SENCO FinishPro 41XP 15ga. Finish Nailer

Tool: Senco FinishPro 41XP Finish Nailer Uhm, I’ve been putting this review off. Why? Because this pneumatic nail gun is a Senco and it’s so lightweight and very good looking but there’s something about it’s action and shape I can’t get used to. As the primary means of fastening my work, the finish nailer is [...]

3 tools for better wood filler

I’m not going to write a lot about these three products because I don’t want to give away too many secrets. If you’re looking for the best way to color match and apply nail filler in your finished woodwork then these are the three things you’ll need: Famowood Water-Based Wood Filler *Mixol Universal Tinting Paste [...]

Paslode 3250-F16 Finish Nailer

Tool: Paslode 3250-F16 Finish Nailer 15 years on a few drops of oil, my Paslode 3250-F16 has shot more finish nails than most people will ever get the opportunity to. How many houses in 10 years as a trim carpenter? How many thousands of feet of trim? How many hundreds of thousands of nails? This [...]

Paslode Cordless 16-gauge Angled Finish Nailer

Tool: Paslode Cordless 16 gauge Angled Finish Nailer I have to be very careful not to swear while writing about my Paslode Cordless Finish Nailer. I have a serious love-hate relationship with this tool. For certain applications the Paslode Cordless Nailer is indispensable but that’s highly conditional upon it actually working. It’s truly unfortunate, my [...]

Stanley 12-101 – Pocket Trimming Plane

Tool: Stanley 12-101 Small hand plane The small Stanley Trimming Plane is the perfect compliment to a Carpenter’s tool belt. I’ve had this little plane tucked in a pocket in my tool belt pouch for years. It’s not built for smoothing a board face, but it’s hard to compare for a quickly knocking off a [...]