Best Button Cap Nailer/stapler

roadweiry

Had a slow day friday so I ended up putting felt paper down and while I did have my old trusty bostich slap stapler I was thinking how much I would have rather had a cap nailer. Its rare that I even have to mess with felt but when I do I like to just get it done.


So it seems like my options as I know it are.

Coil nails /cap style
Staple /cap style

or
Staple/cap.. slap stapler

Just wondering who prefers what?

loneframer

Never used a cap nailer or stapler, we always whack it down with a slap stapler.

WarnerConstInc.

I like my Bostitch Cap stapler

curapa

I have used the Hitachi cap nailer and I did not care for it. In the end it was more productive to fill my pouch with hand drives and get it done.

The nailer would work fine for a while but every once in a while the tape wouldn't break on the caps and I would have a string of caps hanging out the gun, very aggravating. It's been a while but I seem to remember nails firing improperly causing them to not set the cap.

I have used a couple of different Hitachi cap nailers so I would say it's safe to assume I did not just have a bad gun.

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paul100

I bought the one that harbor freight sells. I figured I had a 50/50 shot of it being any good. harbor frieght didnt have the staples or caps available. So I went lookign for them and I couldnt find the staples anywhere except on the internet. I decided just to return it. Never did get to try it out.

curapa

I would also like to add I am a Hitachi fan, all of my framers are Hitachi so my opinion is not biased.

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roof-lover

I had much of the same experience accept you didn't mention jamming.
Mine jammed. A lot.
I think it was the third or fourth time, i had had enough.
My favorite roofing guns have been the hitachi and bostitch.
I know them well and love both of them.

When i bought my power cap gun, i thought the only options were the hitachi and the Stinger.
Ofcourse i bought the hitachi.
It didn't work well and it jammed.
It was really hard to unjam. You would be in pain from unjamming it.
We gave up and hand bang it.
Which is super hard because of how much the government demands on us.
They demand 6 inches on center on the laps
Two runs of 12 inch on center in the center run of the roll.
That puts a lot of strain on our elbows/bodys.
We are putting on the shingles right away. Right now! Today! immediatelY!
The felt is not going to sit here for weeks and months and through a hurricane.

These ridicules price increasing rules(along with a whole slew of others)Are coming to your town soon.
You voted for it.

Before the government decided to be the gestapo here after october 07,
(after democrats gained control)---The way i did it was--
Round metal simplex installed 6 inches on center surrounding the entire perimeter but held back at least 3 inches from the edge to account for the eve drip metal.
One run down the center of the roll at every 2ft.
On a roof that was 6/12 or over, i would put a simplex every 3ft across the top of the roll.
I did a great job. My felt wouldn't rip up or slide out when walking on it (8/12).
I did think others did much less nailing than i did and thought that they should do more but this is ridicules.

This is three times as much nailing as is really needed.
It's like me nailing the felt down.
Then coming back and renailing it again with the same amount of fasteners.
Then told to come back again and do it again.

Were still hand nailing it though...
Wearing out our bodies/less life for us, for our wifes and our children.
Then taking longer to do the job and charging more to the end user. YOU.

I am hearing from the " city inspectors" that all the new construction here(which has been exempt) is also going to have to comply with these same rules soon too.
I dont want for them to have to do it either. or you...

So all the new construction prices involving new homes and roofs are about to go up.

That should concern all you GCs that are trying to build a home.

Everybodys got lots of money, right?

This is probably going to spread to other states, cities, towns.


ON a good note, "2nd Gen" a roofer in this forum had a good report about the air bostich cap stapler/guns.
Much less capacity but flawless application.

Burkk

I dont mess with felt that much but I did purchase a Stinger CH38 and works good for me. I am now looking to buy the new automatic CH38A. I just dont want to put too much money into something I rarely do.

Burkk

roadweiry

Thats the same boat im in. Im leaning towards the bostich. While it lacks cap capacity reviews point toward reliability. And to boot it will match my other guns.

Roofing Money

I will take my hands off to a bostitch stapler cap gun. I used one for a solid year and only had your normal jams which wasn't hard to just unstop and keep on trucking. I used to work in furniture factories on production so I like to git er done. It is the best and fastest way to go even with the jams. I have heard bad things about them but I don't have anthing bad to say. I am about to buy one myself because I no longer work with the guy that had that one. I haven't decided rather to get a bostitch or senco though.