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Martin, I am curious as to the price in Britain? And what duty if any would you be required to pay? Joe H
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I want to purchase a Paslode trim pulse and a framer and want to find the best place in the U.S. to buy from mail order as I live in the UK.
Thanks for any help you can give.
*TOOL CRIB OF THE NORTH. http://www.toolcribofthenorth.com They are a very good company.
*Though Tool Crib's prices just went up!They had a deal during February for the framer at $400 -- regular price -- but including a no-mar nose, two extra fuel cells, extra battery -- about $90 value all told. When I got their March catalog in late February the deal was gone. I had just bought the framer from HD and ran back with the February ad they honored it. I got lucky.So be alert for deals. It's nice to be able to return something locally if it turns out to be a lemon.
*Martin, I am curious as to the price in Britain? And what duty if any would you be required to pay? Joe H
*joe hThis might shock you try £600.00 thats about $960 USso I am not to worried about a bit of duty its probally the shipping cost that might put me off, because I dont think they can ship any fuel cells with the gun.Thanks to all who replyed .
*Martin; How about some of these other topics in relation to living and working in the UK? What do you drive around in, and haul lumber and sheetrock with? Where do you buy these things? Is quality getting as hard to find over there as here? Can a carpenter make a good living? Etc.?
*lonecatWell I dont drive a Rolls thats for sure.For work I use a high top long wheel base Transit VanI use to have a Toyota 4X4 pick-up which was grate for halling timber etc but no good for halling a few thousand $ of tools, unless you dont want to keep them long.It is getting harder to make a good living now as contractors keep cutting the rates, and then there is the old problem of too many people between the client who is having the work done and the chap who is doing the work, and their all taking a piece of the cake.I've found that you have to be adaptable as less and less timber is being use in contruction over here all the time, so I put up metal partitions and ceiling as well as normal suspended lay in grid ceiling, in fact I tell them if you can draw it i'll build it, and that how I keep busy.
*$960? Why? I know Britain is high-tax, but really! I should start smuggling.The burning question: how much for a 2x4? And what's it called, a 5x10 (centimeters)?
*Why you ask and thats the question that we are all starting to ask over here now, even the goverment.To be honest I dont know we pay more we are told its because are fuel prices are higher and are service is better and wages are higher in all its aload of ball basicly we are being ript off even on the items we maufacture here. I can order a car from Germany made in England that has not even left the country and save about £5000.00 its mad.AndrewI knew some one would ask that question so today I picked up a new price list for timber (only girlies use centimeters lol ) A 2x4 is a 4x2 or as we say in new money a 100x50 mm.Prices go up and down like the weather but a 2x4 sawn ungraded cost about £0.70 a meter + tax, a sheet on cdx 3/4 ply around £18.00 +tax not cheep.PS sorry about the long posting.
*In "real" money for the colonies, that's about $6.50 for a stud grade 2x4x8 (about $2 here)? Yet about $28 for 3/4 cdx, not quite so insane?
*Andrew, Martin: I get a couple of English woodworking magasines when I can find them, and the prices are unbelievable. I am sure you can get good tools, but most of the stuff they review wouldn't be considered for professional use in North America; on the bigger tools it is all stamped metal where we would have cast iron, etc. Same goes for lumber prices; my mouth just drops when I convert it to Canadian dollars. Anyway, you have my sympathies.
*Menards in the Midwest is having a sale. I believe the items you are looking for are about $370. If you are interested, I will check and get a mailing address, etc.Dennis
*I just shopped Homo Depo today, and found the paslode framer at 359$. the Impulse is 399$.I saw the finish tool, but can't remember the price (hey, I'm old, shut up)!I'm having my suppier put togethr a package deal for a impulse framer, a narrow crown stapler (paslode), and a wide crown stapler (paslode), and 100 boxes of fasteners.I'll let y'all know how bad I get shafted.Blue
*By narrow crown, I am assuming about 7/32 nds.What do you use it for, and what advantage over nails?Dennis
*Blue Thanks blue, trouble with you yanks (oops nice America gentlemen) is that youre spoilt for choice.Home depot seem to be the place to buy, but they have not got their web site finish yet so I guess I will keep looking.You can't be to old if your investing in three new Paslodes. lolMartin...
*Sorry Andrew, but they really should give calculators to attorneys. A meter is approx. 3', so an 8'x2x4 is approximately 2.667 meters long, @ £0.70/meter = £1.867. The current exchange rate (at 3:04 PM EST) is 1.6115 $/£, so the price would be $3.0081 for the aforementioned piece of lumber. ;-) Sounds cheap though, given that they chopped down just about every tree in England at least 200 years ago. They must be shipping it in from Sweden!
*DennisThanks I searched the net for Menards but although they were mentioned a few times they don't seem to have a web site.Martin
*The real problem is the UK's antiquated monetary (pounds?) and measurement (metric?) systems. They're so stubborn they won't even switch over to the euro. And my quick math can go astray -- though with $900 for a Paslode in mind it sounded likely enough.
*I don't know about blue but my staplers are amazing in their speed and cost of fasteners...When I first went to air I was shocked at the cost of nails collated, then I discovered staples and a huge monetary savings over nails...And fast....The last roof I put ply on was on a 3000 foot home plus garage...once the ply was down, I went up after the guys as lunch break was to start and had it all stapled in no more than 15 minutes...the gun was warm to the touch but loved the workout.Near the stream, stapling my sheathing and shingles...and soon my curved stair walls!Boogerin when the mood strikes me,J
*Do you meanyou staple shingles? Oh no!
*Let's see. 3000 ft sq, 15 minutes, about 200 sq ft per minute. 32ft sq per sheet of ply, about 6 sheets per minute, or one every 10 seconds. Now assume 30 staples per sheet, that is 3 staplesl per second. Must be a fully automatic staple gun. Need a special license for one of those?Dennis
*Staples to hold down ply? What thickness of ply are you fixing? What size of staple are you useing?I know staple are much cheaper than nails but will a hold? In the UK we have to fix with ring shank nails, unless it's for a floor overlay, but then it's only 6mm ply.Martin...
*I bought a medium crown stapler to do cedar shingles but thought that I would try it on some sheathing too. Holds better than nails. Ruined a sheet trying to pry it off for a change order.
*I hope I din't confuse y'all with my marrow crown remark. It's probably a medium crown stapler.I use the 1/2" x 2" galvanized staples for roof sheating, wall sheathing, and exterior trim.If you put the proper amount of fasteners, you will have avery strong system. Blue
*Now don't knock the metric system. I'm old enough to have used both and metric will eat imperial for breakfast anyday. Anyhow I thought you blokes were supposed to convert to metric?
*Were not converting fast enough!Blue
*I think we're waiting for you to convert to English. just like we're waiting for the whole world to learn how to speak English, which can be understood by anyone if spoken slowly and loudly enough. :)
*Sorry Dennis, I meant medium crown.I staple the hell out of everything.Blue
*Spent a few years in NZ. Australians reckon they talk english properly so we always throw off at the Kiwis. Funny thing is after a couple of years there you come across an Aussie accent and you think " do we really sound like that ? "
*Martin,1/2" crown by 2 1/2" for 5/8" roof sheathing and 2" long for wall sheathing and cedar shingle siding.Near the stream,J
*Dennis,Do I have to send you a video tape on how to use a stapler this fast? Your numbers are accurate probably as when I hold down the trigger and just push skip it along the roof the staples are coming out at up to ten to twenty per second...I am always trying to do by eye what others feel needs a chalk line or a measuremnt for...I like to throw away the crutches and build things straighter than them to(o)...It can be done as very little has to line up and be checked to the 1/16" of an inch in a home...Do all the studs have to be dead nuts on center???? No. Does the wall have to be plumb? Yes. Is it rocket science? Not even close.Grab your stapler and let it rip as fast as you can tap it! No license required...Are you done yet? did you heat her up!!!Near the stream, on speed when speed counts!J
*Kiwis are ... those hairy birds? :) I would love to come visit down under sometime.So has anyone is Australia even heard of Paul Hogan?
*I've stapled shingles without incident. The trick is to set the staples at the right depth, without cutting into the shingle.Blue
*No Kiwi birds in Australia. Australians have a love, hate relationship with New Zealanders and are always making rude jokes to do with sheep.Paul Hogan. Used to be an Australian icon but don't hear much about him these days.I've heard that the " Crocodile Man" is popular in the States. Is this so. We all think he is an absolute idiot and cringe when his show comes on.
*marrow crown, the kind that pierces your bones
*He is featured prominently in Subaru's highly successful TV promotion of the Outback wagon as an alternative to the SUVs that are overruning American (all too literally). I am interesting in the car but think it's pretty funny that Subaru's literature is full of Hogan quotes about the car -- that is, him saying what they told him to say. See http://www.subaru.com. If you poke around you'll probably find a Quicktime version of the ads -- they are clever, at least they are among the few vehicle ads I actually notice. (getting older, ads emphasizing practicality over sex appeal are more engaging)Does anyone buy Outbacks in the -real- Outback?
*they probably don't have enough ground clearance to be taken seriously. Most popular would be the Toyota Landcruiser. Sorry. Have just re-read your post. By the " crocodile man" I wasn't refering to Paul Hogan. This is a young fella who restles crocodiles. Married to an American. Steve someone???
*Ah yes, definitely not a true off-road vehicle (the ads always show them driving around on hard-packed old lake bed and the like). The irony here in the cities, where just about everything is paved, is the prevalence of SUVs that will never go off-road. Now some are buying them just as defensive measures, so maybe they'll survive a crash with another SUV. (The trucks do worse against trees, rollovers, and other single vehicle accidents, so you need to perceive your fate.)I forgot, Hogan also did these "come to Australia" tourist spots. "We'll put another shrimp on the barbie for you..." Sigh.
*Jack, it took you a while to catch that one. Just a little light humor. As far as a stapler goes, I am worried about getting too many tools, and for my low volume, I am going to make do with my nail guns, although the temptation is always there.DennisBy a river actually.
*Do the walls have to be plumb? Kinda!Blue