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1st September 2006, 04:55 PM #1
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Gday all,
Would most of the cheap framing nail guns be able to handle seasoned "old" jarrah reasonably easily.
I doubt that i would be able to find the work for a big name gun but it may be handy to have a GMC or other lieing around.
Any help appreciated.
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Steveif you always do as you have always done, you will always get what you have always got
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2nd September 2006, 07:42 AM #2
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I don't think so, Steve. In my experience hard timbers are shocked into splitting by nail guns.
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3rd September 2006, 10:22 PM #3
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Thanks for the reply Rossluck.
Looks like a predrill and nail this ends.if you always do as you have always done, you will always get what you have always got
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4th September 2006, 02:05 PM #4
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Even the big boy brand guns will have trouble. I tried to use a PC framer once in some rather solid wood and it wouldnt drive all the way at max pressure. This wood was tougher than iron. Densest wood I have ever seen! I ended up pre-drilling and using screws. That worked
How much wood could the woodchuck chuck if the woodchuck could chuck wood?
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6th September 2006, 08:31 PM #5
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I did a bit of work with a mate who was renovating their home. He bought a senco and decent compressor. Even then it somtimes failed to drive a nail all the way into 70 odd year old hard wood.
Dave,
hug the tree before you start the chainsaw.
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10th September 2006, 08:54 AM #6
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I built a dack with a Bostitch coil nailgun using new 25 mm thick blackwood into old hardwood joists. I did have to turn up the pressure a bit to 120 psi (from memory) but all the 65 mm nails went in. I couldn't use them at the ends of the board because of splitting. Went for predrlling and handnailing there.
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