Tool For Doing Metal Roofing Work BUILDINGS Accessories Bill Moody Mountain City Tenn : Moody recently sent FARM SHOW photos of a tool he invented for doing metal roofing work “It lets me use a cordless screwdriver instead of a hammer and nails to do roofing work Not only does it save time but the screws hold better and there’s no mashed fingers from driving nails “The tool he made is designed to pre-punch holes in the ribbing A cordless drill is then used to drive in a 1 1/2-in roofing screw through each hole “The tool consists of a spring-loaded metal ‘striker’ on top of an ‘anvil’ which is welded to a curved handle with a golf club grip The anvil is grooved at the bottom to match the V-shaped ribbing To use the tool the operator sets the anvil over the ribbing and then uses a hammer to lightly tap the spring-loaded striker which drives a hole into the ribbing “It punches a perfect hole every time One person pre-punches the holes and another person comes behind and inserts the screws It works two to three times faster than using nails As far as I know there’s no tool like this on the market to start screws in corrugated roofing which I find quite surprising ”

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