Right guys I'm after a staple gun for doing ground braid and under pf lighting braid / wire. What ones do you guys use and what size staples to only ones I can seem to find are alot wider than the originals.
Rudi
Rudi
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Staple gun & staples
- Thread starter RudeDogg1
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I spent ages trying to find the correct copper-coloured staples as used by the factory and finally found these. Not sure where I got them from but a Google search should bring something up:
OP
OP
Are they 6 mm long or wide?
I use any of the ones on ebay, with 4mm staples (Depth).... Same profile as above. My staples weren't copper - standard colour 
Hmmm don't like staplers!!!!! Shot myself in the chin once
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How the fook did u manage that lol
We used to use compressed air ones at work and the saftey latch was fooked and I managed to fire one in to my chin
Where there's blame...... 
Well I. WAs acting the goat!!!
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sorted now btw Arrow T20 are the perfect size match for the originals
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Mark
Interesting topic - I would like to have a staple gun for this purpose, but would hardly ever need to use it. What is the cheapest staple gun I could get away with that uses the appropriate staples (Arrow T20?).
Thanks in advance, Mark.
Thanks in advance, Mark.
You can pick one up at places like Screwfix for around £20
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Yeah I got a nice stanley one on the bay for about £20
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Mark
Thanks guys, I will look out for one. What size staples does it need to take, as I see some say things like 4mm, 6mm, etc?
Cheers, Mark
Cheers, Mark
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That's the length they never say how wide T20 is about 1/4" and I went with 8mm long
Most staples are sized by 2 numbers - 26/6, 24/6 etc. The first number is the wire gauge (thickness), the second number is the length of the leg in mm. So a 26/6 staple is made of 26 gauge wire and has a 6mm leg.
As Rudi says the width is around 8-10mm. Staples used in B/W machines to secure earth braid are copper 10mm x 26/6. To drive a 26/8 staple flush into plywood will need a heavy duty gun.
The staples used to secure the plastic glass runners are Arrow T50, and you need a big gun to get these in flush.
As Rudi says the width is around 8-10mm. Staples used in B/W machines to secure earth braid are copper 10mm x 26/6. To drive a 26/8 staple flush into plywood will need a heavy duty gun.
The staples used to secure the plastic glass runners are Arrow T50, and you need a big gun to get these in flush.
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Mark
Thanks guys, I was thinking of using it on the GI wires below the playfield where the lamp holders are not screwed to the playfield but held in by the staples on the wires, if you know what I mean! Sometimes it would be easier to remove the staple, pull the light fitting below the playfield to replace the bulb, then re stapling it in position (the alternative would be to remove the ramps, wireforms, etc above it on the playfield).
Anyway, would something like this be suitable do you think? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ARROW-JT27-Junior-Staple-Gun-Tacker-NEW-L-K-/201005138598?
Thanks again, Mark
Anyway, would something like this be suitable do you think? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ARROW-JT27-Junior-Staple-Gun-Tacker-NEW-L-K-/201005138598?
Thanks again, Mark
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prob not it might be to light to drive them right in
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This will suit your needs and most towns have a Screwfix branch close by.
http://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-h...=Search-_-SearchRec-_-Area3&_requestid=155507
http://www.screwfix.com/p/stanley-h...=Search-_-SearchRec-_-Area3&_requestid=155507