I’ll be using prefinished 3/4″ wood flooring. For pneumatic nailers out there, I’m deciding between the Porta Nailer and also the 445 Powernailer.
Pros/Cons ? Love to hear feedback on these nailers.
I’ll be using prefinished 3/4″ wood flooring. For pneumatic nailers out there, I’m deciding between the Porta Nailer and also the 445 Powernailer.
Pros/Cons ? Love to hear feedback on these nailers.
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The porta nailer has the extra face nailing shoe, it has worked well for me.
Isn't the porta nailer hand driven? I have the Porter Cable pneumatic nailer and it works very well.
I'm sorry, I thought you wanted it done the right way.
the porta nailer is air driven and uses the same nails as the hand tool
Have you thought about the pneumatic staplers? Less chance of splitting the tongue off, good holding power?
I did about 800' feet with one a couple of years ago - no worries. You will want to be careful how you tighten up the boards before you fasten then - it you hit them with a hammer, you can flake off the finish.