The waiting was half the fun and nobody can tell me different. I spent a whole night camped out in my backyard with a cheap telescope and a film camera back around 2006, losing feeling in my fingers just to get a blurry white blob that I was still proud of. There was something about not knowing what you got until the roll came back that made every good shot feel like a real win. Now I can see the screen right away and just delete the bad ones, and some of the magic is gone with it. Idk, maybe we are just old and stubborn, but I miss when getting the shot actually meant something. Half the hobby now is just owning a laptop and clicking a button a bunch of times.

Wow, I actually just read about that trick in a flooring forum last week! Someone was swearing by the same pre-drill method for those old poured slabs in high-rises. They said the carbide bit basically saves your nails from taking all that heat. Good on you for figuring that out on site, though, 'cause most guys just keep upping the charge and wrecking the strip. Honestly, for slabs from the 70s I think that's the only reliable way, unless you go with a hammer setter and some serious patience. Sounds like a solid fix, I'd stick with it.