With the help of this device you can not only accelerate, but also improve the quality of installation of plastic ties. Moreover, when the required tightening force is reached, the gun automatically cuts off the “tail” of the screed. It is very convenient and practical, especially if you have to work with plastic screeds constantly.
Of course, you can buy a ready-made manual or automatic gun for mounting screeds, but it’s cheaper to assemble a home-made construction from scraps of metal.
To make a gun for plastic screeds, you will need a small piece of a corner, a strip of metal, a profile pipe 30 * 60 mm, in which you need to trim the upper shelf to get a U-shaped profile.
The main stages of work
First of all, the master performs the marking and cuts the workpieces to size. It is necessary to cut a piece of the corner, several segments of the strip, as well as cut parts from the profile pipe. Drill holes in designated areas.
Then the finished blanks need to be welded together. At this stage, the home-made design is already beginning to take on clear contours. In fact, the result was a pistol body with a trigger. The wizard also installed a spring for the return stroke.
At the last stage, it remains only to make and install a trimming mechanism for plastic ties. Then all the parts can be painted and assembled.
For details on how to make a gun for plastic ties from unnecessary scraps of metal, see the video on the website.
