Glieskir Spring Loaded Nail Set Tools,2-PCS Dual Head Nail Setter and Hinge Pin Punch Set, Hammerless 1/16″& 3/32″Spring Nail Set, Super Strong Force Door Pin Removal Tool

Got this for various reasons, from driving something down in a tight location like a hinge pin to marking the spot i need to drill. The quality is superb, and they are so easy to use. Ive already had several uses for them, driving some hinge pins down, which worked better than i could have imagined. These are a definite must in any tool box.

Like most home handymen, I have door hinges in tight spaces where I shouldnt be hammering a screwdriver into the door hinge to remove them. This lives up to the promise - pull back and with a few thwangs that center pin pops right out. Yay. Ill also be using the other one to handle that final few mm of driving finishing nails where you dont want to risk the surface to a hammer strike. This should easily drive those. The punch version will also get used in my life to mark the center of a drilling point. A little whack with the pointy one will accurately place a dimple where I can center the bit and not risk it walking while starting the motor. HOWEVER, after knocking out two hinges just in the name of testing, i noticed the plating chrome finish (almost certainly not chrome) chipped on one of them. This doesnt impact the usefulness of the tool, but it does hint that if this is something you need more than a few times a year (I dont) that this may not be a family heirloom to pass through the generations. For $9, set (ha!) your expectations appropriately.

This no hammer design is great for tight spaces and to keep from smashing fingers.

I was really looking forward to using these; I had several boxes of build it yourself furniture and bookshelves and was hoping this tool would make the process of nailing the backing panels easier. After several attempts, I gave up and went back to the hammer. Maybe Im trying to use them for the wrong stuff. They are built well and durable, they seem to be quality, heavy gauge. Ill be trying these with other scenarios to see what they work best for.

Both of these get so much use on the job site. Being able to pop doors off the hinges quickly with one tool and no risk of damage is amazing. and the nail set is so much faster, easier and less likely to cause more work than reacher for the hammer and nail set. and again, doing with 1 tool what usually takes 2. not sure how heavy duty they are but I lose these things faster than I can break them, and I use them quite a bit and roughly, so for the price point this is a great option.

Since moving I have had to remove hinge pins numerous times, as well as hanging pictures, fixing baseboards, etc. This set is great for helping me with these tasks. Start with what I found to be an essential part of this set, the hinge pin remover. The previous owner of my house painted over ALL the hinge pins, so removing them with a punch and hammer was maddeningly difficult and impossible in some cases (some were even rusted). This tool works like a charm: three or four “snaps” and my hinge pins can be removed by traditional means. This has saved me lots of frustration and I can now finish some jobs I had to put on hold. The nail sets in this kit are also extremely useful: first, for setting finish nails in baseboard and crown moulding, where using a hammer and traditional nail set can be difficult. You can set the nails without damaging the trim. The other useful thing these nail sets are great for (and what i use them the most for) is to mark a spot where I want to put a screw or nail, or drill a hole: the indentation they leave allows me to be spot-on and prevents the screw or drill bit from ‘walking’ on me. This is especially useful when installing hinges. If you are trying to set nails that are bigger than finishing nails, this set is not what you want, but for the average home DIYer it is a good set to have at a decent price.

These looked pretty interesting and really require a fair bit of force to operate. They snap back very strong and definitely put some force behind a small nail to set it. Also as a punch yeah it marks pretty well. However the primary reason I saw it was to better set in brad nails for things like framing or trim pieces. In that regard I have to remove a star because the heads are still too large to actually operate in those situations. All the brad nails Ive seen require a smaller tip than any of the ones provided with these two tools. Everywhere I tried to better set a framing nail, the head couldnt even enter the hole the nail was in! Kind of a shame because they produce a heck of a lot of force. So they dont disappoint on the force applied but on the size of the nails you could use them on.

I work at a woodworking shop and the boss came in with a set of these. Once trying them out I knew I had to have a set of my own. These seem just as nice as the ones my boss had. I am happy with them so far. The spring seems nice and over all they seem sturdy. These will come in handy.

I mainly got this set for removing hinge pins and it seems to work well for that. It’s pretty simple in that it has 2 pieces which are connected by a spring. You simply stretch the spring then let go of one end so that it produces an impact. I was unsure if it would produce enough impact to remove a door hinge pin, however it moved the hinge pin on the first impact. For this I give it 5 out of 5 on Oilboy’s Slainte scale.

Other reviews mention the shortcomings well. Plating not great (and not really necessary, black oxide finish would be preferable), points dont index into finish nail head, spring probably a little too stiff etc. But in a pinch these will get the job done. I wouldnt recommend or do it again, but Im not going to throw them away either. They just go into the collection of better-than-nothing tools that I dig through when Im in a pinch.