HAPT50SP Pneumatic Punch Nailer/Nail Remover/Nail Puller

I had some good wood from a porch that was replaced but I couldn't remove some of the screws. Ir was taken out by a car running 130 mph through my fence, carport and into the porch, so it wasn't taken out properly and some of the fasteners got bent. I put the bent screws in to the tool and easily straightened them. Then a quick pull on the trigger and they are just about out, a second shot and they came out the other side. There is a little damage as they were deck screws, but these are the ones that wouldn't come out with the screwdriver. Quick and easy. Nails just fly out so I put it over a trash can and shot them out that way. I love it.

So I had a deck to demo, however, I wasn't just going to take all the boards to the dump. I wanted to be able to burn the wood and not have a whole bunch of nails laying around. This made the job so much easier being able to punch out all the nails. Sometimes the nails would shoot out, other times it would not. I just put the boards over a large trash can, lined the bottom with some much, and put a heavy duty contractor bag. It seemed to have caught most of the nails.I liked this kit because it actually came with safety goggles, oil, air fitting and some hex wrenches. Others you have to buy some of the additional accessories separately (i.e. air fitting). Overall, I won't be using this long term since I only needed for my deck demo, now that the job is done probably won't need it anymore, so something cheap worked well in this case. And while this was cheap, it was still a good quality tool.

See YouTube reviews on how these work. This one works as advertised and made the job of removing nails from pallet boards much easier.I was worried it would be too heavy for comfort since it weighs around twice as much as the other brand I was considering but the weight seems to help keep it from vibrating too much or kicking back when I fire it. I used it to remove nails from a 2x9 boards from a sturdy pallet. You still need to expose the nail ends by separating the boards but once you have the nail tips exposed it does a great job driving them through so you can easily grip them with a craw bar or hammer to finish pulling them out. These nails were rusty, spiraled and had a lot of grip. I really struggled when I tried pulling them with just a hammer and wrecking bar without driving them out first with this nail punch. This saved a lot of sweat. The barrel is sturdy enough that I could insert a bent nail then straighten it out using the gun before I drove it out.I had my compressor at only 80 PSI but it still left a dent in the wood if I pressed the tip in firmly. That feature let me remove nails that were cut off flat with the board and had heads embedded in the other side. I also trimmed a nail head and used this to drive the nail into the 2x9 as a test. It took two firings to drive the nail all the way but it worked. Be careful, looser nails and nails in thin boards can shoot out and bounce.Overall, very good tool for the price. Durability is TBD but it feels like it will last. You can supposedly buy replacement anvils/rods from the maker but I doubt I will need one for a while. (Follow instructions and add a few drops of oil every so often. It came with a bit of oil and an Allen wrench.)

Adjust the PSI based on the job. nails in plywood need less power than nails in lumber. removed 3 inch framing nails put in with air nailer with ease. wished i bought one years ago. 4 stars as only used a few times and longevity of tool is unknown.

We, finally, unpacked the air tool, added 3-4 drops of the included oil into the air intake and put it to work on six (6) pallets' worth of deck boards (had nails/staples with pointy ends sticking out). We left alone the stringer boards (had nails with heads sticking out). Use eye and ear protection.First, we used an air compressor set to 90 PSI with 1 SCFM capacity. We gave up after one deck board because the compressor was too weak to recover. So, we used another air compressor set to 90 PSI with 4 SCFM capacity and it kept up throughout the whole project. Next time, we will try it at lower pressure, e.g., 65-70 PSI.If you push the tool's barrel over the nail and firmly against the wood, the piston/rod will punch into the wood and penetrate about 1/8" or so. This is useful if the pointy or broken end of the nail is flush or below the wood surface and you can punch the nail so that it's head pops up on the other side for easy removal...if the wood is thin, it may punch the nail out, completely.If you hold the barrel over the nail 1/2" above the wood surface, the tool will not damage the wood (good if you intend to reuse/re-purpose the wood)...if the wood is thin, it may punch the nail out, completely.We used a 5 gallon bucket with bubble wrap on the bottom to catch the nails so that they do not bounce out. We tried holding the wood against the bucket's rim, then without touching the bucket... both worked, with minimal movement of the wood not touching the bucket. Use caution as the nails become projectiles.The compressor cycled every 1.5 pallets and we used this timing to add 2 drops into the tool's air intake.It helps significantly if the nails are (mostly) straight. You can use the tool's barrel to straighten the thinner nails/staples, but use a pair of pliers for thicker gauge nails. If thinner nails/staples are not straight enough, they will be "squished" into the wood... good luck removing them.Overall, the tool worked 100% of the time and we are VERY HAPPY with it's performance.