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Picture Frame tool - MT Woodworker - 11-09-2021
Hi
Wondering what type of tool any of the folks here use to set nails and/or points into a picture frame?
Lots of style and types available, ratings from great to crap....
So I thought I would ask.
Thanks, Mark
RE: Picture Frame tool - Aram - 11-09-2021
(11-09-2021, 02:18 PM)MTÂ Woodworker Wrote: Hi
Wondering what type of tool any of the folks here use to set nails and/or points into a picture frame?
Lots of style and types available, ratings from great to crap....
So I thought I would ask.
Thanks, Mark
I use a point shooter made by Fletcher. It works great.
RE: Picture Frame tool - Bill_Houghton - 11-09-2021
Channellock pliers of appropriate size, with the jaw touching the outside of the picture frame padded with cardboard or whatever else is at hand; and small brads (like tiny finishing nails).
RE: Picture Frame tool - DaveR1 - 11-09-2021
+1 for the Fletcher point driver.
RE: Picture Frame tool - MT Woodworker - 11-10-2021
Thanks for the responses, I will look at the Fletcher, but what Bill mentioned about pliers got me thinking about a modified F-clamp also.
RE: Picture Frame tool - Bill_Houghton - 11-12-2021
Most picture frame stock is of soft enough wood that you don't need a lot of grunt to put the small brads/pins/whatever you're using in. If you're making frames from one of the ironwoods, or ebony, then, yes, an F-clamp might be needed; but it will also be slower than pliers or the Fletcher tool.