Yes I agree that the test should be completed with actual wood.
However, the clients would only like to spend a few thousand on a rig which can complete several tests and may also be used for testing a concrete gun prototype.
Thus I think that the cost of nails makes this approach unfeasible...
Wow, thanks for all the excellent responses!
Apologies for the late reply to some of your questions.
The objective of the test is purely to determine if and how the gun may fail before having fired 100,000 nails. I want it to be as realistic as possible in that I would like the test slug to...
Hi all,
I'm having trouble working out how much energy will have to be dissipated in a test rig for a nail gun.
From previous testing, I know that a test slug fired from the gun has a mean energy of 100J.
I now want to design a test rig which can fire the gun repeatedly for 100,000 shots.
I...
