Opinions Please.

[ChelCass]

As you know we are building our chicken coop and then have to build a new condo for my rabbit.  Now Hubby has a framing nailer but the trigger hangs up.  Very frustrating.  He currently has a Bostitch (age???).  His birthday is next month and this is one of the Nailers I am looking at.  Thoughts??  Very good reviews on Amazon and it is the old Hitachi brand.  The Bostitch is 235.00 with a 4.7 Rating and the Metabo is 169.00 with a 4.4 rating.

Metabo HPT Framing Nailer _ 30 Degree Magazine _ Accepts 2-Inch up to 3-1_2-Inch Paper Collated Nails _ Pneumatic _ NR90ADS1 - - Amazon.com.pdf

[OCtoolguy]

3 hours ago, ChelCass said:

As you know we are building our chicken coop and then have to build a new condo for my rabbit.  Now Hubby has a framing nailer but the trigger hangs up.  Very frustrating.  He currently has a Bostitch (age???).  His birthday is next month and this is one of the Nailers I am looking at.  Thoughts??  Very good reviews on Amazon and it is the old Hitachi brand.  The Bostitch is 235.00 with a 4.7 Rating and the Metabo is 169.00 with a 4.4 rating.

Metabo HPT Framing Nailer _ 30 Degree Magazine _ Accepts 2-Inch up to 3-1_2-Inch Paper Collated Nails _ Pneumatic _ NR90ADS1 - - Amazon.com.pdf 2.28 MB · 3 downloads

Unless he is using it everyday in business I'd look at Harbor Freight. I've got 3 of their smaller brad & staple nailers and they have done well. A whole lot cheaper. Read the ratings and most folks have had good luck.

[Richard Hotchkiss]

Just built a chicken coop for my daughter and son-in-law.  Put the entire thing together with exterior  screws and a impact driver and a drill/driver.  Never used a nail at all except for the metal roofing. Much easier to put together and much easier to take apart down the road if needed.  Anyway,  just a thought for your construction project.

Best of luck and am sure it will turn out great

[Wichman]

Before you junk that nail gun, try this maintenance trick; position the nail gun so that the trigger assembly is at the lowest point. Add some air tool oil via the air port and let it sit overnight, in the morning fire the gun to allow the oil to work inside the trigger assembly. After working on the air tools where I was employed (20+ yrs ) one of the factory repair guys clued us in on this technique. At the cost of a little oil it's an inexpensive test.  

[Tom-in-Ashland]

When I had my furniture shop I had 3 Porter-Cable nailers. A pin nailer, a brad nailer and a 16 gage nailer. They served me well for 12 years until I shut down due to health issues.

Edited April 8, 2023 by Tom-in-Ashland

[Joe W.]

I love, Love, LOVE pin nailers.
Try the suggestion above (I'll try to remember it for myself if mine jams up)

[Dak0ta52]

I also have a Bostitch framing nail gun. They are pretty expensive and if the oil trick as described doesn't work, you may want to search for rebuild kits online. Also, like Ray said, if your husband isn't in a career where he will be using a framing nail gun very often, go with a Harbor Freight. I had a Sear's brad/staple gun and a Harbor Freight brad/staple gun that were almost identical. The Sear's gun blew an O-ring where the Harbor Freight is still running strong.

If he will be using a framing nail gun on a regular basis and you want to spend the money, I would suggest a battery operated rather than a pneumatic. It seem most contractors are getting away from the pneumatic because of the accessories needed to operate the gun. ie, compressor, hoses, power for compressor.

[ChelCass]

14 hours ago, Wichman said:

Before you junk that nail gun, try this maintenance trick; position the nail gun so that the trigger assembly is at the lowest point. Add some air tool oil via the air port and let it sit overnight, in the morning fire the gun to allow the oil to work inside the trigger assembly. After working on the air tools where I was employed (20+ yrs ) one of the factory repair guys clued us in on this technique. At the cost of a little oil it's an inexpensive test.  

I read hubby your suggestion and he said he always  oils his gun before using it.  Now the gun he bought new in 2002/2003, so it has some age on it.

 

[ChelCass]

9 hours ago, Dak0ta52 said:

I also have a Bostitch framing nail gun. They are pretty expensive and if the oil trick as described doesn't work, you may want to search for rebuild kits online. Also, like Ray said, if your husband isn't in a career where he will be using a framing nail gun very often, go with a Harbor Freight. I had a Sear's brad/staple gun and a Harbor Freight brad/staple gun that were almost identical. The Sear's gun blew an O-ring where the Harbor Freight is still running strong.

If he will be using a framing nail gun on a regular basis and you want to spend the money, I would suggest a battery operated rather than a pneumatic. It seem most contractors are getting away from the pneumatic because of the accessories needed to operate the gun. ie, compressor, hoses, power for compressor.

I will have him check into a repair kit.  I have no problem buying him a new one as this one is 20 years old.  He has several HF tools and really likes them especially his compound miter saw.  Thanks for the suggestion. He only uses the gun for DIY projects and when he get frustrated with the frame nailer he uses his palm nailer I got him for Christmas last year.  He says it is one of his favorite tools.

[Wichman]

19 minutes ago, ChelCass said:

I read hubby your suggestion and he said he always  oils his gun before using it.  Now the gun he bought new in 2002/2003, so it has some age on it.

 

I conscientiously oiled all the air tools at work for over 20 yrs, after sending some of them in for overhauls, the techs told us the triggers were dry and to let the oil sit in the triggers overnight. The explained that when we would oil and then immediately start using the guns, the oil would just blow by the trigger and not really oil the mechanism. After I started using their technique all the guns ( 4 automatic staplers, 6 standard staplers, and 1, 30 year old framing nail gun ) started working much better .

[JessL]

12 hours ago, Joe W. said:

I love, Love, LOVE pin nailers.
Try the suggestion above (I'll try to remember it for myself if mine jams up)

Me too! It's like an invisible join.

[kywoodmaster]

I have 2 Harbor freight framing nailers a 28degree and an adjustable.  Both have had extensive use and are still working great. I would recommend the adjustable one that way you don't have to worry about which nails you grab.  Sometimes I have found really good bums on some angles.

[ChelCass]

Took the advise of a couple of our members and stopped by Harbor Freight.  Bought a Banks framing nailer and a Bauer angle grinder for hubby's birthday (may 25th).  He used both of them today while working on the Chicken Coop.  Totally loves the Nailer and the grinder he says has a ton more power than the old one. Thanks everyone for your input on this I really appreciate your help.  Hubby is a happy camper!