Sinking Screws with a Nail Gun?
I never knew this was a thing until seeing this Izzy Swan video. You can get clips of screws that slot into a framing nailer and allow you to sink the screws just as you would nails. The screws are pitched a little differently than normal screws and are a little narrower. Once sunk, they can be unscrewed/re-screwed just like a normal screw.
As Izzy points out, these “scrails” work best on soft woods, like pine and cedar, and are good for applications like fencing, cheap furniture-making, and decking. In the video, Izzy even experiments with driving them into hardwoods (and even aluminum!) and discovers that they can handle these, too — to a degree.
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