Nails with a full head can be driven from 7/8 inches to 1 3/4 inches.
Quickly spaced shingles thanks to an adjustable shingle guide that you can move around.
When the tool is on its side, built-in side skid pads keep it from sliding off the roof.
The high-capacity magazine can hold up to 120 coil nails at a time; the tool-free adjustable depth of drive makes it easy to make sure the nails fit. Toll-free air exhaust for 360.
The trigger can be changed so that it can fire a single shot or a group of shots.
I’m building a new shed on my own, but I didn’t feel like pounding nails. This has already taken longer than I’d like. I’m not very good at roofing, but I’ve done a few small jobs. I’m not very good at roofing (previous shed, wood pile cover, etc. You can’t just put a couple of rakes and a string trimmer in the shed now. It needs to be 12×16, not just a place to store them. So the whole roof is about 224 square feet. I looked at Horror Freight, and their nailer was about the same price as the one I was looking at. I also knew about their “quality,” and I didn’t want to deal with any problems. I just wanted to get this done quickly.
Using about 110 psi, I put in a few 1-1/4″ test nails to check for depth and get a sense of how it felt. Then I started working on it. Never got stuck, and the last nail always came out. You knew you needed a new coil because you never had a jam. If I had tried, I would have tried the single fire trigger. I only had a double tap twice. Both times, it was the user’s fault. If you’re just moving it along, there are no problems. Hit like you mean it, and you’ll be fine.
I didn’t have the problems that other people have said they had, which is good. No need to over-oil or break it in. It worked great right out of the box. They say that nails could fire when you connect the air hose, but I didn’t.
Loading was simple and went as planned. Check the depth setting on the coil plate. Sometimes it moves, which can make it hard to get everything back to work after reloading.
This is my first nailer, so I don’t have much else to compare it to. I can only compare it to my Hitachi framing nailer, which is a lot lighter than this one (love that thing). I don’t want to carry that thing all over the roof of a house. I think they’re about the same weight, but I haven’t weighed them next to each other.
Why did you make the nail coil height plate and cover out of plastic? This is the most important thing to me. The rest of it is built really well, which is why it’s so heavy. But the part that you’re going to be messing with all the time is made of plastic. When you drop something, it’s going to break right away. The part that stands out the most is made of plastic. Come on, guys.
