Recently, Rockler threw its hat into the ring of corrugated fastener tools with its own rebranded entry. Think of a corrugated fastener as a type of wavy staple that can be used to hold face frames or any other two pieces of wood that butt together — simpler and faster than toe-nailing or using pocket screws. They’re driven by an air powered tool you’d have a hard time telling apart from a nail gun.
I don’t recognize the construction, so I’m not sure who actually makes the tool, but it drives 1/2″ wide corrugated fasteners into both hard and soft wood. The fasteners come in lengths of 1/4″, 3/8″, or 1/2″ and are bound in magazines which are easy to load.
Rockler ships their corrugated fastener tool with lubricating oil and a pair of safety goggles. They priced it at $230 which, according to Google Products, is about the middle of the road — you can pay a lot more for a Senco or a lot less for an Air Locker. Depending on their length, the fasteners themselves range from $13, $15, or $16 per box of 1000.
Corrugated Fastener Tool [Rockler]
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” simpler and faster than toe-nailing or using pocket screws”……
You should have also included cheaper, less durable, temporary, lower quality, and devoid of any craftsmanship.
Now you too can be proud to mimic particle board furniture made in Malaysia.
@ttamnoswad
A-G-R-E-E !!!
Jim
Yeah
I make many 16×20 frames for canvas and photo matting. I use pocket screws. There is NO way I would use this stapler/nailer. I believe in handmade, custom quality. Now if I was making 100+ frames a day…maybe..and a small maybe at that.
We use a Senco Senclamp fastener gun for some fabrication work. The Senclamps pull the pieces together – much better than corrugated box staples. We use the Senclamps on bannisters and handrails to pull together joints that are supported with dowels and gkue.
what ttamnoswad said. this type of fastening is weaker than a simple glued butt joint – which is actually quite strong with modern wood glues. of course it takes more than a fraction of a second to assemble.
As we were taught in school, with one of these, you are basically fastening with a chisel, and everyone knows what one of those does. They do have their place though, and our shop does stock 1 or 2 of them for the occasional need (along with almost every other handheld woodworking tool ever made).
Looks like Porter Cable to me.
Incidentally, PC seems to make the ones for Harbor freight too… they look a little different but also have some distinct similarities.
Wow, you guys are all real hypocrites. Since when is a pocket screw the mark of quality? And how do they rank when compared to dowels, biscuits, or dominoes? If you ask me, custom cabinets are custom made no matter what frame jointing method you use. If you want a real “mark of quality” then you all should be tenon and mortising your frames. If you don’t use mortise joints on your cabs and you are commenting against this tool then you are a hypocrite. Frankly, I am more appalled that the example picture shows a face frame that isn’t dadoed to fit the carcass.