Abstract: A hand tool for guiding a workpiece into a position during installation of the workpiece comprises a handle having an elongated shaft and a strike block fastened to the elongated shaft. The strike block includes an impact surface, a flange coupled to the impact surface to distribute a force applied to the impact surface to the workpiece, and a ledge extending generally perpendicular to the flange and seatable upon the workpiece.
Abstract: Serial application of adhesive onto members of one or more wood stacks has controllable supply of pressurized adhesive dispensed onto one face of the member from the adhesive supply, and a mechanism operable to advance stacked supply of members to a platform for adhesive application and a conveyor operable to position a next stack, upon exhaustion of a current stack, in a position from which a member can be adhesively coated. The invention also provides a method in order to operate the apparatus.