Sentence examples for screw gun from inspiring English sources

Not to mention a sense of humor and a deft hand with a screw gun.

Ever get hurt on the job? A. The screw gun short-circuited and I cut off my fingertips.

Nicholas Smacchia, owner of Plastering by Nicholas in Thornwood, said his favorite piece of equipment was a portable screw gun.

Finally, one of the carpenters used a screw gun to attach a flagpole to the roof and secure the pediment to the freshly painted facade.

That is how he has come to be wedged into a basement staircase, screw gun in hand, tacking up drywall on the afternoon of Nov. 6.

"I could have a reading group in one, or take it to the park and run a handyperson workshop, showing how, with a screw gun and anchors, you can install 70percentt of what you have in your apartment," he said.

Mr. Gruber watched the hammers and screw guns in action and sang along with Tom Petty's "American Girl" on the radio.

[C9.] Rise in Thefts at Construction Sites Thieves are taking everything from lumber to screw guns and backhoes from construction sites, costing the industry nearly $1 billion a year.

THE crew installing the new exhibition at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts here had all the usual tools of the trade: ladders and dollies, levelers and tape measures, hammers and screw guns.

After Sal Giangrande and his team finish performing surgery — after their drills, screw guns, rubber mallets, pliers and reciprocating saws are tucked away and the customized safety blankets are stowed for future use — he has a surefire methodology for determining whether the operation was a success: he sits on the patient.

'Popcorn Ceilings' Halt Construction THE pounding of hammers, the whine of screw guns and the scratching of scrapers ceased last week at the Sheffield on West 57th Street, as tenants still in the building won a skirmish in the war over its conversion into a luxury condominium.