• Pneumatic nail guns make it simple to drive nails.carpenter image by William Berry from Fotolia.com
  
  Pneumatic air tools allow construction professionals to work with startling speed--demolition experts chisel through masonry in a flash and carpenters drive a nail with the pull of a trigger. The pneumatic force supplied by air compressors powers tools that fasten, cut, chisel and more. Whether you’re performing rough or finish work, there’s an air tool that can help. Become familiar with pneumatic air tools and choose the right one for your construction project.
  
  

Air Saws

• Air saws spin or reciprocate sharp-toothed blades. Air saws that reciprocate straight blades in a back-and-forth motion are called reciprocating air saws. Air saws that spin circular blades are called air cut-off saws. Both cut-off and reciprocating air saws accept blades suitable for cutting a variety of construction materials, including wood, metal, masonry and stone.
  
  

Nail Guns

• A professional framing carpenter or roofer won’t show up without a nail gun. The nail gun features a pistol grip and trigger. After loading strips of nails into the tool’s body, you simply press the tip of the tool against material, pull the trigger and shoot a nail through thick lumber, plywood or shingles. Pneumatic nail guns are manufactured for every building application, including a framing nailer for rough carpentry, finish nailer for finish carpentry and fine woodworking, roofing nailer for installing shingles and an air stapler for fastening thin sheets and building paper.
  
  

Air Hammer

• The term air hammer may be applied to a variety of air-powered chiseling tools. The smallest of the air hammers is a single-handed pistol grip tool used to chip small amounts of masonry material. The largest of the air hammers is the familiar jack hammer. Regardless of name, these tools employ pneumatic force to repeatedly pound a sharpened chisel attachment against masonry for chiseling, or dirt for digging.
  
  

Air Sander

• The air sander rapidly spins a disc of sandpaper. Holding the tool with two hands, you push the spinning, abrasive disc against and across a surface. Air sanders may be equipped with a variety of sandpaper, including light-grit for light abrasion and heavy-grit for stripping.
  
  

Air Drill

• The air drill employs air power to create rotary action and twist a sharpened drill bit attachment. Drill bits for air drills are similar to drill bits for the average power drill—sharpened grooves coil around a thin metal shaft and taper to a sharp point. Equipped with a suitable bit, air drills bore holes through wood, metal, masonry and stone.