .373" to accept the business end rod that measured in at .375"
and press fit the nailer rod to the slide body
i took another piece of 20mm 304 Stainless and parted it down to 3"
i bored the rod end to .380" for a nice sliding fit.
i took the rod end and milled a slot in the rod end to act as a guide for a roll pin retainer
i crossdrilled the rod in 2 places to accept 1/8" roll pins
i added a flatwasher and a spring to the end cap and installed the roll pins.
the end cap is for easy nail retention and slides back as the protruding nail is driven into the base material
you don't have to worry about missing with this slide nailer, the nail is held captive by the sliding end cap!
as always thanks for reading!
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