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6 in 1 framing nailer at Harbor Freight ??

17 years ago

I am planning on buying this air nailer tomorrow (Friday). I wanna know y'alls opinion of it. It is on sale for $99 and I have a 15% off coupon. It won't get a lot of use. Just when I build something around the house here. Such as a storage shed or that garage I am planning to build.

So what do y'all think of this tool. Any good or not.

6 in 1 framing nailer at Harbor Freight

Thanks.

Pooh Bear

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Comments (6)

machiem
17 years ago
It will probably be fine for your usage.

However, when a tool is designed as a "multi-use" tool, they are usually adequate at each use but rarely great at any.

I would pick the size and angle of nails you want to use and buy a dedicated nailer. HF has them at the different angles and they are $20 cheaper than the "multi-use" nailer.

HF nailer 1

HF nailer 2

I suggest not skimping on the nails and buy brand name nails. You'll have fewer jams and less trouble.
Pooh Bear
Original Author
17 years ago
Which degree nailer would you recommend.

And both of those use clipped head nails.
I wanted full round head nails.
Still, it would save some money.
And not as much stuff to mess up on it.

But still, with the 6 in 1 nailer,
I would just set it for one angle,
and only use that for everything.

Thanks

Pooh Bear
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den69rs96
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I haven't read any reviews of the framing guns, but I did read a review of one of HF finish/stapler nailers, the one for around $30. The author could not get the depth set correctly even with chaning the air pressure. It also leaked oil. After driving about 1000 nails for the article, there was wear on the piece that drives the nails. After that he said he threw it in the dumpster.
Pooh Bear
Original Author
17 years ago
I bought the 6 in 1 nailer on Saturday.
Still haven't had a chance to use it.
Hopefully tomorrow or the next day.

It shoots plastic or paper collated nails.
The guy at the store recommended only using full head nails.
Which I planned to do anyway.

This thing sure is bigger than I expected.
I don't remember nailers being that big.

Pooh Bear
gildesc
17 years ago
Just a suggestion...don't use a nailer on any finish work. It will leave big holes that you'll have to fill in before painting or staining. It's okay just for framing, etc. I'll say one thing...you could have used a hammer and built yourself up some good muscle, but from the size of these nailguns, they're so heavy that you'll build up some muscle just holding this thing. I had a carpenter build me a front porch from start to finish just using a hammer and nails, from the framing to the finish boards. It looks great. Another carpenter came to do the porch skirting and used a nail gun from beginning to end and I had to putty all his nailgun holes on the finish boards. Never mind that he also put a nail right through his finger! I won't be using his services again! Good luck.
Pooh Bear
Original Author
17 years ago
I have a Dual-Fast finish nailer.
I used my framing nailer to build a bunch of concrete forms last week.
Worked great. Some of the lumber was old and very hard.
I had to use a hammer to finish driving some of the nails.
I had the compressor set at 100psi. The nail gun goes up to 120psi.
It sure made it a lot easier on me to drive nails.
I like the thing so far. Wish I had one of these a long time ago.

Pooh Bear

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