Step-by-Step Instructions and Pictures for Power Actuated Tools

By Bruce Clark
Drive nails and fasteners into concrete slabs and block walls.Read an overview for how to use power actuated tools.
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Also called stud drivers, stud guns and rem guns, these are heavy-duty tools that fire gunpowder cartridges. This "power load" pushes a piston inside the tool that slams a special heat-treated and hardened steel nail (a "drive pin") through wood and into concrete. It takes only seconds to load and fire a stud gun, so you can drive dozens of fasteners quickly.
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