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We seem to be doing a little more nailing of timber. Thinking of getting a nail gun. Needs to shoot the ’D’ type, ideally from 35mm to 50mm range. Don’t want a pin type gun. What would people recommend? Air or battery?
Helping a guy re roof some old cart sheds, felting and battern last week, using a battery palosade nail gun,expensive but recons he had it 12 years and a lot easier than hammering.We seem to be doing a little more nailing of timber. Thinking of getting a nail gun. Needs to shoot the ’D’ type, ideally from 35mm to 50mm range. Don’t want a pin type gun. What would people recommend? Air or battery?
I’m looking at the Hitachi for post and railing, can you expand on why it’s expensive to run please?Ive got a Hitatchi coil nail gun ( MAX CN70 HEAVY DUTY PALLET & FENCING AIR COIL NAILER NAIL GUN - 45-70mm | eBay ) that will do the range your looking for and your not always refilling it. Ive also got a paslode style hitatchi on First fix (upto 90MM shank nails). The hitatchi is loud and its expensive to run but i don't carry a hammer with me when I go fencing anymore put it that way. The coil nailer is very effective and you end up getting abit nail happy i find. Can set it to bump feed so you just hold the trigger and bump it into the work when your quick you could do 100 nails in less than a minute. or single fire for push and squeeze. dont need a donkey of a compressor either.
You would need a compressor driven nail gun for post and rail, 90mm nails aren’t big enough, need 4x100 if not a bit bigger.I’m looking at the Hitachi for post and railing, can you expand on why it’s expensive to run please?
Got a compressor driven nail and staple guns.You would need a compressor driven nail gun for post and rail, 90mm nails aren’t big enough, need 4x100 if not a bit bigger.
I assume your refering to a KRM, if so then yes your correct, it's half the stapler compared to a stockadeAnyone using the McVeigh Parker cordless staple gun? It’s half the price of a Stockade stapler, so I’m wondering if it’s half the machine.
Thanks, do you use the stockade cordless. Can’t fault our piped one.I assume your refering to a KRM, if so then yes your correct, it's half the stapler compared to a stockade
Might just try one. Thanks.We bought a hikoki battery nailer after using paslode guns for years for repairing tattie boxes.
Always had issues with misfires, and lots of niggles with the paslodes. Have 3 of them and always had one getting serviced/waiting on parts. Keeping on top of cleaning them and using genuine paslode nails/gas helps. Lack of spares availability around October/November was the last straw.
The hikoki has 2 5ah batteries but we get hours and hours of use out of a battery. Can use the cheapest nail packs available with no issues. Thumps the nails in harder than the paslodes ever could. Probably had around 5000 nails through it without fault.
Contemplating selling the 3 paslode guns when they are still working and buying another hikoki.
Look around as there are often offers on them.
I bought from these guys at a winter offer price
HIKOKI NR1890DC/JPZ 18v Cordless 1st Fix Framing Nailer with 2 x 5.0ah batteries
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Yes got both. Prefer the air stapler, but the gas one is handy sometimesThanks, do you use the stockade cordless. Can’t fault our piped one.
Can I ask what you dislike about the gas one?Yes got both. Prefer the air stapler, but the gas one is handy sometimes
One of the guys I work with has bad hands sometimes, so prefers a nail gun over a hammer.I used to have a Hikoki, til it got nicked, that was good, just got a senco because I couldn’t get anything else at the time, and that’s been good so far, I don’t think they go down to 35mm though.
I’ve got air nailers aswell, but as said it has to be a large job to warrant taking the compressor and hose.