Rough framing nail gun ?

[scuba_dave]

Well, I'm "wimping" out
I have my friends compressor, decided to buy a nail gun
He had one, I tried it at my last house 5 years ago
I don't remember the brand but it did not work right

So I am looking for recommendations
Just rough framing nail gun
At present I know nothing about them

Seems a finish gun will be different from a framing gun?

24x36 garage, same size great room over it, plus 19x24 walk up attic above that. A lot of framing & I need more speed then a hammer will bring me

Thanks

[jackmo]

Dave,
I just bought one for the same reasons as you but mostly bad hands.
I bought a Bostitch F28WW. It will take nails from 2 in. to 3.5 in. It uses the wire collated type of nails, I didn't want the paper collated nails because I felt the paper might degrade over time. I also wanted to use the same gun to put down 3/4 plywood on the floors with 2 in. nails. I also wanted something that I would be able to get nails for it years from now.

I also have a Craftsman finish nailer which is great for molding.

Jackmo

[pushkins]

Dave it's not "wimping out" it's "common sense" ( more time left over for "beer Time"):smile2:

I have three, my fav. is the Porter Cable the second is the Hitachi and third but a close second is my Bostitch. All three are 22 degree , the Hitachi is 21 degree (but who cares) and is by far the lightest, all three use round head nails and clipped head ( clipped head are sorta being fazed out anyway).
I only ever get paper (or plastic)collated nails and have never had any problems with the paper going bad even when used in the rain.

Funny story about finish and framing nailer's, I watched a guy that had both plugged in , he was sistering some 2x4 material behind a set of kitchen cabinets with the framing nailer, then went on to grab a piece of mahogany 5" crown molding, while talking and yahooing around grabbed the wrong gun (god knows how they weight pounds apart) and put a 3.5" nail into the crown molding, put a split in it for 5 feet and at better than $10 a foot that nail cost him $50. It was funny then and still is today.

[CR500]

I have the Bostitch F28WW. I shoot the ring shank nails. With those you better have the board where you want it! Those suckers are tough to pull back out! I've never had a problem with the gun.

I also have a Bostitch finish gun. Every once and a while it gets a little picky. It was previously owned by a contractor buddy and is probably just worn out. I'm a fan of Porter Cable tools and (one of these days) will get their finish gun as a replacement.

Don't waste your time with the brad nailer. The gauge of those nails are too small to hold much more than a stack of paper.

[scuba_dave]

Thanks for the info
I've always used my building to keep me in shape :redface:
But this addition is simply too much to do by hand quickly
Plus I have had the problemin the past of trying to hold something & nail it it at the same time. I needed 4 hands
2 hands to hold the boards/walls together, one to hold the nail, one to hammer:hmmmm2:

Friends house they had a framer building their addition
He missed the 2x nailing down plywood floor & the nail went all the way thru into the crawl space
Problem was his dog had gone into the crawl space
Luckily it missed the dog, but after that the crawl space opening was closed off

I needed a new tool anyways :congrats: