[RWebb]

Even in my half-blind old age, I can still hammer a finishing nail in with a regular nail set, but....

my problem is that I have ~~20 finishing nails that I put into an overhead facia board above my head (upside down). I used a slotted piece of plywood to hold the nail & prevent damage to the facia, but that leaves them all sticking out 1/2" or so.

The nice thing is that the facia is now up and the 3 2x12s cannot be told told from an actual (very spendy) beam.

The bad thing is how do I get the nails all the way in w/o putting any dents in the facia (which is already stained, BTW).

I need something like a real big spring-loaded brad driver, or...

needs to be cheap too...
(which is why I didn't wimp out and spend a bunch O'$$ for a gun & compressor)

Ideas?

I have a few nail sets but that will only work once the nails are flush - right now they are 1/2" proud.

And, to repeat, it is overhead and upside down...