Posted by Home Guy on February 20, 2011, 7:07 pm
John Grabowski full-quoted:
> *Those differences are the width of the staple for different size
> wires and the appropriate model stapler. There are different
> lengths in each size.
>
> http://www.arrowfastener.com/catalog/supplies/staples
So why can T20 staples be loaded and used in a T25 gun?
Why does the package printing on a T25 gun not make any mention of the
existance of T20 staples?
Posted by John Grabowski on February 20, 2011, 7:32 pm
">> *Those differences are the width of the staple for different size
>> wires and the appropriate model stapler. There are different
>> lengths in each size.
>>
>> http://www.arrowfastener.com/catalog/supplies/staples
> So why can T20 staples be loaded and used in a T25 gun?
> Why does the package printing on a T25 gun not make any mention of the
> existance of T20 staples?
*I don't know, but I bet tech support at Arrow knows. I'm guessing here,
but maybe it is because the T25 is a cable stapler and the T20 staple is not
made for cables. If you look closely at the packaging you will notice that
the T25 staples are round headed while the T20's are flat headed.
Posted by DT on February 21, 2011, 12:41 am
>A local hardware store was selling off a handful of odds and ends, and
I
>noticed a couple of Arrow staplers for $5. This is the all chrome,
>heavy stapler. It looked like one I already had, but mine was rusty
and
>I'm always looking for it, so I figured this was too cheap to pass up.
>So anyways the model number engraved in the stapler is T-25M, but the
>single-sheet exploded parts view inside the packaging says it's a T25P
>Gun Tacker.
You didn't buy an ordinary stapler. You bought one dedicated to tacking
low voltage wiring with round top staples.
--
DT
Posted by Home Guy on February 21, 2011, 9:14 am
DT wrote:
> > So anyways the model number engraved in the stapler is T-25M, but
> > the single-sheet exploded parts view inside the packaging says
> > it's a T25P Gun Tacker.
>
> You didn't buy an ordinary stapler. You bought one dedicated to
> tacking low voltage wiring with round top staples.
Well, this is my second T25 stapler, and all I ever use in them are the
flat-top T20 staples.
I figure that if the staples fit properly in the feed guide, that's all
you need to worry about.
I loaded a rail of flat-topped T20 staples into my new T25 gun and drove
a few staples into some scrap hardwood. Worked fine - as I expected.
It's strange. Arrow seems to make guns with model numbers that match
the staples.
So they have T25 round-topped staples for T25 guns.
I don't see a T20 gun to match the T20 flat-topped staples.
They do sell a T2025 gun, which claims to use both T20 and T25 staples.
But like I said, the T25 gun seems to shoot T20 staples just fine.
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> wires and the appropriate model stapler. There are different
> lengths in each size.
>
> http://www.arrowfastener.com/catalog/supplies/staples