Plastic staples

[Amulet]

...held down with plastic staples....
...Plastic staples are planeable!...

I had no idea such a thing existed. Where can you get them? And do they fit in normal staple guns? I can think of a million tasks that would be made easier by this.

 

[nimrod1230]

Any use? http://www.collatedfasteners.co.uk/plastic-staples-by-raptor-i550.html

 

[Scotty_Tradewind]

Any use? http://www.collatedfasteners.co.uk/plastic-staples-by-raptor-i550.html

Hi
these are the type of things we used.... not sure the exact product . Apparently not cheap but machineable.
We used an air/staple gun to fire them in, not sure a standard staple gun would have the umph!
S.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

Any use? http://www.collatedfasteners.co.uk/plastic-staples-by-raptor-i550.html

I've read and reread that advert several times but cannot find any mention of how many staples are sold for the £64 'special price'. Is it 1,000, 5,000, 10,000, 15,000....?

 

[Cloven]

We used an air/staple gun to fire them in, not sure a standard staple gun would have the umph!
S.

Watched a carpet layer yesterday and he used a stapler that he put in place and then hit it with a hammer. Popped staples into a hardwood floor with no problem.

Might be a possibility to get round the staple gun problem.

 

[Blueboatman]

Or stainless steel ?

I have bought stainless steel 6mm ( actually sold as 1/4inch) staples that fit a standard heavyduty Arrow T50 stapler, a bit less than £7 per 1000 plus shipping,
supplier=Arrow Staples (MAP UK), surprise surprise.

 

[DownWest]

Thought this was about plastic staples? They are much used by the wood cold moulding builders, no need to take them out and don't wreck your edge tools.

As for air driven staplers, nor much more than a decent hand one. ( less the compressor, of course...)

 

[Scotty_Tradewind]

Correction, I've just phoned my son whose workshop I did the work in and although staples are used, we actually used plastic brad nails, fired in a special pin gun.

Apologies if led astray, but google plastic brad nails and plenty info'.

He reminded me that whilst doing the 3 major beams we did have about 3-4 rogue nails that didn't go in straight, but did a 45deg turn after entering the top lamin. We must have used around 250 plastic brads so it was not a serious problem and we were making up the beams oversize, so once through the thicknesser the small problem places could be made good.

 

[Amulet]

I too am still finding it hard to work out whether you can fire them with a normal staple gun. I suspect yes if they are the same shape and gauge as normal staples. The idea of being to machine stapled wood laminations (planer, router and even lathe) opens up enormous possibilities.

I too can't work out the 64 thousand staple question - how many you get for £64. Thanks for all the info so far, I won't give up!

 

[greenalien]

Here's a couple more links that may be useful :

http://www.dr-gold.de/index_en.php?load=data/en/Plastpins.php -you'd have to email them for more info

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8-000-5-8-inch-Plastic-Staples-SPK-16-/360237841638 - at least you know how many you get for your money!