Senco Staple Gun

6stringmason

Hey guys. I recently bought a Senco staple gun that shoots up to a 2" staple for hanging my metal lathe for doin cultured stone work. I have had it about a month and used it about a total of about 20 hours. I put a few drips of oil in before every use and use about 90-95 psi to shoot the 2" staples.

My question is does anyone have problems with these guns. I have been told they are good guns and reliable. Mine however is not. I bought it brand new and now it wont shoot staples alot of the time. Sometimes it will sound like it shooting but its not and sometimes it sounds like it is dead. Meaning when you hit the trigger its just a thud with a small air release like little thudding sound. Any ideas or anyone have the same problem?

JustaFramer

Never had that problem with the one I owned. It may be that there is dirt in the track so the guide is stuck. Try blowing it out with some air.

RobertCDF

Try pushing the spring loaded thingy down as you are shooting. Forcing the staples down to be shot sometimes dirt in the track, old staples, etc etc dont move down the track very well. Or your driver may not be coming ALL the way back and getting in the way of the staples moving into position. Try increasing your pressure just a little bit that may work too.

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Nick H

Ive had problems like that on a "low end" stapler that was caused by a poorly finished driver not moving very freely and not retracting properly. Rather than send it back I stripped it out and tidied up the driver with sand paper and it worked fine.

6stringmason

Thanks for the help guys. I noticed that the pusher does slide a little rough. I guess I will try it. Just didnt think I should have to start repairing a gun that is 2 months old not used much. It was $300+. Dont know if that is lowend or not?

firemike

You shouldn't have to "repair" it after only 2 months, might just be dirt or some other foreign material where it shouldn't be. I have a senco stapler, only problems I have had with it were my fault, dirt or wood chips blow up into the guides or mechanism and cause it to stick ot jamb. I generally take a can of WD-40 and clean out the nosepiece good and used a blow gun to blow the rest of the WD-40 out and wipe it down with a rag. (If there is too much residue, dirt will stick to the WD-40, causing more problems.)

If you continue having problems after making sure it is clean, call Senco and talk to a tech, it is still under warranty. Might be an actual manufacturer defect, at least talk to someone there and keep a record of who you talk to and when, for warranty reasons just in case it keeps happening. Senco has at least a one year warranty on most if not all of their products. Some manufacturers will give you a incident or service number to track the problem.

Good luck!

Blackhawk

when i use to do metal lath we did it over tar paper and it would gum our guns up had to clean them often..

Nick H

I agree you shouldn't have to repair something 2 months old but sometimes its just easier to fix a simple defect than mess around phoning/returning/sending etc.
Mind you i'm always careful to take things apart carefully and not leave any "marks" in case I do have to take it back, best to avoid the "have you been messing with this" discussion.