Insert for palm stapler, a palm stapler and a method of use thereof

A method of installing a fastener in a work surface comprising:

• providing a palm stapler having a housing with a barrel extending outwardly therefrom, defining a bore in the barrel which is accessible through an opening defined in an end of the barrel;
• providing a hammer for reciprocal movement within the bore;
• engaging a fastener in a slot defined in a body of an insert which is detached from the palm stapler;
• inserting the insert into the bore through the opening in the end of the barrel;
• extending a plate formed out of one of a magnetic material and a paramagnetic material across the bore of the barrel a distance inwardly from the end of the barrel, wherein the plate is of a greater diameter than the opening to the bore;
• providing one or more magnets in the insert;
• and
• magnetically attracting the insert to the plate after inserting the insert into the bore through the opening:
• positioning a bottom end of the insert adjacent a work surface;
• activating a hammer actuating mechanism in the palm stapler;
• engaging the hammer with the hammer actuating mechanism;
• striking the fastener in the insert with the hammer as the hammer moves through the bore;
• and
• driving the fastener into the work surface with the hammer.