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   BenA | Jan 12, 2006 05:17am | #1

   Bostitch just came out with a new pin nailer . it will drive 1/2" up to 1 3/16" pin. Also has a high low power switch for softer wood. retails for about $149. Model # is HP118K, comes in a kit with extra pins. Good luck

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   hammer1 | Jan 12, 2006 06:26am | #2

   I bought a Max NF235A/23-35 about a month ago. I've installed a couple of kitchens with a variety of moldings and appliques as well as some small moldings on a chair rail system. This was an expensive gun compared to others, $279?, but it has some features the others didn't. It has a capacity from 1 3/8" - 1/2", without having to change any thing with the magazine. It's the only pin nailer I've seen that will take 1 3/8" pins, if you can find them or need them. Everything is solid and intelligent about the gun, narrow profile, no mar tip, double trigger, anti dry fire, easy loading, accurate placement. It has worked great for me. It's quality and build stood out from several others on the rack at my dealer. If you haven't had a pin nailer before, you will love it. You will still have to fill the holes on visible jobs but you will be able to pin where you wouldn't dare use a nail or brad.

   Beat it to fit / Paint it to match

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   nikkiwood | Jan 12, 2006 06:38am | #3

   be careful about these pin nailers.

   I've had both the PC and Senco, and neither one of them would consistently countersink the pins, which can be a colossal PIA.

   At the urging of several folks at Breaktime, I decided to cut my losses, and buy this Cadex gun.

   http://www.floydtool.com/cp2335.htm

   It is the best nailer of any kind I have ever had -- bar none. It doesn't say on the gun, but the rumor is that it's made by Max.

   So now I have a Senco, which in my estimation is junk -- and the Cadex, which i was too cheap to buy in the first place.

   Want to buy a new Senco, used for one job ---------- cheap?

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   "It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts."

   John Wooden 1910-

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   user-90815 | Jan 14, 2006 07:24pm | #6

   yep I also have the Cadex and I just love it... plus it was cheap :c)

   Christian

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   nikkiwood | Jan 15, 2006 09:07am | #7

   Cheap? The Cadex I bought was $209 -- almost a $100 more than the Senco.********************************************************
   "It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts."

   John Wooden 1910-

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   user-90815 | Jan 15, 2006 03:05pm | #8

   Really... I cant remember the price I payed but I remember it was the cheapes thing I could find :c) (I'm in Canada)

   Christian

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   cowtown | Jan 12, 2006 09:52am | #4

   nailset ws asking....

   "I have to install about 200' of 1/4" pine quarter round, enough to justify a buying a pin nailer. It would also be nice to have the capability to tack 3/4" stock, such as face frames to cases until glue sets, which would rule out the senco I was considering- as it only handles 1/2" to 1". I currently use my senco 18g brad nailer for stuff like this. Any suggestions as to brand and/or pin length capability?" well, if you like filling holes, and splitting that 1/4" stock, , an 18Gauge is ok, but if you want to avoid those tasks, why not look at a 23gauge nailer. While the high end Italian (OMER) suff is gonna run 400+ bucks, a local store here in Calgary is selling imports for around 60CDN, 45ish us$. Some folks complain that the imports don't set the brads (about the size of a sewing needle) enuf, but others have said you just grind down the head a tad to fix that problem..... 23Ga has no mechanical strength though, so they would only serve to locate and hold while the gule dries. If yer over 50, you is gonna have to get out yer reading glasses to find the suckers anyway.... I dunno about south of the border, but it seems like the borgs up here in GWN have stopped stocking 1 3/16 brads. Way I figure it is some accountant figured that that dimension was close enuf to 1 1/4" that it didn't make sense, yet these same borgs sold a sh*t-load of pin nailers over the last decade that only took up to 1 3/16. Methinks that's the way of the future, so you gotta consider that you might want any new small brad nailer to handle at least 1 1/4" brads. Or if you have access to 1 3/16  18ga brads, if yer quick enuf to catch the tail end of the "boxing day sales" you might find one for 25-30 bucks. I found that my bostich guns just didn't like smaller brads anyway, so the first import 1 3/16 brad nailer I bought over 12 years ago just keeps on ticking ( I can't believe it either- so I picked up a spare which sits unused .....) 23 gauge in the imports seems to be capped at the 1" lenght, but the italian guns do 1 1/8".   Think about it. And next time yer looking at prehung door jambs, or the borgish French doors, just look at the fasteners they use ......23 gauge.   Eric in Cowtown

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   Troy | Jan 13, 2006 03:15am | #5

   A lot of people have posted that they have had problems with the Senco nailer. I have a Senco Accuset 23 gauge one and it has worked well for the type of thing you are talking about. It was cheep I don't know how long it will last but I don't use it that often. Also it has no safty so you can zap flies on the wall as well as pop ballons :) Just kidding of course you could put someones eye out.

   Troy