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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

This won't answer your question, but most of the finish nailers I see are 90 deg; the framing nailers are angled.


RE: Nail Guns

Both my Bostich and my Porter-Cable finish nailers are 90 degree (or 0 by your definition).

Framing nailers are angled because - nail heads.

RE: Nail Guns

I discovered my framing nailer can accept a small range of nails without issue... when I couldn't get the listed angle, I bought something close (something odd, like 12.5 degrees difference). Works just fine.

Dan - Owner
http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com

RE: Nail Guns

Perhaps if you Googled the make and model number of the nailer you could have found that sort of information on the net somewhere. On more than one occasion I've been able to find complete user manuals, usually in PDF format that can be downloaded/printed, for things where I've lost the original manual.

John R. Baker, P.E.
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
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RE: Nail Guns

I have a Bostitch N62FN. The strip on the nail magazine shows 25deg. I tried non-Bostitch nails and after I nailed part of a project I discovered the sunk nails were just the impressions of the nailer anvil. The nearly correct angled nail strip failed to feed.

Ted

RE: Nail Guns

18 gauge finish nailers are typically straight stick (90 degree). 15 gauge finish nailers are typically angled, as are stick framing nailers.

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.

RE: Nail Guns

(OP)
I did find the (apparently) correct nails at Amazon and ordered a box. We shall see...

RE: Nail Guns

Danny Glover liked his nail gun... it was 90 degrees.

Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)


RE: Nail Guns

One thing to take care about with nail guns: they don't seem it, but they are really, really loud and damaging to hearing. They're not uncomfortable like an angle grinder etc. so you won't be tempted to wear hearing protection, but you really need to if you do a lot of it. It's too close and way too loud to use without.

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