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Hardwood nailers
I have recently started doing some hardwood installations.
I have borrowed guns from a friend until now.
I have some 3/4" solid red oak coming up.
And have a few Homerwood 5/8" enginered floors.
I was hoping to get two good guns that would work for most anything.
Any recomendations?
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Permalink Reply by Dale Rosilio on -
Depends what you're looking to spend, if money isn't a big concern but quality is, then look at Primatech......
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Permalink Reply by Stephen on -
Don, I think this powernailer is running a very close second to the Primatech nailer.
http://www.powernail.com/home/flex.htm
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Permalink Reply by Jerome on -
How you been doing Don? Long time no talk to.
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Personal preferences for me would be the Bostitch MIIIFS (stapler) for most 3/4 solids and the Spotnails WS4840W2 gun for thinner material.
http://www.floydtool.com/ws4840w2.htm
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Permalink Reply by Floorguy on -
I have a Grip-Rite stapler for the ¾ stuff and 3 small floor runner type staplers for the thin stuff. Senco, Porta-Nailer and a HighPro.
They all work great.
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Permalink Reply by Don Monfils on -
I think I'm going to go with a re-conditioned Bostitch M3 stapler for $339 from CPO Bostich
and the Porta-nailer 461-A , it does up to 5/8 with a 1/4" 18 gauge staple.
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Permalink Reply by Stephen on
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Don, it's good to have an 18ga cleat for those exotics and you know bamboo. Just don't mix the two on any one floor.
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Permalink Reply by Don Monfils on
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Steven, would you recomend the Bostitch cleat nailer , instead of the M 3 staple gun?
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Permalink Reply by Stephen on
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I have the big Bostitch stapler and a floorrunner. I'd like to get the Primatech or Powernail Flex. Like I said you need a thin 18 ga cleat for really hard exotics. Thats my next purchase. I just don't do lots of nail down out here. It's almost all concrete glue or float.
If you dry down bamboo out here to the ZONE MC you can count on that bamboo to split and lots of others.
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Permalink Reply by Stephen on
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I'm in a drier zone than you though I think. But who accliamates to MC anyway?
It's all about time frames now ain't it? Does that halp? Well yes if your going to humidify it is
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Permalink Reply by Leo on -
If you would like my two cents, avoid the cleat nailer, used to use a porta-nailer cleat nailer until I found the stapler, the fastners are a fraction of the cost of the cleats and actually hold much tighter in my experience. with every incident of fastening you virtually get two penetrations of fastening power instead of one with the cleats, the porta-nailer never gets taken out of the case anymore. hope this helps
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