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   ubc | Oct 02, 2005 12:54am | #1

   never heard of that before but I can tell you that I don't miss dragging a compressor to the job site anymore.

   UBC

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   Piffin | Oct 02, 2005 02:21am | #2

   If the dealer says so, it must be true

   gulp

   but I wonder how they define "light framing"

   The fuel cell for th eframer is carbuerated to shoot about 1200 times while the yellow on the trim gum is carbuerated to shoot around 4000 times. That means the fuel used for powering the stroke is over three times as much in the framer. The size of the piston and cylinder is greater also in the framer. So count me dubious about the trim gun being able to handle anything larger than a 2" nail in softwood

   but if the dealer says so...

    

    

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   rasconc | Oct 02, 2005 04:43am | #3

   Forever the skeptic eh? (:-) Hey I use my 16ga for framing, just use 25 nails per connection.  Just kidding.

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   DougU | Oct 02, 2005 04:52am | #4

   Piffin

   If its the gun that takes the long cartridge then why would it matter.

   I didn't think the gun had anything to do with the amount of gas that was used, I thought that it was the canister? Or maybe upon re-reading your post that's not what your saying?

   I know that when I had the finish gun that takes the long cartridge all I had to do was change the tops on the red cartridge to a yellow one and vise versa for the framer.

   Doug

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   Piffin | Oct 02, 2005 05:18am | #5

   same canister, same gas. it is the amt of gas disbursed from the different colour carbuerators. 

    

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   Alpinist | Oct 02, 2005 10:15am | #6

   A few UK sites seem to offer this "Paslode conversion Kit", and paslode nails to 2" in this 14g size. My interest is that if I could use it to fix softwood flooring it would save on the cost of both the finish and framing gun for a project.