Narrow crown fine wire stapler rental?

Teacher's Pet wrote:
Harbor Freight..air narrow crown, pays for it's self in one use, about $25.00.

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About $25 for that stapler and will serve you well! I carry mine in the 5er and can use my TV on board air for running it.

1/4" narrow crown stapler is not what the OP is asking about. OP is looking for a 22GA 1/2" stapler. the 1/4" staples are 18GA. I have both from Porter Cable. DW does upholstery.

I checked Harbor Freight already here, the only narrow crown stapler is like the one I already have...and it's not a fine wire stapler though. 18 ga and the staplers are too big and will chew up luan unfortch. Anyone have a link?Our Robin Rents didn't have one listed. I'll have to check Home Depot.

Thankfully for my more immediate need I can make due with a 23 ga pin nailer. I've removed a panel in our camper to install a plywood backer board for a TV mount and then reinstall the original panel on top of that. I think a pin nailer will work fine in this case, but I have several other places in the camper that I really need a fine wire stapler for to get decent results... which is I presume why every RV manufacturer seems to use them. ;)

I have a narrow crown stapler, a Duo Fast electric tacker. It shoots a 3/16, 9/16 length staple. I also have three pneumatic brad nailers, a Senco, a Porter Cable, and a B&D. Brads will leave a better surface than a staple. I'd suggest you use a brad nailer. Some adhesive on the studs would be a good belt and suspenders thing.

I thought about using adhesive behind it in addition to tacking it up, but I really want to be able to get the panel back off if needed without destroying it in the process. It is above our fridge and there's tons of access to the fridge guts and trailer wiring from there.

Where do you need to staple the luan? If not visible and in a place like a closet or cupboard, I've just used my small pneumatic nailer with 3/4" 18 gauge nails (I have a small & a larger nailer). If you need a little more holding power, you can angle the nails a bit. Or you could use a finishing washer and screw or even just a small #5 screw.

Another option could be to take your RV to a local independent RV repair shop and have them do it for you. If you buy a small token accessory while there, maybe they'd do it for nothing. If you went to a dealer, it'd sit there for weeks and weeks and cost big $$...

If I expected to need to remove that panel in the future, in order to get to the wiring under it, I would use removable fasteners: screws. Especially since this seems to be in a somewhat out of sight location.

myredracer wrote:
Where do you need to staple the luan? If not visible and in a place like a closet or cupboard, I've just used my small pneumatic nailer with 3/4" 18 gauge nails (I have a small & a larger nailer). If you need a little more holding power, you can angle the nails a bit. Or you could use a finishing washer and screw or even just a small #5 screw.

I think the panel will have more than enough holding power with the TV mount sandwiching it to the backer and the silicone around the edges. I'm mainly tacking it down in a few areas around the perimeter.

geoffdaddy wrote:

myredracer wrote:
Where do you need to staple the luan? If not visible and in a place like a closet or cupboard, I've just used my small pneumatic nailer with 3/4" 18 gauge nails (I have a small & a larger nailer). If you need a little more holding power, you can angle the nails a bit. Or you could use a finishing washer and screw or even just a small #5 screw.

I think the panel will have more than enough holding power with the TV mount sandwiching it to the backer and the silicone around the edges. I'm mainly tacking it down in a few areas around the perimeter.

For that, a pin nailer is hard to beat IMHO. The best part is that the fasteners are all but invisible. The HF one is a good deal (but from many reports their pin nails are not very good); the main disadvantage I can see for it over far more expensive ones is the rather lax trigger safety thingy.