nail guns

Powered carpentry shooters

Nail guns are power tools that drive nails into wood or other materials using compressed air, electricity, or gas combustion.

They replace hammers for speed and consistency in construction and carpentry: The framing crew used nail guns to assemble the walls in hours.

Nail guns require careful handling—accidental discharge can cause serious injury.

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Opposites
fastening method/tool type

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Heavy-headed striking tools

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fastener direction/function

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Tools extracting driven metal

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nail, gun, guns, nails, nailed, nailing, gunning, gunshot, gunned

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Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG