Comments on: Craftsman 12V Hammerhead Auto-Hammer

By: Zathrus

Zathrus — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:15:40 +0000

Waste of money. Even my coworker who is a Craftsman nut agrees. If you have a compressor and need to nail in a tight spot then a palm nailer is far better.

By: Gail

Gail — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:54:22 +0000

I am always looking for new gadgets for my husband. He has a pneumatic nail gun. Would this little Auto Hammer be a good little toy or a waste of money?

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:21:54 +0000

I bought one of these and took it back after trying it for 10 minutes. I finally got it to drive a 1″ finishing nail, but nothing larger. It was a pure guess if it would even drive those with bending them over - you can’t see the nail through half it’s travel. Nice try Craftsman, but I expect better from you.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:57:09 +0000

I purchased this tool and I must say that I had high hopes. Sadly I was completely let down, it didn’t have the force to drive a 16d sinker. I returned it within a few days of dissapointment.

By: Sarge McCop

Sarge McCop — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:35:13 +0000

Will it make a good defensive weapon?

By: Gatormike

Gatormike — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:22:37 +0000

The video shows it as having a built in LED

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:10:31 +0000

2 thumbs up. However, if it had a built-in LED guide light like the Arrow CT50, then I’d really be sold.

By: Aaaarrghh

Aaaarrghh — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:30:47 +0000

Did someone say ” it wernt much use with larger nails?”

By: Rob1855

Rob1855 — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:11:31 +0000

Surprised I haven’t seen any advertising for this yet. They’re going to make a mint selling these things as Christmas gifts.

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By: stephen colbert

stephen colbert — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:03:49 +0000

How about the “make-up shotgun” in that episode. “Whoops I set it to ‘Whore’”

After that we need the 6 legged chair in the shop.

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Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:02:36 +0000

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Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:05:54 +0000

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By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:03:08 +0000

@BigEdJr Funniest blog comment I’ve read in quite some time.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:56:31 +0000

I do remember that Simpsons’ episode. That autohammer was great, as well as the Lazy Boy crapper.

By: Tony Clifton

Tony Clifton — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:55:07 +0000

-craigt: I think you mean “Thomas Edison” invented the automatic hammer.

By: David Bryan

David Bryan — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:23:05 +0000

A lot of what you can do with this, access-wise, you can do with Sparky’s good old-fashioned peashooter. Not nearly everything, but a peashooter sure solves a lot of nailing problems.

By: Barri

Barri — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:45:21 +0000

I see a video of someone using this tool a few weeks ago and it wernt much use with larger nails. It took ages to knock them in. I like the way that they make it look like it knocks them in so fast lol. I will just carry on using my palm nailer and nail guns air and paslode’s.

By: -craigt

-craigt — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:49:18 +0000

Anyone remember the Simpsons episode where Homer invents an automatic hammer?

By: Shopmonger

Shopmonger — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:58:12 +0000

Yes, this looks great. The pneumatic ones have been used for a long time…..
I think this would be great…for tight spots

By: tooldork

tooldork — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:27:17 +0000

@BigEdJr — ROFL

By: Toolaremia

Toolaremia — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:04:08 +0000

@bob, there is a video on the same page.

Click on “Advice & Uses” and then on “The Nextec AutoHammerhead - Starring Role” for a video.

By: BigEdJr

BigEdJr — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:57:16 +0000

Hey! This thing looks cool. You guys should think about getting them to sponsor the website.

By: bob cobb

bob cobb — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:44:56 +0000

is there a video of this in action anywhere?

By: fred

fred — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:48:02 +0000

We’ve use pneumatic palm nailers and have several Bostich PN100K model units. They come in handy for setting nails in awkward places and those that are sometimes left standing proud from a framing nailer. We used to use them for setting nails in joist hangers – but now use Bostich Sureshot nailers to take care of this task. We just bought a couple of Senco mini- palm nailers and are trying them out:

http://www.amazon.com/Senco-PC1195-Mini-Palm-Nailer/dp/B001FAGSPK

If this craftsman tool has enough impact guts to set nails as claimed – it certainly will find an application – where a air hose would be a nuisance.