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   BoJangles | Oct 12, 2009 12:31am | #1

   Looks like nobody has answered your question yet so I'll throw in my 2 cents worth.

   Grizzly sells a Bostitch look alike stapler and nailer.  They are basically identical and in fact use the same repair parts.  I bought a nailer on a super sale they had and used it for 5 minutes before it quit working.  I didn't know what was wrong with it so I took it apart and found the whole inside just loaded with metal shavings that had ground up the 0-rings.  They apparently had made no effort at all to clean it up after machining it.

   I sent it back to Grizzly with some nasty comments and they sent me another one. This time, I took it apart before using it and found exactly the same thing.  I completely disassembled it and flushed everything out and it has worked perfectly for the last 5 years.

   It's a typical Grizzly deal.  I wouldn't buy anything from them again.  Everyone I know that bought anything from them has had some type of trouble and they don't give a hoot about it.

   You are right, in most cases, you get what you pay for!

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   hammerelbow1 | Oct 12, 2009 02:42am | #2

   Thanks for the reply. My neice bought one to put down about 1500 sq. ft. of oak and didn't have any problems with it. It don't hurt to ask more than one. I tend to walk away from too cheep though.

   Wayne 

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   FingerJoint | Oct 12, 2009 08:12am | #3

   First, let me say that I don't own any Grizzly tools, so take this with a grain of salt.  BUT, from the reviews on a lot of their tools over at Knots and other woodworking sites, I think their tools have become vastly improved over the years.  I don't know about their nailers, but there are a lot of people who have their machinery, such as table saws, jointers and band saws, etc., who really stand by them. 

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   marv | Oct 12, 2009 03:13pm | #4

   I bought a grizzly 18g nailer years and years ago when they first came out.  Everyone else was charging an arm and leg for theirs and I decided to try it out. 

   It won't die.  I would like to move on to something else but it just keeps on ticking.

   You get out of life what you put into it......minus taxes.

   Marv

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   Piffin | Oct 12, 2009 09:20pm | #5

   I have a fair amt of grizzly tools and proud to say so, but not nailers.My FIL and BIL have their nailers too, and never heard them complain about them 

    

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