Thread: Framing Nail Guns

A couple of years ago I aquired the Bostitch N86 at an auction for $10 with around 2000 nails, but it had been full of water and it cost $100 to repair. It is good, but is a little underpowered for seasoned hardwood so I decided to upgrade. Then my two brothers asked me to find them a gun each as they are both in the throws of renovating.
Then came the Paslode 5350/90s: cost $50 with $16 for a new exhaust deflector
Then the Senco sn 4: cost $40 with $65 for orings and seals. This is the one I wanted but ended up giving it away.
Then the last senco sn70: cost $50 with just a couple of hours to strip and clean as it seemed to have half a cup of water in it

All the guns have a 90mm capacity, but having tested them all with the same compressor/pressure, into the same piece of 20/30 year old hard wood stud, I found that the senco's had it all over the bostitch with the paslode in the middle. Perhaps the paslode being the lightest was the main disadvantage, I really had to lean on it to get the same result.

There is no real reason for posting this, other than to show the there are some good tools for a minimum amount of money and time spent making them good. the only tools needed to repair them were a set of allen keys, soft hammer, set of pin punches and a bottle of airtool oil.

All the parts were bought from Addem's Airtools (no affiliation, just a satisfied customer) they also have schematics for all the popular guns and if it isn't on the site, an email to them will yield surprising results.

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Thanks for looking.

Rob