Subject: Can anyone explain Arrow T-series staples and guns?
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:14:52 -0500
From: Home Guy <Ho...@Guy.com>
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house, alt.home.repair
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.