I am about to start a couple of Bruce 3/4 inch hardwood
floor projects (2 homes). I want to purchase a nailer, but do not want
to spend $500.00 or more for the pneumatic type. I can get the manual
type for considerably less. I have never used the manual type before.
What's the trade off? Will the manual type do the job as well?

I assume it is the type you whack with a hammer. Helped my son put in
one. Took a little more care, and mananged to hit the wall a couple of
times. For a BIG job, or doing a lot, how about renting the air driven
stuff???

Bernie wrote:
I am about to start a couple of Bruce 3/4 inch hardwood
floor projects (2 homes). I want to purchase a nailer, but do not want
to spend $500.00 or more for the pneumatic type. I can get the manual
type for considerably less. I have never used the manual type before.
What's the trade off? Will the manual type do the job as well?

I have rented the manual ones and they work fine. Millions of floors
have been installed with them. It's a real workout though. I have
never tried a pneumatic one so I can't compare. -- H

"Bernie" wrote in message
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I am about to start a couple of Bruce 3/4 inch hardwood
floor projects (2 homes). I want to purchase a nailer, but do not want
to spend $500.00 or more for the pneumatic type. I can get the manual
type for considerably less. I have never used the manual type before.
What's the trade off? Will the manual type do the job as well?


Tradeoff is physical labor. Buy the pneumatic and sell it on ebay when you
are done.

Hire a professional

In article om,
says...
I am about to start a couple of Bruce 3/4 inch hardwood
floor projects (2 homes). I want to purchase a nailer, but do not want
to spend $500.00 or more for the pneumatic type. I can get the manual
type for considerably less. I have never used the manual type before.
What's the trade off? Will the manual type do the job as well?


I had a bunch of siding to do so bought a siding nailer on eBay. I
planned to turn it around when I was done (along with a half a box
of stainless nails), but haven't yet. There are a bunch of
"flooring staplers" on eBay.

Or:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...af?itemnumber=
93197

--
Keith

I agree. I bought a nice Bostitch from amazon and I'll just put it on
eBay someday in the future.

I rented one from HD and decided that owning and reselling gave me the
time to do the job right (or just slowly .

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:18:38 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


"Bernie" wrote in message
ups.com...
I am about to start a couple of Bruce 3/4 inch hardwood
floor projects (2 homes). I want to purchase a nailer, but do not want
to spend $500.00 or more for the pneumatic type. I can get the manual
type for considerably less. I have never used the manual type before.
What's the trade off? Will the manual type do the job as well?


Tradeoff is physical labor. Buy the pneumatic and sell it on ebay when you
are done.

Bernie:

I've only used the manual type and they do give you a workout. Some say
they do a better job because it takes a couple of wacks to drive each
nail and that sets the boards tighter together. If you've got the arms,
the manual will do fine. If you don't, you will by the time you tackle
the second house.

dss