framing nailers – clipped & full heads
PaulGC
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Does anyone know if there are any framing nailers that accept both clipped head as well as full head fasteners?
Paul
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I'm pretty sure that Hitachi has one that does both.
Bob's next test date: 12/10/07
You know Jim I was just doing a live chat with someone at Bostitch and they told me yes they have one.
http://www.bostitch.com/default.asp?CATEGORY=BOS_FRAM_NAILER&TYPE=PRODUCT&PARTNUMBER=F28WW&SDesc=28%26%23176%3B+Industrial+Framing+Nailer+System
Paul
I'm not a bostich fan, but I know there are some here. They'd know better about them. Bob's next test date: 12/10/07
May I ask why you don't like Bostitch?
Paul
I would not be a good candidate to comment on Bostich. It would be unfair. My only experience was with an early version of a wide crown stapler and it didn't perform well for me. I wrote them off way back then (mid 80's) but their products of today may very well be an excellent product. Most of my products were purchased from my nail suppliers. Service is important and our nail suppliers fixed all of our tools at no charge. If we had bought a Bostich, we would have had to find a different nail supplier and a different tool tech. We got free delivery, fast service and free tool repair along with great deals (many of our tools were free with a purchase of ten boxes of nails or some other promo). Bob's next test date: 12/10/07
I worked on a crew that Bostich and Paslode nailers. The two Bostich nailers really hammered them in, but there were too many jams. Everyone on the crew tried to get to the Paslodes first because they were lighter and never jammed.
When I went in business for myself, I bought two Hitachis for the crew and a Max Superframer for me. The Hitachis are fairly indestructible. Unfortunately, the ones I owned also tended to jam, but not as frequently as the Bostich.
The Max never jammed seriously until a couple of months ago. Until then, I could just pop open the firing mechanism head and the nail would fall out. This time the nail jammed and broke the firing pin. Otherwise, it is the best nailer I have used. I still haven't gotten it fixed. I don't know if I want to spend the money to repair it or just get a new one. Meantime, I have one Hitachi left which serves me well enough to support the little bit of framing I do now. When I build my new house, I will probably buy a Max.
Blue,
I own a few Bostich as well as one Portor Cable and three Hitachi nail guns..
The only failure I've had with any of them was my 15 guage Hatachi trim nailer which sprung a leak and needed a simple overhaul and rebuild done within a year of the purchase.. No big deal, the guy did it while I waited and it was less than $30.00
The Portor Cable is not so much a roofing nailer but a roofing nailer starter. You bring out your hammer at least once a shingle..
I used a Bostich at the same time on the same compressor and it was perfect.. maybe one nail in 2 or 300 nails needed attention.. eventually I stopped nailing shingles with my Porter Cable and just did the trim and flashing work.
The Bostich framer (n88ww) was a little sticky at first but a spray of WD40 on the nail slide and it worked perfect from then on.
The reason I use the Bostich N88ww is that hits with 1000 pounds of force while other nailers hit with 880 pounds.. (no, turning up the compressor isn't recommended on anybodies gun) If you use hardwood like I do every other framming nailer calls for you to pull your hammer out.. not the Bostich!..
Since I spoke to thousands of framing/building contractors over the years I was surprised at how universal they figured whatever they had was great while everything else was junk.
The paslode guys were especially adiment, but didn't bother telling you that they got free guns with a pallet load of nails and the Paslode guy would come around regularly and rebuild or replace guns for free as long as you kept specifing his nails..
I have a Bostick framing nailer. It's the one that has the interchangeable tip so you can shoot joist hanger nails too, and I really like how easy it is to adjust the depth of drive. Like others said above it really slams the nails home, but the flip side of that is that it is anything but smooth. I guess one of the reasons I got it was because I had a Porter Cable framing nail starter before this one. When the nose piece of PC finally fell apart I gladly sold it at a yard sale for $10 or so rather than bothering with fixing it.
Seems, anymore, I can only find full heads for my 5300 paslode. they seem to shoot fine
My Paslode Power Master stick nailer shoots both clipped and full round head.
The only reason I still have that gun is for ACq nails. I haven't been able to find coils local yet. Woods favorite carpenter
Powermaster? That's a little newer than mine. <g>Seems like paslode is phasing out of the clipped heads, at least around here.
Barry E-Remodeler
I think mine is 3-4 years old.
The sticks of nails are basically the same, they just offset the heads on the shanks of the nails.
I haven't seen clipped heads around in a while. I haven't been looking either. Woods favorite carpenter