Superior FCN50 Operator's Manual
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Model / Modèle : FCN50
060515
2” Flooring Cleat Nailer
Operator’s Manual (p.2)
Marteau cloueur à plancher 2 po
Guide d’utilisation (p.14)
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING: When using pneumatic tools, basic
safety precautions should always be followed to
reduce the risk of personal injury.
READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING THIS
TOOL
This tool was designed for installing 3/4” tongue and
groove hardwood ooring. We strongly recommend
that this tool not be modied and /or used for any
application other than that for which it was designed.
If you have any questions relative to its application, do
not use the tool until you have written us and we have
advised you.
SAFETY GLASSES: To prevent eye injuries, the
tool operator and all persons in the work area
must wear approved safety glassesto ANSIZ87.1
specications with permanently attached, rigid side
shields.
EAR PROTECTION: Wear ear protection to
safeguard against possible hearing loss.
DRESS SAFELY. Protective gloves and non-skid
footwear or safety shoes are recommended while
working with and operating this tool. Do not wear
loose clothing or jewelry. Contain long hair.
USE CLEAN, DRY, REGULATED, COMPRESSED
AIR at 70 to 90 psi / 488 to 621 kPa / 4.88 to 6.2
bar.
DO NOT CONNECT TOOL to pressure which
potentially exceeds 200 psi / 1379 kPa / 13.8 bar.
AIR HOSE: Use only hose that is rated for a
minimum working pressure of 150 psi or 150%
of the maximum system pressure, whichever is
greater. Check that connections are tight..
NEVER USE OXYGEN, CARBON DIOXIDE,
combustible gases or any other bottled gas as a
power source for this tool. Explosion and serious
personal injury could result.
COUPLINGS: Connect tool to air supply hose with
a 1/4” NPT coupling that removes all pressure from
the tool when the coupling is disconnnected.
DISCONNECT TOOL FROM AIR SUPPLY HOSE
before doing any disassembly, maintenance,
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clearing a jammed fastener, leaving the work area,
moving the tool to another location, or handing the
tool to another person.
EXTENSION CORDS: Observe warnings that
accompany air compressors concerning the use
of the correct gauge and insulation on extension
cords used out of doors.
NEVER USE A TOOL that is leaking air, has
missing or damaged parts, or requires repair.
Make sure all screws and caps are securely
tightened.
CHECK FOR DAMAGED PARTS. Never use
a tool if safety, trigger, or spring are inoperable,
missing or damaged. Do not alter or remove
safety, trigger, or springs. Make daily inspections
for the free movement of trigger and safety
mechanism.
REPLACEMENT PARTS: When servicing, use
only identical Superior replacement parts and
fasteners recommended by us.
CONNECT TOOL TO AIR SUPPLY BEFORE
loading fasteners to prevent fasteners from
ring during connection. The fastener driving
mechanism may cycle when the tool is connected
to the air supply.
ALWAYS ASSUME THE TOOL CONTAINS
FASTENERS. Keep it pointed away from yourself
and others at all times. No horseplay. Respect the
tool as a working implement.
DO NOT LOAD FASTENERS with the hammer
face depressed. The tool may unintentionally re a
fastener.
DO NOT DEPRESS THE HAMMER FACE when
not driving fasteners. Never carry tool while
touching on the hammer face trigger mechanism:
tool may re an unwanted fastener.
DON’T OVERREACH. Keep proper footing and
balance at all times. Do not reach over or across
machines which are running.
GRIP TOOL FIRMLY to maintain control while
allowing the tool to recoil away from the work
surface as the fastener is driven.
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DO NOT DRIVE FASTENERS on top of other
fasteners, or with the tool at too steep an angle:
the fasteners can ricochet causing personal injury.
FIRE FASTENERS INTO WORK SURFACE
ONLY. Do not drive cleat nails nor attempt to do
so, into hard or brittle materials such as steel,
concrete, or tile.
DO NOT DRIVE FASTENERS too close to the
edge of the workpiece. The workpiece is likely to
split, allowing the fasteners to y free or ricochet
causing personal injury.
STAY ALERT. Keep hands and body away from
the path of any potential red fastener. Watch
what you are doing & use common sense. Don’t
operate any tool when you are tired or under the
inuence of drugs or alcohol. Check prescriptions
to determine if there could be a problem.
GUARD AGAINST ELECTRIC SHOCK. Prevent
body contact with grounded surfaces: pipes,
radiators, ranges, and refrigerator enclosures.
Before driving fasteners into walls, oors,
or wherever “live” electrical wires may be
encountered, try to ascertain whether there is a
danger of shock.
KEEP WORK AREA CLEAR of obstructions.
STORE IDLE EQUIPMENT. When the tool is not
being used, it should be cleaned, and stored in a
clean dry place out of the reach of children.
EMPLOYERS must enforce compliance with the
safety warnings and all other instructions in this
manual. Keep it available for use by everyone
assigned to use this tool.
WARNING: The warnings, cautions, and
instructions detailed in this manual cannot cover
all possible conditions and situations that occur. It
must be understood by the operator that COMMON
SENSE AND CAUTION ARE FACTORS that
cannot be built into this product, but MUST BE
SUPPLIED BY THE OPERATOR.
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UNPACKING
Check immediately that all parts and accessories are
included:
Cleat Nailer 1
Hammer 1
Spacer for 1/2” ooring 1
S3 Hex Key 1
S4 Hex Key 1
S5 Hex Key 1
Air Tool Oil 1
Manual 1
If anything is missing or broken, contact your retailer
or call toll-free 1.888.267.7713.
SPECIFICATIONS
Shoots standard 15-1/2 ga. “L” shaped ooring
cleat nails minimum 1-1/2” (38mm) long to a
maximum length of 2” (50mm)
Operating pressure: 70-90 psi / 488 to 621 kPa /
4.88 to 6.2 bar (max. 120 psi / 827 kPa / 8.3 bar)
Air consumption: 5 cfm @ 80 psi / 552 kPa
Cleat nail capacity: 100
Air Inlet: 1/4” NPT
Tool weight: 5.2 kg (11.5 lb)
Pkg. weight: 10.5 kg (23.2 lb)
OPERATING PROCEDURES
SET UP
Your Superior FCN50 Cleat Nailer is fully assembled
when you receive it. See the recommended air
system setup below. Be sure that the couplers are set
up so that the air hose is depressurized when adding
or removing components from the system.
Cleat Nailer
Quick-Connector
Oiler Filter Air Supply
Air Hose
Regulator
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AIR SOURCE
The FCN50 is designed to operate on clean, dry,
compressed air, regulated at 70 to 90 psi / 488 to
621 kPa / 4.9 to 6.1 bar. The preferred system
would include a lter, a pressure regulator, and
an automatic oiler located as close to the tool as
possible (within 5 meters (15 feet) is ideal). Do
not use bottled air or gases.
Determine if it is necessary to lubricate. All
compressed air contains moisture and other
contaminants that can harm the internal
components of the tool. An air line lter will
remove most of these and signicantly prolong the
life of the tool. If you are using an in-line automatic
oiler, check and add oil if necessary. If an in-line
oiler is not available, place 2 drops of oil into the
tool’s Air Plug (FCN50-46) at the beginning of each
workday. More than this will be expelled from the
tool’s exhaust during ring.
Air Fitting: The FCN50 is equipped with a 1/4”
NPT male plug for a ‘quick connector’. To prevent
accidental cycling even though disconnected, the
tool must always be connected to the air supply
in such a way that all air pressure in it is released
when the coupling is disconnected.
CAUTION:
=All air line components (including hoses, pipe,
connectors, lters, & regulators, etc.) must
be rated for a minimum working pressure
of 150 psi / 1034 kPa / 10.3 bar or 150%
of the maximum system pressure, whichever
is greater.
=Disconnect the tool from the air supply before
performing maintenance, clearing a jammed
fastener, leaving the work area, moving the tool to
another location, or handing it to another person.
PREPARING THE TOOL
Be sure that the spacer (FCN50-25) attached to
your tool is suitable for the thickness of ooring.
The tool comes with a spacer attached designed
for 20 mm (25/32”) thick (nominally 3/4”) ooring.
If the ooring you are installing is 12.5 mm (1/2”)
thick, remove the three screws (FCN50-26) and
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the spacer from the bottom of the shoe (FCN50-
24).
Replace the spacer with the other spacer included
and attach it with the three screws (FCN50-26).
After reading and understanding this entire
manual, connect tool to air supply.
Turn on the air compressor and adjust the
regulator to the proper pressure for the fastener
size you are using. (See Using the Tool, below
with regard to adjusting this.)
CAUTION:
=Keep the tool pointed away from yourself and
others at all times.
=Always connect the tool to air supply before
loading fasteners.
=Do not load fasteners with safety or trigger
depressed.
=Always wear approved safety glasses and
hearing protection when preparing or operating
this tool.
=Never use a tool that leaks air or needs repair.
LOADING FASTENERS
Drop a stick of cleat nails into the L-shaped hole
at the back of the magazine (A). Pull back the
slide (Bracket- FCN50-39) until the feeder shoe
(FCN50-41) clicks behind the cleat nails to hold
them against the front of the magazine with the
spring.
The tool is ready to operate.
USING THE TOOL
Complete all the steps in Preparing the Tool and
Loading Fasteners, above, before using the tool.
NOTE: Use care when installing pre-nished
ooring with this tool. It is designed to install
unnished ooring and may leave marks on the
nish of pre-nished ooring. Always test re
the FCN50 on a sample piece of ooring before
starting a new job to ensure it does not damage
the oor nish.
Connect the tool with the air supply. Make sure
the air pressure is within the range given in
SPECIFICATIONS above.
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The depth to which a cleat nail is driven is
determined by the supplied air pressure. Test re
a cleat nail into a sample of the material you will be
working on and check its driven depth.
If a change is desired, adjust the regulator to
supply air at a higher or lower pressure.
Test re another fastener and check depth again.
Adjust as necessary.
Tightly set a piece of ooring into position.
Position the tool against the edge of the ooring
where you want the cleat nail driven.
Hold the handle (FCN50-45 ARM in the parts list)
rmly with one hand, while swinging the mallet
(FCN50-47 HAMMER) with the other.
Strike the trigger button (FCN50-10 HAMMER
FACE) rmly with the mallet (FCN50-47
HAMMER). The blow will tap the oor board more
tightly into position, while at the same time, ring a
cleat nail at the correct angle into the edge of the
board.
Lift the tool off the work surface.
CAUTION:
=Keep tool pointed in a safe direction at all times.
=Never attempt to drive cleat nails into materials
too hard to penetrate, or at too steep an angle, or
too near the edge of the workpiece. The fastener
can ricochet causing personal injury.
=Disconnect tool from air supply before doing any
disassembly, maintenance, clearing a jammmed
fastener, leaving the work area, moving the tool
to another location, or handing the tool to another
person.
=Clean and inspect the tool daily. Carefully
check for proper operation of trigger and safety
mechanism. Do not use the tool unless both the
trigger and the safety mechanism are functional,
or if the tool is leaking air or needs any other
repair.
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MAINTENANCE
CLEARING A JAMMED CLEAT NAIL
CAUTION: Disconnect the tool from the air supply.
Pull back the slide (Bracket- FCN50-39) and tilt
the magazine so the stick of cleat nails slides back
with the feeder shoe (FCN50-41).
Push your index nger into the hole in the slide
(Bracket- FCN50-39) and with it depress the back
end of the feeder shoe. This will lift up the front
end of the feeder shoe and allow the fasteners
to slide past it and out the back. You may have
to depress the additional magazine spring piece
(FCN50-31). Gently allow the feeder shoe to move
back to the front of the magazine.
Use a slender, soft steel rod to push the drive
blade up the blade guide to its uppermost position.
If possible, remove the jammed fastener with
needle nose pliers through the magazine side slot,
taking care not to damage the spring.
If not, it may be necessary to remove the blade
guide (FCN50-22) to access the front of the
fastener slide.
Follow instructions in Preparing the Tool to reload
fasteners.
CLEAN AND INSPECT DAILY
CAUTION: Disconnect tool from air supply before
cleaning and inspection. Correct all problems
before putting the tool back in service.
Frequent, but not excessive lubrication is required
for the best performance. Oil added through the
air line connection will lubricatethe inside parts.
An automatic oiler is recommended, but 2 drops
of oil may be added manually into the tool’s Air
Plug (FCN50-46) at the beginning of each workday
and after about every hour of continuous use.
Only a few drops at a time are necessary. More
than this will pool inside the tool and be expelled
from the tool’s exhaust during ring. USE ONLY
PNEUMATIC TOOL OIL. Do not use detergent
oil or oil with other additives, as these can cause
accelerated wear on the seals.
Use a small amount of oil on external moving parts
and pivots.
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