Thread: Paslode nailing gun?

Guys,

I am looking at doing some home renovation, and I think that a nail gun would be of help... I'm looking to do the following:

1. install a fence, using screw shank nails to fix the timbers to the battens and posts - timber would be hardwood
2. build a deck - treated pine structure with hardwood deck
3. build furniture etc..

Question is: is there a "one stop" nail gun solution, or do I need several guns ie: finish or brad nailer, as well as a framing gun. I am not fussed about a compressor or not

Originally Posted by jocky1964

1. install a fence, using screw shank nails to fix the timbers to the battens and posts - timber would be hardwood
2. build a deck - treated pine structure with hardwood deck
3. build furniture etc..

Question is: is there a "one stop" nail gun solution, or do I need several guns ie: finish or brad nailer, as well as a framing gun. I am not fussed about a compressor or not

A good framing gun will do all this... and do it well. But for furniture a small bradder or finishing gun is better suited 'cos with furniture you shouldn't be relying on nails as fasteners, you should be relying on appropriate jointing techniques and using brads only for tacking while the glue sets.

Call it a matter of style. Then again, if your sense of style is "bush furniture" made using a chain-saw and 6" nails then the framer will do.

Originally Posted by jocky1964

Guys,

I am looking at doing some home renovation, and I think that a nail gun would be of help... I'm looking to do the following:

1. install a fence, using screw shank nails to fix the timbers to the battens and posts - timber would be hardwood
2. build a deck - treated pine structure with hardwood deck
3. build furniture etc..

Question is: is there a "one stop" nail gun solution, or do I need several guns ie: finish or brad nailer, as well as a framing gun. I am not fussed about a compressor or not

Unfortunately, there is not a "one stop" nail gun solution. A coil gun would be the best solution for your deck and fence(this would require a compressor as no one sells a coil gun that runs on batteries or gas at this point in time). As for building furniture a bradder would do the job here.

Hope this helps.

P.S. You could use a framing gun for your fence but I wouldn't recommend using it for your deck, as the current specification calls for a deformed shank, domed head nail in either stainless steel or galvanized.

Guys,



Thanks for the quick reply. I guess I have to get 2 guns, being a coil gun and a bradder..... 2 is better than 1 anyway, but at least now I can tell the Minister for Interior Affairs that I did try and save money!!

So, for a bradder, what size? There are lots of different guages available, which would be the most common size? I intend to use it mainly in conjunction with glued joinery as mentioned above - and probably not the bush furniture style.

With a coil gun, similar question.

Any suggestions as to what people have that would work well - don't want to spend big $'s, especially on the coil gun.

Thanks
Peter

For the joinery I would suggest a C1 Bradder, you should be able to pick up one of these for between $100 - $200 for a reasonable one. There are some available for under $100 but you may find replacement parts hard to get for these.

As for the coil, unfortunately you won't find a decent one that's cheap. The company I work for sells their own brand for $450 but we are in QLD only. You're most likely looking at between $600 and $800 for one of the name brand guns e.g. Senco, Hitachi, Bostitch, Duofast Be aware that the bostitch N64 won't do decking nails as they are only available in plastic collation, and that model gun uses wire collated nails only. Also be aware that the Duofast CNP50Y won't do decking nails as it is limited to 50mm nails and the dome head nails are 52mm.

Hope this helps.

I think you only really need a bradder and a T nailer. You can get both for under $200. Coil nailers are too expensive to justify the expense, unless you do alot of fencing or decking, which the home handy man doesn't. Similar story for a framing gun. Expensive and if you are doing any wall framing why not buy them premade?

G'Day All,

just a thought, I had to repair the fence in the other place several years back and a few renovations in the place we are in now, during which called for one off tool usage, so it didn't warrant the expense of buying something to just sit there. I went to my local hire Co and hired it, the money was well worth it all you have to do is plan the time right so as to minimise hire charges, mostly 1/2 day is plenty for the D.I.Y. Most of the time if you hire first thing Saturday for a full day, they are only open for 1/2 day and don't charge you for Sunday as long as you have it back by start of trade Monday. The guys behind the counter told me this and don't mind at all, naturally you pay for the nails by the pack and they do not refund on part packs but will on unopened full ones. Then I buy a tool I can and will use, I don't see the sense in spending $$$$ for one off uses?...
As I said just a thought!..
savage.

Originally Posted by savage

G'Day All,

just a thought, I had to repair the fence in the other place several years back and a few renovations in the place we are in now, during which called for one off tool usage, so it didn't warrant the expense of buying something to just sit there. I went to my local hire Co and hired it, the money was well worth it all you have to do is plan the time right so as to minimise hire charges, mostly 1/2 day is plenty for the D.I.Y. Most of the time if you hire first thing Saturday for a full day, they are only open for 1/2 day and don't charge you for Sunday as long as you have it back by start of trade Monday. The guys behind the counter told me this and don't mind at all, naturally you pay for the nails by the pack and they do not refund on part packs but will on unopened full ones. Then I buy a tool I can and will use, I don't see the sense in spending $$$$ for one off uses?...
As I said just a thought!..
savage.

I'd have to agree with you there, especially for the coil gun. You could probably still buy yourself a cheap bradder though. It's surprising how many things you'll find to do with it when you've got one.

Yeah! I have a cheapie!..from K-Mart (bowing head in shame), But I got it on sale and thought I'd only use it for the current renovations, how wrong could I have been. It's used in all my jobs I undertake, I use the 35mm nails mainly for back boards on bookcases and the like or glue-ups. When it give's up the ghost I'll be getting a better quality one but still within the realms of a D.I.Y. hobby woodie!...