Picture Frame tool

[MT Woodworker]

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

[Aram]

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.

[Bill_Houghton]

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).

[DaveR1]

+1 for the Fletcher point driver.

[MT Woodworker]

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.

[Bill_Houghton]

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.