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What gives with that. It comes in its own plastic pouch. That is not good. I don't use it any more, under any circumstances. It is very expensive for a simple striking tool. It slips off the top of the cleat. The cleats that I use are Bostitch FLN-200, 2 inch Hardwood Flooring Nails. As was noted by another reviewer, the working end of the tool is just like a flat-bladed screw driver.
I bought one of these with high hopes. Flooring cleats are not like this (I checked with a magnifying glass). Perhaps the Porta-Nail tool works better with Porta-Nail cleats, but I would doubt that. The head of the cleat is small and the working end of this tool is even smaller. I don't use nail sets either for driving the cleats. I do use the nail sets for face nailing the finish nails on floor boards that are close to the walls where a power nailer won't go. They were not met. It seems like the right idea.
This Porta-Nail tool looks like it should work. If you use the Porta-Nail tool and it slips off the head of the cleat (as it is wont to do) you have a cleat that is probably rounded off somewhat. Nail sets work well with finish nails because the top of the finish nail is dimpled so that the nail set does not slip off. The striking face of this tool is smaller in both dimensions (length and width) than the head of the cleats that it strikes against. The one that I use, came in a set of Dasco Pro punches.
The punch that I recommend is bigger than the cleat, just like the heads of hammers are bigger than the nails that they drive. I would not recommend this tool to a friend, even at half the price. I am not making watches, I use this tool to install flooring. It seems like it should work because it is made by a company that sells flooring nails and nailers. Now, the rounded off cleat is even harder to drive with this tool when you go after the cleat a second time.
My favorite punch for setting cleats that are not completely driven in by a power nailer is a 1/4 inch pin punch, number 589. I end up with this tool slipping off the top of the cleat and hitting the wood. I do much better with a standard round/cylindrical punch that you can buy at any home center, like Home Depot.
I found a standard medium head nailset simpler and more effective. I'm using cleat flooring nails and found this tool completely worthless for setting them into hard maple. The tip is basically equivalent to a slot screwdriver, so it slipped right off of the nail head when aligned.
For the most part I preferred to use this setter rather than my other nail sets for the L-Nail, but I do think that it could have been designed much better to prevent it from slipping off the nail head.
this item is a waste of money I found a large size center punch worked much better at 1/4 of the price.
It works great setting the staples and is very handy with removing bent staples. The staple setter was a big help with all the problems I have had with the Bostitch Floor Runner.
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