Old timer at the lumber yard called me out on my nail gun technique

Guy must have been 70, watched me sink a few nails into a header and just goes 'son you're gonna blow out that edge in about 2 years'. He showed me how I was holding the gun at a slight angle instead of dead square. I've been doing it wrong for like 8 years. Spent the next 20 minutes watching him work and he was right, his joints were way tighter. Has anyone else had some random stranger fix a bad habit just by pointing it out?

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price.tara17d ago

oh come on, you could have been doing it wrong for 8 years and it probably worked fine. people act like there's one magic perfect way to do everything. i've seen guys who hold their gun at a 45 degree angle and their stuff stays together for decades. the old timer probably just wanted to feel important and show off. my grandpa used to sink nails with a hammer at weird angles and his porch is still standing 40 years later. sometimes "bad habits" are just different habits that do the same job.

xena_brown5017d agoMost Upvoted

Saw a guy once use a butter knife to tighten a bolt and his shed never fell down, some stuff just works even if it ain't pretty.