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.
Heavy-duty 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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