Instructions / Assembly

Operation and Safety Guide
Pneumatic Cleat Nailer
Model 50P FLEX
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Vendor Website: www.powernail.com/homedepot/ Support Phone No. 800-323-1653
SAFETY TOPICS:
Read and understand all safety
instructions and tool labels before
operating.
Air pressure not to exceed 120 psi
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SAFETY CHECKLIST:
1. Operators and others in work
area MUST wear EYE and EAR
protection. Use safety glasses with
side shields.
2. Only use rubber end of mallet to
strike the plunger
3. To avoid accidental discharge,
attach air hose first before loading
nails in channel
4. NEVER point tool at yourself or
others in the work area.
5. Only connect air to an unloaded
tool and always keep tool pointed
in a safe direction.
6. Disconnect air when clearing
jams, servicing or when tool is not
in use.
7. Use only clean, dry, regulated
air, not to exceed 120 psi.
8. Never use oxygen or other
bottled gasses-explosion may
occur.
9. Do not tie down, alter or remove
Safety Trigger.
Model 50P
FLEX in use.
Tool Application: Installation of 3/8” to 3/4” hardwood flooring
using an 18 gage L-shaped cleat fastener
FLEX Foot Adjustment:
Step Action
1 Loosen both locking screws under FLEX foot.
2 Using a piece of sample wood, adjust the height of the nailer foot
slightly higher than the flooring tongue. Re-tighten the locking
screws.
3 Test nail your wood sample to the floor. Readjust the foot if
necessary so that the nail insertion point enters the top of the
flooring nail pocket.
Tool Operation:
Step Action
1 Connect air source regulated at 90 psi
2 Make sure flooring strips are together tightly
3 Place nailer on tongued edge of flooring
4
Pull safety trigger and strike the plunger with rubber end of the
mallet
5
The nailer will drive and set the nail at the correct 45 degree
angle
Loading/Unloading Tool:
Step Action
1 Loading: Slide a clip of nails into the end of the nail channel
feed slot
2 Pull back the black nail pusher past the nails and let go
3 Tension is now applied to the nails for use
4 Unloading: Pull back on the black nail pusher and hold
5 Tilt nailer back until nails slide out of nail channel
Adjusting the Foot