What Brand Framing Gun?

AMLConstruction

When I first started my business I had every intention on buying 4 of the new hitachi's . My salesman asked if I would not mind trying a DEWALT very skeptical at first Itryed them they work great . Ino longer have to watch a guy fumble around to fix a nail jamming problem again . they make the clip detach for easy fixing its perfect,it also works great for toe nailing dont think I'll ever use another gun plus they are about half the price of hitachi and they are guaranteed for a year. oh ya they must shoot clipped head nails or it will miss fire.

Forry

Hitachi kicks a$$! It's fast and clean, and durable. Is Senco a bad word around here? I've got an ancient SN65 that's been inservice @ 15 yrs and is a little slow, but reliable. I give it to the newbies to use, and it's rock solid. Same nails as the hitachi.

cwilson

dewalt sucks ass, dont think of it all, well i never used then, i just bought a dou-fast, between that and the HItchis, you cant really go wrong... dewalts and production made, hit or miss,,, ****y i think its a gamble..

joeco129

I have many Porter Cable FR350's and love them... my crew too... they get beat and keep working... just keep them oiled and your all set... I also use Porter Cable finish nailers and brads... I like PC products... It would be nice if the came out with some cordless models...

elvinstheman

Anyone tried the Rigid? Looks well-built and well-designed and has the rafter/belt hook.

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gillisonconstru

Hey guys I have two Senco stick nailers, 1 Bostich stick nailer, 2 Bostich coil nailers, and a Makita coil nailer that is just unbeliveable. You should look into the Makita it has been a great gun.

In_Mexifornia

I see almost everyone here in Southern California using the Hitachi. I recently bought another gun and had a gift card for Home Cheapo and wanted to buy a Hitachi, but the only one the had was the one without the depth adjustment so I ended up buying the Ridgid one instead. Works great and it comes with a lifetime service agreement. Even came with a hook to hang off my bags or from a rafter or whatever.

CheckmateOhio

I had senco nail guns and they are basically indestructable, but lacked the power for LVLs and such. Now I have 2 hitachi guns, 5 Paslodes, a fasco and a Max. IMO the paslodes hit the hardest, but I am getting sick of replacing the piston o-rings (and they get oiled daily). I am looking at switching all over to Rigid because of the warranty and the fact that there is no good place for a hook on a Paslode.
When it comes to staplers I will stick with the newer Paslodes.

CheckmateOhio

Oh Yeah...One more thing. When it comes to buying Dewalt, Paslode, or Senco. Do not buy them from Depot or Lowes. They are NOT the same gun. They are basically the home owners version.

Ted W

I'm gonna swing by the depot and grab me a framing gun. Will let you know which one and why when I know. :-)

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Ted W

Awwww right then, I ended up getting a Senco. I don't remember the model but it's clipped head and was marked down from $159 to $129 at Lowes, AND it came with a free brad nailer which I didn't know about till I got to work and opened the box.
Free Stuff, Cool!

At first it (the framer) would hiss for a moment before shooting, and oil blowing out an opening on the top of the tool, but I think I just put too much oil in it becaused it stopped doing that after a couple of sticks of nails. I'm using #10 coated sinkers as I'm mostly toenailing. At 110 lbs of pressure from my PC pancake compressor I still have to go back and whack about half the nails the rest of the way in, which is kind of annoying.

Obviously, I don't know how it will stand up to abuse, but give me time.

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travish

As far as paslode its the same gun. Also, the 350S has a hook, are you talking about older ones?

You mentioned the new paslode staplers, how are they for you? I'm looking pretty seriously at them

Same Old

I love my Paslode stick.

CheckmateOhio

My tools are outside year round and the Paslodes DO hold up well. I do have to have the o rings rebuilt on the nail guns quite often. Part of that is because they are being shot too fast at times and they can't take too much of that. My nail guy fixes them on site for practically nothing since he is a Paslode rep. As for the staplers. I bought all new 2 years ago and have not had to have them worked on at all. The older models would have driver problems every now and then, but not bad.

Same Old

Oh yeah, my yard fixes the Paslodes for free if you buy enough nails /staples from them. Those companies make more money off the nails than the guns. They used to give the guns away if you bought enough nails.

pn70

I would think that when a manufacturer sets up to make a certain model that they would tool up/setup to make for example 100,000 Nail guns regardless of which retailer they end up at?

I find it hard to believe that they might toolup for 70,000 pieces for Home Depot, Lowes, Menards, etc...and then toolup for just the mom and pop lumberyards. Makes no sense to me.

Do you have any proof that the same exact model from a Lowes would be less quality from a Mom and Pop lumber yard?

I can understand that the service bites at the mega stores but don't see how it is beneficial for the mfr to offer the identical model to mega stores and local stores while trying to degrade/cheapen models going strictly to the mega stores.

I would think for instance that the LS1013FL makita scms was $80.00 cheaper at my home depot over the local lumberyard because home depot buys hundreds at a time but I may be wrong.

vwovw

3 senco pro framer something....love em
3 paslode framer.....love em
1 paslode cordless framer.... testy but i love her
2 porter cable framer........were my first. but they still work. one i had to rebuild but had no problems doing it myself.

and they all use the same bullet

vwovw

your right. they aren't any different

CheckmateOhio

I can't quite remember the model numbers, but I believe the Dewalt guns were the ones that had a different color head. The guns were the same model number, but were built slightly different and were distinguished by the head color.
Also, the senco framepro was in fact different. I believe they even changed a number on the model #.
And when it comes to the Paslodes The model # has been the same for 10 years or so, but the gun has been changing throughout and they are redesigning it yet again. Look at the nosing, the track, and the driver from an old gun to a new gun. Now I don't know how they are different at the Depot, but that is what my sales rep told me. And he didn't just say that to get the sale since he sells them to me for $100 less than the Depot sells them.
Anyone here use the Positive Placement gun from Paslode ? They started making them a few years back and were using the leftover framing guns from the 90's to convert them into these guns, then when they were all used up they "redesigned" them into the new version.

Same Old

I don't know about the guns but I do know that faucets and shower valves from HD/Lowes/whatever are different than those at the plumbing supply house.