bfullmer

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Any recommendations for air framing nail gun. Was on dewalt web site and it said they discontinued there air framing guns.Looking for full head,just for home use.Dewalt cordless looks nice but the price is too high.
 
full round head go with Senco. Good for home or professional use. serious pro use, Duo-Fast. If clipped head is ok I have owned four pas lode cordless they cant be beat.
 
i have a dewalt framing cliphead and a finish nailer, both air, now for about 10 years. strictly home use and with no problems. best tool, even with its limited use, i have ever bought. increases my capabilities since aging set in and arthur arrived.
 
I bought a clipped-head Porter Cable a few years ago for a single job. I went P-C because the price was right. It has been rock-solid and has become one of my favorite tools.
 
I make my living driving nails. For framing I use Senco 325+ nailers.

There are some very good deals on used nailers at auction or on ebay.
 
I have a Senco SCN65 that I picked up a few years ago. I have a good friend that works for a large tool supplier and from time to time he will bring by tools that were brought in for repair and never picked up. Got the framing gun for less than $50. So far it has been trouble free and has been used quite a lot. If you can find a used one it's a pretty good tool.
 
I own a porter cable framing nail gun that uses a 28*(*degree) nail pack. Other guns use a 22* nail pack and some even use a 34* nail pack

my advise is find a gun you like that fires full round head nails then price the nails for that gun and see if that's what you want.

When I bought my gun, commercial guns like Stanley used a 22* nail pack.

Just make sure you can get nails locally for the gun you buy from several sources
 
I have been using a Paslode gas nail gun for many years. No need to drag an air hose all over. I do some work up in the rafters from one end of a building to the other. For a small job, it does not take long to set up, nail it, and be cleaned up this way. Check one out.
 
Hey Bill.

I have had a Bostitch framing hammer for about 10 years. I have run hundreds of pounds of nails through it with no problems.

Bit spendy though.

Brad
 
You can get full round head nails for the old style clipped head guns. The heads are just offset.
 
Bill,
I have a Bostitch framing nailer. In 23 years, I had to replace the trigger. Did it my self. Wasn't that expensive. Haven't use it too much in the past 10 years.
I also have a Bostitch shingle nailer. Again, haven't used to much in the past 10 years. Loaned it to a friend. It quit working, so without asking me he took it to a service center to get it fixed. Yep, you may have guessed, I paid for the repair, over $100. I could have gone to harbor freight and bought a china knock off for very little.
When I purchased both nailers, at a place that went out of business, Furrows, they were to have free life time repair at the store. Should have gotten that in writing.

If you are going to use nailer daily, get a good one. If you are wanting one for one or two jobs consider a cheapie.
george
 
For light use/intermittent use you'll love the Paslode. Not that it wouldn't handle daily use, but the lack of a compressor, etc. makes it very handy to pull it out of the case and tack in a few pieces of blocking or whatever you're nailing.

I've run a Porter cable trim gun for years and after getting my Paslode Framing nailer, I picked up a Paslode trim gun too (found it at a bargain). Most of my work is punchlist related - no production framing. Recently my work has been to final install trim and misc. items on pressboxes after we set them. These are sometimes up 40 or more bleacher steps. Lot of it involves popping in some blocking or bracing and then some window trim. Much easier hauling 2 nail guns up the steps than the compressors. plus no hoses to scuff finishes, etc.

They're not cheap, but may be worth considering for light use.

Good Luck
 
all the different brands all do about the same thing. when I buy tools, I usually buy the one that feels the most comfortable or balanced to me.
 
I work at a cabenet shop,my job is building shipping crates we send stuff everywhere so I put together a lot of skids and crates I think almost every nail gun there is a Senco with a couple of Bostich stapelers thrown in
 
Bostich here.
When the trigger diaphram started leaking after 14 years I went to the local dealer and they had them in stock. Just like when folks ask about which tractor to buy and folks tell them to consider what dealers they have in their area as they will all need parts at some point.
Buy some creepy brand from HF or somesuch and there's no parts support for them.
 
When I built my shop I ended up with Ridgid coil framing gun. Not the best but not the worst either. The coil compartment could be easily damaged by a hard drop. I went with the coil due to it being shorter and able to fit in tighter spaces. I might use it a couple times a year and it works well for me,
 
The guy I work for on occasion uses Bostich nail guns and we love them,we do a lot of roofing in the summer and the three Bostichs are in constant use,very dependable.
 
Senco has parts for nail guns all the way back to 1970. Unless you have workers that are prone to carelessness, I would stay with Senco. Just got a rebuild kit for a stapler that dates back to 1978. Not as cheap as a Harbor Freight stapler, BUT I didn't need to buy a new one!
 
have all Senco
don't use them much anymore for better than 15 years
started out with stick nailers then got a coil nailer. liked it so well bought another coil nailer.
stick you have to watch what nails you buy
coil seems like only one style/angle
defintly easier to manuver being so short
can rebuild or have them rebuilt when they do leak and act up.
only have had my rebuild parts for my Senco finish nailer for 30 years. one day it will need to be rebuilt.
 
They tore down the old McDonalds and have worked on it all winter. They worked in the cold and rain. It sounds like a rifle range over there now since they started the framing using those nail guns. Hal
 
I swear by Hitachi. I've owned most brands, and most of them are PRETTY good, but I've had by-far the best performance and reliability out of my Hitachi's.

Ben
 
Lots of varying opinions which is fine. In reality it depends on what he's going to use the gun for. I've used many brands.
If I was just nailing sheathing I might be inclined to use Hitachi. They are lightweight, but bulky in size. There was something I didn't like about the magazine but I don't recall what it was.
I considered Porter Cable but it just didn't feel right.
Those airless Paslode nailers are great for certain projects.
I flat out don't like coil framing nailers. They're tall and fat. Maybe fine for sheathing but awkward in tight quarters.
Like I said in a previous post, I like my Senco framing nailers. The 325+ is compact, reliable and compared to my really old Senco SN4 nailers lightweight. Those SN4 guns are powerful and very reliable, but at 11 pounds they'll give you a work out. I got the 325+ because they're lighter and more compact.

Senco, Paslode and Pneu-Fast stick nails are all interchangeable. Some brands of nailers use nails that are at a slightly different angle. Some generic brands of nails are at an angle in between. They fit everything and usually work in nothing. Expect lots of jams with some brands of generic nails.

If I ever have to replace my Bostitch coil roofing nailer it will be another Bostitch. That thing has served me well since 1985.
I've got Senco and Bostitch finish nailers and brad nailers. Senco gets the nod for the brad gun and Bostitch for the finish gun.
Senco model L finish stapler for soffit work.
 
About 10 years ago, I bought a 28 degree framing nailer and a coil nailer off EBay. Both were reconditioned Bostitch products. They have been flawless with 5000ish nails through the framing nailer and over 20,000 nails through the roofing nailer. I do oil them before each session. Just my two cents.
Dave
 
I used Max framing nailers when I framed professionally.Good ergonomics and balance.They were full round head.I still have 4 of them.

HTH

Vito
 

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