I also have one I procured when I was still an apprentice. Mine also does a lovely neat job of stapling through the cable sheath and causing difficult to find faults unless you're very very careful whilst you're using it.
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I love it does 2x 1.0mm/1.5 if your careful side by side or 2x 2.5 cables one on top of the other as well![[ElectriciansForums.net] Dewalt Electricians Stapler](https://electricians.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/data/attachments/44/44062-7e0188318dcb93972f5d5492e31ae99c.jpg "[ElectriciansForums.net] Dewalt Electricians Stapler")
I bought one of these, great for first fix stuff which is going to be covered up! did 2 x 1.0 and 1 x 2.5 in one clip this week!
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I have one and is good for timber framed new builds. This stapler and also telescopic noggins, have added more speed.
I was researching these after watching the eFixx video on YouTube - the ability to move the cable after fixing would be an advantage at times, allowing adjustment of the cable & potentially easy reuse of the clips in a cable replacement scenario. - I am interested in peoples views on this, as more people see the ability to move the cable as a negative point - more so I guess on vertical runs, although as someone suggested you could hit a few with a hammer after. Someone also suggested a technique where you "roll the stapler forward" to get a tighter fit.
I did see a review (I think on Amazon) that said they work fine in soft wood, but not at all on harder wood/old timber joists. Can anyone here confirm or deny this problem?
One advantage is the staples do seem to work out cheaper than the ridiculously expensive ordinary steel clips (unless others have found those cheaper than I have managed?). The DeWalt staples are £14.99 for 540 at Screwfix (who have started to stock them recently). I guess you would use more though as you would probably be using them for the whole run.
I did see a review (I think on Amazon) that said they work fine in soft wood, but not at all on harder wood/old timber joists. Can anyone here confirm or deny this problem?
One advantage is the staples do seem to work out cheaper than the ridiculously expensive ordinary steel clips (unless others have found those cheaper than I have managed?). The DeWalt staples are £14.99 for 540 at Screwfix (who have started to stock them recently). I guess you would use more though as you would probably be using them for the whole run.
Cheaper from CEF.
£300.00 I though it would be more. Seems quite cheap. Think I may have to invest. Anything that makes the job easier.
After using the dewalt stapler for 12months how do you rate it ? I’m considering investing in one, but would value the opinion of someone that has used it .
I have one. Use it quite a bit as its good for clipping 6mm and 10mm in garages.
Smaller size cables can be a but loose it holds up rather than grips. Tap with hammer and metal clips then go tight.
I run lots of 6mm cables in my jobs and it saves time.
Smaller size cables can be a but loose it holds up rather than grips. Tap with hammer and metal clips then go tight.
I run lots of 6mm cables in my jobs and it saves time.
Thanks Gavin , was considering this or the viper clip on shown on dragons den , but can’t find any trace of it since.
So if I understand correctly the dewalt just has one size of staple ?
They do, as long as you are careful. Mind you, not had an opportunity to use mine for years. I recall when I was a LOT younger, I'd not seen the tool, and wondered how the BT (or probably, PO back then) guys managed to knock them in - did they use a very small hammer ?
Correct, they generally don't look very pretty - not helped by the usual "who cares about aesthetics" approach to doing stuff.
Yes, had a few cases of this. In one case, we had a call from a client to say their internet had gone down. It just so happened that they'd just had their alarm installed - and along one run, the alarm installer had put one leg of nearly all the staples through the adjacent phone cable.
Another one was a network cable that worked it's way from the ground floor to the second floor in what had been an old house but which was now an office/training centre. Luckily by then I'd got my own TDR network cable tester (and had it with me) so could identify that there were multiple breaks due to staples - and more luckily, there were still two pairs intact so I was able to re-wire the run to only do 100mbps which was preferable to replacing the whole cable.
Yes. The one size clip. About £12 for a box. Maybe cheaper online...
Im actually getting another dewalt nail gun soon. The Dewalt concrete nailer. It drives nails into steel and concrete so great for fixing containment and other things when first fixing. I have a job coming up where i need to run steel trunking all over a small commercial unit.
You can get battery conversion things which clip on top battery and lets it be used in different brands.
I know a few people with these and they are a game changer
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