ransley wrote in
:

On Jul 24, 10:04*pm, Red Green wrote:
May have to get a nailer in the future for a one house job. At that
location in another state there is no Harbor Freight outlet. May
consider buying it in advance.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=99640

The only time I used a nailer was the manual kind on some 3/4 T&G
like 25 years ago. How do these work? I see they are air but include
a "slugging hammer" as the HF description calls it. I assume hitting
the black button with the hammer is what triggers the nail driven by
air? I mean if the ai
r
is driving the nail why do you need to "slug" it? 25 years ago the
long hours of bending and fully swing slugging to drive were bad
enough. I can imagine at 2x+ that age. I mean I'm pretty limber and
conditioned but I certainly prefer to work smarter, hence air, so
what's with the slugging hammer?

Anyone have this particular tool? Pros and cons appreciated. Jams?,
will
it
use widely available nails/cleats like Bostitch?, fully drives
fasteners?
,
anything else? I have a pancake 150psi compressor which should be
fine since it states "Maximum air operating pressu 100 PSI".

I bought the cheap menards nailer, it jammed so I returned it for
bostich. HF is good for many things, but of you have any issue an
exchange wont be worth the trouble and would stop the job, you would
just go buy a new one to keep working. If you were going to put it to
continous use immediatly then it might be different, but let it sit
and the warranty could be lost by the time you use it.

True.

Guess I could always check eBay. That's where I got my Porter Cable
roofing nailer. It was certified factory reconditioned and sold by that
authorized dealer. Came with full warranty of a new one. About half the
cost of new.