Any input about autofeed screw guns? I am thinking about the standup syle. I have a Senco Dura-spin, not too happy with it. Batteries die quickly, and I would rather standup rather than kneel.
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I have a 3-4 y.o. PAM, with a milwaukee drill motor. Changing depth is not quick-need to remove screw and slide the stop to another notch. That's my only dislike, tho I think it's not unusual for this type of tool.
Comes in a "guitar" case that keeps it in good condition. Consistent driving.
Kit came with a short option (presumably for drywall). I've used it for screwed sheeting, never for drywall. I can feed faster and more conveniently by hand when necessary. The strip of screws would get in the way-or I'm too old to change. Never saw a drywaller using a strip gun.
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Dave,
I have a quikdrive setup with a Makita gun attached to it. Bought it to install a few rather large decks and it can make real short work of that task. I also use it to screw down subloor and love it for that purpose.
Once even used it to attach drywall, but not crazy about that application, too easy to overdrive or damage the face of the paper.
On decks, I like to have all my rows of screws straight if I do an exposed fastener deck, so I chalk lines, but it is hard to achieve with an autofeed gun.
Also, I periodically have problems with the bits camming out or slipping off the screw which can leave an ugly mark in a deck board.
For subflooring- its the bees knees!
I had two quik drives, both with makita motors. David Hawks just got my other one.
I really like them. Snap lines for deck planks, the nose has lines on it for following chalk lines.
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Don't know anything except that a guy told me if you go to Ron Hazelton's web site you can sign up to get in a drawing for a free one.
Careful with the quick drive...............they marketed the #### out of them new............I yelled so loud the swap mine out for free at least twice.
It is still not a consistent result tool. Something just ain't right with it.
But that might have changed. The one I spent several hundred dollars on bears little resemblance to the new ones.
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I have an older Quickdrive that works just less than OK, seldom use it though.
I think for subfloors ,PL premium and ring shank nails will preform just as well as a screwed floor.
Never seen a drywaller use an auto feed and decks are either nailed or the fancy ones get eb-ties.
I have the whole Miwaukee setup, and can't complain, other than the price.
Bought it 5 years ago, and things have changed alot since then.
High quality at a high price.
Had a cheap unit before and it gave me cheap results.
Cheap unit cost me more money than the expensive unit has made.
YMMV.
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I've got a Quik-Drive that's about 10 years old. I rarely use it, but I drywalled a ceiling with it once, and it worked fine-- I really needed the one-hand feature of a collated gun. I got it on a trade-in offer: send in your old, junk unit, and receive a new QD. What's not to like?
My main complaint was lack of support. I say was, because I really haven't tried recently. The questions I had were about adapters for different lengths and screw types. QD had a lot of options, but the literature was sketchy, and I could never raise a qualified tech on the phone. But I still have it, and I haven't ruled it out as a good tool.
I have a Muro autofeed stand up style. It is bulletproof and has stood up to some decent abuse over the years. It has a "roof nail gun" style drum that stores large coils of screws cleanly out of the way. Solid and simple construction, my only gripe is that i cant find a distributor for replacement bits for it and the muro website is kind of barebones.