Grizzly nailers

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:50:26 -0400, the opaque "Walsh" spake:

For "rec" use, why not get one of the $15 Harbor Fright 18ga nailers?

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Just got one for 22 bucks....the H6332 1 1/4 18g brad nailer.. been using it for less then a month! Works fine!

I bought it on a dare, and it works great shot about 500 nails or so, I like it!!!

Joe

I have a Griz finish nailer. I seem to have trouble driving the long 2 inch nails but it does OK with the shorter ones.

I also bought a Harbor Freight framing nailer and have had good luck with it.

RonT

I have one of their very early models---maybe five years old now? Never had a problem with it. We use it in our vintage trailer restoration business.

AZCRAIG

What kind of trouble? Nails deflecting? Not going all the way in? Bending?

There is a lot of difference between 15 gauge finished nails and 18 gauge brads.

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 06:04:25 GMT, the opaque "George E. Cawthon" spake:

I mentioned the 18ga for two reasons. First, it's 1/7th the price. Second, since he wants a -finish- nailer, 18ga or smaller is the way to go. 15ga puts a bigger honkin' hole in the wood. There should be no significant difference for "recreational" use.

Besides, I HATE large "finish" nails, having had to remove trim from built-in furniture in several houses and having had several pieces break on me.

----- = Dain Bramaged...but having lots of fun! =

I have a HF 18 gauge brad nailer and it works well (the one I have takes brads less than 1-1/2" long. There are many occasions, however, when I wish I had a nailer that takes 1-3/4" to 2" nails. An

So don't lament: Grab a 46309, on sale -now- for $19.99. ;)

I have mentioned this here before. I ran into a fellow about a year ago who started a finish trimming business with a couple of HF nailers - (#18 brad and #15 finish). He figured they would get him through the cash-strapped part of starting up. He said he always mentioned them in an apologetic manner but the #^!*@ things wouldn't wear out. He showed them to me and they were a little beat up but he said they always worked for him.

Not going all the way in even though the air compressor had a full charge, sometimes sticking in the gun requiring alot of fancy footwork to get the gun off the nail. I don't seem to have this problem with the shorter nails though.

The nails came with the gun and are the same angle as the ones I buy at the air tool shop.

RonT

You would mention that! I need SPACE!

On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 04:34:29 GMT, the opaque "George E. Cawthon" spake:

So sell the old one on Ebay. Bids might even go up to $30.

----- = Dain Bramaged...but having lots of fun! =

Larry Jaques wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

mine this morning. I have a PC framing nailer, a PC 16g finish, and two HF guns. They all work quite well! No jams yet.