Screwgun, nailgun, or other for tongue & groove

**LordBug** · 25th April 2019, 03:30 PM

Hi all,

I've been offered a birthday gift of a powertool on the provisio it's used for a small project, which is to install some tongue & groove timber as a ceiling in an outdoor area. Timber will likely be pine fastened onto old jarrah.

Just wondering what might be the best tool to be treated to. I'm also completely open to the options of neither, and "t&g is a terrible choice for a ceiling"

If a nailgun would be a good choice, I have no idea about which gauge capability to go for. I was kinda thinking of the DeWalt DCN650N or DCN660N second nailers, but hopefully I can be pointed whether that would be overkill or not.

If a screwgun would be suitable, I like the thought of the DeWalt collated gun, I've also got some ceiling replacement in my future so it already has a clear future of usefulness there.

And if there's more suitable ways of tackling the job I'm happy to be educated. Screws/nails might or might not be covered depending on how neatly I squared them all up, and I would pre-drill holes for screws.
The timber would be sealed beforehand to prevent the risk of swelling/contraction from moisture, but if added expansion from receiving more heat by being overhead means it'd eventually stretch and shrink and look off, that project could go back to the drawing board and I could ask for an airless sprayer instead

Thanks!

**Beardy** · 25th April 2019, 04:54 PM

The collated screwgun is of no value to you unless you are fixing a lot of plasterboard, even then a special plasterboard tip in a drill/ driver which will cost you a couple of bucks does the job just fine. The fixing gun is useful and you can secret nail the lining boards with it and great for doing a house fitout and other detail jobs but again if you don’t have a big need for it there maybe better tools to spend your money on depending on what you normally like to do.
If you already have a compressor a cheapo fixing gun will cost you around $100 and is probably of more user to you in a workshop environment

It really comes down to what other jobs you have in mind later as to what is best to buy

**Chief Tiff** · 25th April 2019, 05:34 PM

How about a track saw? You'll need to cut the timber to length and one plank at least will need to be ripped to a different width. When I first started woodworking such things were unknown to me, and would have been too expensive anyway. Now you can pick up an Ozito track saw in Bunnings cheaply. Or a decent chop saw, if you've covered a way to rip the planks to width?

If you are leaving the timber to be natural then a pneumatic brad nailer or pin nailer set to leave the head slightly proud will give the "best" finish (for a given value of best!) and you can finish them off with a nail punch and a tiny dab of coloured filler. If the ceiling is to be painted then use a pneumatic brad nailer set to punch the head under the surface and cover then with a touch of builders bog before painting.

You should have no worries with expansion/contraction of the finished work providing that you don't butt the planks up dead hard to one another; a light push fit to seat the tongues in the grooves is fine.

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