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I bought this to use for pulling staples of all different sizes and it works great for that. I do love it. I also worked good for pulling nails as long as they weren't too big.
The nail hunter wasn't up to the task. Some of the nails are pretty stubborn and won't come out easily. It's unfortunate that I'm a week or so beyond the Amazon 30 day return period. It didn't break, but it doesn't work very well for pulling those nails either. I used the tool today, for the first serious work need, pulling finishing nails out of very old 3/4" wood paneling that I'm tearing off of a wall. One of the points broke off of the jaw as I was squeezing the grip and trying to lever the nail out. :(I guess that the nail hunter is good for pulling staples and maybe nails with big heads.So, while the nail jack/hunter looked like good ideas, I'm back to using the shark, Shark Corp 21-2225 10-Inch Prybar and Nail Puller which works as well as anything I've ever found for tough nail pulling jobs like this, with a lot less effort. I have the nail hunter's big brother, a nail jack too, bought at the same time.
This tool works exceptionally well for what it was designed to do. It works far better than a hammer to remove nails even if the nail head is embedded into the wood.
It isn't perfect; there is a bit of a knack i finding the right angle but it does a very good job indeed. The Nail Hunter gets the staple up and removed in one motion.I have to say I cant get every staple out, but the ones left in the chair do no harm and I can work around them.A great, small tool which will live in my toolbox forever. I am sure that if I were working with NAILS they would all come out. After spending hours trying to remove staples from chair bottoms to reupholster I finally gave up & found this tool online at Amazon. Thanks Nail Hunter.
It arrived an hour ago and I have already removed many more staples than I had in the last 8 hours-- in about 15 minutes. The staples on these chairs are set flush, and no tool got under them at all, even the ones in the cloth except with lots of struggle and very slow progress. I had finally resorted to using a screwdriver, inserting carefully, twisting and getting an edge up. Then I had to get pliers to finish removing the staple.
I got this tool to remove hundreds of staples for a new carpet job. Love it. If you point the tips of this tool straight down on the embedded staple, then squeeze the handles, you can grab the staple then rock down the handles and Wow. Job done.
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