Yesterday I wanted to do something quick; a frame with chicken wire as spray table. No problem with the frame, but ... Let me tell you that I'm usually not cheap when it comes to buying tools. I prefer good quality even if that means that I have to spend some money. Five months ago was an exception. I needed a stapler to put the blankets in my compressor enclosure and thought that I don't need it often enough to invest money. Besides that, what could possibly go wrong with a stapler?
I can tell you now: First it was not strong enough to get the tiny 2/8" staples all the way into the pine, and after five or six staples it died altogether. It really only lived long enough for the compressor blankets, yesterday it found its final peace in my trash bin.
Fast forward one day. After work I stopped by at a tool store and got a new stapler, about five times more expensive than the old one, but at least it's not made of plastic. I also got four new trestles (learned that word today -- don't we build for education and recreation? I guess this qualifies as "education"), since all my saw horses are already in use. With the new stapler finishing that spray table was a breeze:
