Framing gun

[kkemp]

They work great. I hate when they need cleaning and start acting up though...


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yes their a pain to work on. Our local dealer sells them with 2 free cleanings and then most get traded in after that .

 

[fearofpavement]

See that mark to the left lower side of the nail head? That where this nail went into my hand and the head kept it from going out. The entire nail was embedded in my hand in the same orientation it's in now but thankfully didn't do any major damage. I pulled it out with a pair of pliers. (nearly fainted but got back to work after about 10 minutes). The tip didn't come out. It's a 3 1/4" nail.
It had gone though a piece of wood and veered out and nailed me. lol.
So do be careful when using these tools.

 

[jakethesnake]

I fired some through some plywood. I don't know if it coulda done anyone any harm on the inside but yeah I was missing the stud pretty bad...

 

[kkemp]

I fired some through some plywood. I don't know if it coulda done anyone any harm on the inside but yeah I was missing the stud pretty bad...

I missed the stud once down by the bottom plate and it went through a drain pipe . The plumbers were pissed . Lol. They had to jack hammer some concrete to fix it .

 

[jakethesnake]

I missed the stud once down by the bottom plate and it went through a drain pipe . The plumbers were pissed . Lol. They had to jack hammer some concrete to fix it .

Yeah. I'd imagine. I used to build just a few houses in the late summer an winter when it's my "off-season ". Everyone I worked for ran bostich and the occasional hitachi gins

 

[paragonbuilder]

See that mark to the left lower side of the nail head? That where this nail went into my hand and the head kept it from going out. The entire nail was embedded in my hand in the same orientation it's in now but thankfully didn't do any major damage. I pulled it out with a pair of pliers. (nearly fainted but got back to work after about 10 minutes). The tip didn't come out. It's a 3 1/4" nail.
It had gone though a piece of wood and veered out and nailed me. lol.
So do be careful when using these tools.
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Almost the same for me. Had my finger on the trigger and was bumping a stud over to get it aligned...
The gun fired and my hand was 6" away. I felt it hit, then listened for the nail to hit the floor..., I thought it just bounced off my hand.

Looked down and it went in here

The tip came through about a half inch here

With the metal collated nails having barbs I wasn't sure if I should yank it out the way it went in or back it out.
I cut the head off and my partner yanked it through with a pair of linesman pliers.

Never hurt like I thought it would. Just got sore for a few days.



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[Johnmn]

The full round head nailers are more of a regional thing because some zoning requirements do not allow clipped head nails. (think California, eg) Those nailers usually use nail strips/coils with the nails spaced out and it takes a lot more space to hold them. Think belt fed machine gun vs rounds stacked in a magazine clip.
Another advantage of the Bostitch nailers is that many of their ordinary framers take longer nails than many other brands. And they have the power to sink them too.

For the past couple years my nails have all been " offset head " they seamed to have made the switch to still pass code with a full head but still work in a clipped head nailer.

 

[Basher]

I figured there would be a lot more pro Senco posts on this subject, must be regional thing as Bostich is considered a plastic Poulan around these parts. Its Senco or Hitachi or you`re just a wannabe around here.

 

[Rob Stafari]

The more the angle the better as far as I'm concerned, but I've only ever used the 31 degree or whatever it is right around there. Senco is my preference, although I have a lot of different brand nailers depending on what was readily available when the need arose. I have a senco framer as old as me, and its still a beast. It never gets used as it has the smooth rounded over safety nose like you find on their modern finish guns still. Definitely want the spiked version to dig in. I ended up with a rigid framer. It was on the shelf, cheap, and came with a lifetime warranty. It does exactly what it is supposed to and I need it to do. The one thing I would look at in choosing is ease of jamb clearing. I don't care what brand it is, someday it will jamb up and the easier that is to fix, the better.

 

[Johnmn]

Most everyone around here runs Bostitch except us. It hailed baseball size hail 10 years ago and I roofed for 2 years straight. Some of our fellow contractors who are friends were replacing there Bostitch nailers after that. I am still running my original 3 Hitachi roofing nailers they must be 13+ years old and countless nails

 

[stihl_head1982]

Most everyone around here runs Bostitch except us. It hailed baseball size hail 10 years ago and I roofed for 2 years straight. Some of our fellow contractors who are friends were replacing there Bostitch nailers after that. I am still running my original 3 Hitachi roofing nailers they must be 13+ years old and countless nails

I have an Hitachi roofing nailer and it has many miles on it -- excellent choice in roofing nailers!

 

[junkman]

Only senco gun i have is a roofing stapler ,only one i could find at the time ,i do not use it for roofing ,use it for putting the screen wire up before scratch coat for cultured stone work .

 

[fearofpavement]

Senco used to be really popular but I don't see much of them anymore. Never heard anything bad about them.

 

[mcginkleschmidt]

I own the Bostitch F21PL (21 degree) which is great for framing as it will sink full headed nails in dense engineered wood much better than most nailers.

 

[Rob Stafari]

Senco is a Cincinnati based company so they're readily available here. I have three senco angle finish nailers, the big ol framer, and a micro pinner of theirs. At the finish carpentry companies I worked for the entire fleets were senco nailers, so they are what I know best.

 

[bryanr2]

My air framing stick nailer is Duofast. I have one of the Paslode framers for repair jobs when it's inconvenient to take a compressor. My finish nailers are Bostich. Then I have some off brand siding coil nailer- I went into my Duofast dealer wanting to buy a Max siding nailer for considerably more money, and the salesman talked me into the cheaper gun. I can't remember the name, but it's been flawless.

 

[junkman]

I think grip tight like the nail company sells a decent lower priced nailer.

 

[bryanr2]

I think grip tight like the nail company sells a decent lower priced nailer.

Grip rite, I think that's the coil nailer I have. For some reason "ez" something is standing out to me. It's a light gray colored gun, no frills.

 

[fearofpavement]

Grip rite, I think that's the coil nailer I have. For some reason "ez" something is standing out to me. It's a light gray colored gun, no frills.

Is that for vinyl siding? Leaves the nails a little loose?

 

[Basher]

The Hitachi 1/2" crown stapler is much more nimble and easier on the arm than the Senco , especially when applying strapping on the ceiling or any overhead work. My Hitachi has drove many hundreds of lbs of staples without a hitch although it is now missing some of its paint.