Ask the Builder: Nail Guns Save Time and Money

A nail gun will save your hands from the pain of working the nails in with a hammer.
Ask the Builder: Nail Guns Save Time and Money
This is a gas-powered finish nail gun. It shoots long nails through wood trim, saving many hours of labor. Tim Carter/Tribune Content Agency/TNS
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Are you a serious DIYer? If so, you know that the quality and type of tools you use will not only determine when the project gets done, but also play a major part in the quality level of the job.

One of the biggest time savers, in my opinion, happens to be nail guns. These tools have a rich heritage dating back to the late 1700s. A nail gun using compressed air was introduced several years before the U.S. Civil War. Nail guns, as you might know them today, stepped on stage in the 1950s during the economic explosion following World War II.

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