I do many things, but one of them is I build wooden crates for machinery. I would like to buy a good "construction stapler" that shoots 7/16" wide staples, to attach OSB to 2x4s.
Would anyone recommend a stapler that is well made. I heard many comments that these staplers cheapened out and simply do not last.
Thanks a ;lot
iI like the Porter-Cable nail guns I have , also like my H-F framing nailer - but it's heavy . I don't recall the brand of staplers we used in the cabinet shops , but they all seemed pretty much the same . As Dan said , sometimes suppliers will give you guns , but I doubt you'll be using the kind of volume they want for that .
Well none will break the bank if the fail but if you need something that will last and be rebuildable I would go with the brands that have been making pneumatic guns for years on end.
A little extra money might yield an easier to use gun and a more comfortable to use gun.
I would suggest, in no certain order, Bostitch, Hitachi, Senco.
Find a old Senco M11. I've had one for 40 yrs
Other than longevity, how does it compare to more modern staplers? Features, weight, ease of loading, etc?
Generally speaking, I have a Secno SFN1 finish nailer. It is about 29 years old and has been rebuilt, inexpensively, two times so it is not obsolete. I have a total of 6 guns every one is a different brand and each is not a duplicate in function
The Senco is the oldest and IMHO feels and handles the best of all. It is simple and mostly toolless and oilless. It looks and feels like a finished product designed to do exactly what a finish nailer is designed to do. None of my other guns look like it in design.
My HF stapler, Craftsman brad nailer look and feel like they came from the same factory. My Greg pin nailer is probably my next favorite fit, finish, feel, and balance. My Bostitch framing nailer is well built and similar to the Senco in being unique in design but is a locomotive, big and bulky. But it is a framer and was perfect for building fences.
OK I lied, I also have a Senco palm nailer. I bought it before the framing nail gun used it mostly to hail Simpson joist hangers.
If you use this in a production or semi-production environment, I would go another direction. Go to your fastener supplier and see which brands are i n the shop the most, and which ones they can get parts for these days. My nail/brad supplier will take apart my guns and replace rings and "soft part s" as needed for no charge as long as I am buying fasteners from them. This can save you a ton in bench fees, etc. when you blow a seal. They will ev en replace the non-stock seals such as head seals if I will bring them in w hen I blow a cylinder seal.
The important point of this is that MY fastener guys here in my town (YMMV! ) will //only work on the brands they sell for no charge//. With bench fee s being $65, and seals being around $10 for a seal kit, it could add up fas t if you don't pay attention.
My 0.02 would be Hitachi or Bostitch.
Robert
Wow your bench fees are kinda high. IIRC my Senco finish nail gun cost me $21. to be repaired last year. Location location location I guess.
Not only are the HF framing nailers heavy but they're huge (at least mine is). It's really hard to maneuver it around and impossible to get into many places. I used it once, then went out and bought a Hitachi.
My PC brad, finish, and narrow crown staplers work fine, though.
I originally bought that nailer to build a fence . That job paid for it , the rest is gravy - That nail gun has pretty much built this house we're living in . Framing , sheathing , roof decking , the floor , all nailed with that gun . I found very few situations that I couldn't use it .
A framing nailer to build a fence?
Yup , 6' cedar dogear nailed to treated 2X4's . That was a unique fence , we used steel posts and covered both sides with rough cut cedar . T'was a mighty fine looking fence when I finished it .
I'm late top the party, but I recently bought DeWalt pneumatic stapler (DWFP1838?) and couldn't be more pleased with it. It's pretty light but powerful.
I had a job where I was making a bunch of plywood cases and shot
500-1000 staples over the course of a couple days. Not a single misfire or jam.
Can't really tell ya how it stacks up to new ones, I haven't tried any. Easy loading, weight not to bad and is a beast that keeps going. I don't use it as much as I use to and I've rebuilt it once. My roofer buddy gave it to me years ago. For a wide staple gun and not a nail gun, it works great and for this particular application would be perfect.
Could be. Texas Tool, Southwest Fastener and Brannon's don't want general public business. I have talked to many a butt hurt hobbyist that takes in their ancient gun that has been out of production for decades and is pissed off because the fastener guys don't want to even take a look. They know t hat if they take off the head to replace the cylinder seals most likely the head seals will start to leak. I have two guns that do this now, BTW. So for them, too much hassle.
If I buy enough nails, they will waive the bench fee. And like I said, if it is soft parts, there is no charge for installation and even for parts. BUT, they don't want a hobby guy that buys one box of nails or brads every couple of years to do anything more than that. The fastener companies arou nd here are built on volume.
So much so, that Brannon's, one of the oldest fastener supply companies in Texas is here, and if they didn't sell you the gun, they won't work on it!
Gotta be good to be independent.
Robert
Obviously where you are going nail sales are much more profitable than rebuilding guns. And when they do rebuild a gun they only want to work on ones that they sell and have parts for. Totally understand that strategy.
Decades ago in Houston The new car dealers service departments would put vehicles from other dealers behind in line to those that bought the vehicle from their dealership. These days there are so many dealerships and competition the dealers do not care where you bought the vehicle, you are treated the same.
Yes! You do have to shoot nails to attach 2x4 to 4x4 posts.
What would you be thinking?
This gun also shoots smaller nails - I used 8d to do the wall sheathing , floor , and roof decking .
When I only had a couple of guns, my old Bostitch framer had to do pretty m uch everything. It shot nails as small as 6d so I could use it to install t he fence pickets as well. Cedar cross pieces were usually 1 5/8" to nearly 2" thick, and pickets were a solid 3/4".
Now, the materials are different, and the pickets are frequently 1/2" to 5/
8" where commonly available. I can still get 1" pickets, but they are stup id expensive to me for that extra 1/8" and don't seem to hold up any better than their skinny counterparts. And we all use pressure treated cross pie ces and frame components that shrink down to as small as 1 3/8" in some cas es after drying.Robert
Sounds like huge overkill. I have a siding/fencing nailer for such and use stainless ringshank nails. Are ringshanks available for framing nailers?
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