Try waxing the staples with floor wax before you load them in the staple gun. I shot a bunch of waxed staples into the side of my KR today. I'll give you the results after I pull them tomorrow.
Jeff Scott N1213W Los Alamos, NM On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 21:18:31 -0700 "Joe Beyer" <fly...@spiretech.com> writes: > I agree that staples are the thing to use. You've got to have a good > bond > and weights will distort and twist the structure. In the '70's > someone > mailed in an article to the news letter about a method of removing > staples. > Have a pattern drawn on the belly skin on both sides. one is the > glue area > (inside) and the outside is the staple guide. Get some plastic band > strap > material, used for fastening boxes to pallets, and tape it over the > staple > guide lines. Metal won't do. When shooting staples you go through > the band > strap and then through the skin. The next day when the glue has > dried just > pull on one end of the band strap to lift the staples. I didn't use > this > method myself because at the time I hadn't thought of it. It really > isn't > that much work to use a chisel to lift the staple up and grab it > with a pair > of pliers. I filled the indentions with plastic wood that I bought > at the > hardware store. >> Sure would be nice not to have to remove those >> staples. > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > >
