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   dieselpig | Jan 20, 2005 10:07pm | #1

   Best framing nailer out there?

   I'm a framer.... I'll play!   My choice is the Hitachi NR-83A2 with a Supco magazine and a rafter hook.... that's the perfect gun IMHO.  I also hear very good things about the MAX superframers.  Bostich also makes a good gun for the money.  I don't hear good things about Dewalt framing nailers.....ever.   The Paslode Powermaster is also a battle-tested warrior.  Lots of good choices, a couple excellent choices, and a few poor choices out there.

    

   
   

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   Edited 1/20/2005 2:11 pm ET by dieselpig

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   Timuhler | Jan 20, 2005 11:36pm | #2

   Stay away from DeWalt.  We've been through 2 of them and they only last about a year.  Hitachi, Paslode and Max are the most reliable according to the guys at the repair shop

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   TimCook | Jan 21, 2005 02:27am | #4

   Thanks a lot guys!  I'm thrilled that I checked out this forum, and I'm sure I'll be checking in more often.  In the bit of reading on here I did earlier today, it sounds like Hitachi is the way to go.  Paslode also sounds like a good option.  I'm glad I got a number of responses before spending any money on the DeWalt!

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   MikeSmith | Jan 21, 2005 01:33am | #3

   tim.. i don't know anything about either one.. we use the Bostich N88RH.. which uses  a round head  nail..

    it also has an interchangeable nose so you can shoot connector nails

   since we do a lot of remodeling.. i personally hate clipped head nails.. most guys that use them don't set their depth nose right  and bury the nail ... takes forever to dig them out .. plus half the holding power of the nail is lost

   some code areas are not allowing clipped head nails..

    matter of fact, some areas will  require  full head  and RING -SHANKED nails

   Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
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   Dinosaur | Jan 21, 2005 03:06am | #5

   We run both Senco and Paslode. Both use the same angle for the nails so I only have to keep one type of nails in inventory. Both are very tough, can take normal jobsite abuse (and even some abnormal use--I use the older Senco we have underwater when framing docks!) and both deliver what it takes to do the job. I got the first Senco over 10 years ago; it has only needed a new magazine coil spring in that time. I've had the Paslode for about 5  years; it has never needed a repair.

   That said, the Senco does deliver more wallop than the Paslode, and is the only framing gun I know of that packs enough punch to set concrete nails through studs into slabs when framing basements. Saves a lot of ramsets and time, if you do that kind of work.

   (And that said, it is quite true the Senco is one of the most expensive guns out there...at least it is in Canada. Don't know how they compare down in the States.)

    

   My two cents....

    

   Dinosaur

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