Nail Guns
Nail Guns
(OP)
I have a Bostitch finish nailer that I bought about 15 years ago for use on various hobby projects. I was getting low on 1-1/2" nails so I went looking both at hardware stores and the big box stores. The first thing one is asked about is angle of the magazine. I did not know this and the information is not in the owner's manual. As I looked around, I found that each manufacturer seems to have his own ideas on optimum angle for the magazine and they all seem to be around 60* as you measure the included angle on the clip of nails. The angle stated on the package is the compliment of 90* to further confuse things. Anyone else run into this?





RE: Nail Guns
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Framing nailers are angled because - nail heads.
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Dan - Owner
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John R. Baker, P.E.
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
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Ted
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I've never tried to drive anything but Bostitch nails with my Bostitch 15 gauge finish nailer. It's a beautiful tool.
I made the mistake of buying a stick framing nailer at Canadian Tire, and it had a weird angle relative to whatever the common angle is for stick nails. I tried to correct it by making a minor adjustment of the angle of the feed sleeve, and although it drives the nails it doesn't drive them cleanly and absolutely straight. Then again, it's a framing nailer so not a high precision tool. I still tend to frame with my Bostitch coil framing nailer- it's less bulky and works well but it's bump fire rather than positive placement.
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Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)
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