Porter Cable 18ga 5/8" - 1 3/8" pin nailer in like-new shape . List price
$70-$80 , plus shipping .
Pawn shop price 20 bucks . This is a sweet finish nailer , one of the newer
models with adjustable depth stop . Now all I need is a 16ga that'll handle
2 1/2" pins and I'll be set .
I stopped at the place to ask if I could hang a flyer , Greg (owner? not
sure) had this one hangin' on the wall . Been tradin' with these folks for
several years , I bought my lathe from them . Nice guys , and they always
take good care of my tool needs - if they got what I need .
--
Snag
"90 FLHTCU "Strider"
'39 WLDD "PopCycle"
BS 132/SENS/DOF

"Snag" wrote:

Porter Cable 18ga 5/8" - 1 3/8" pin nailer in like-new shape . List price
$70-$80 , plus shipping .
Pawn shop price 20 bucks . This is a sweet finish nailer , one of the newer
models with adjustable depth stop . Now all I need is a 16ga that'll handle
2 1/2" pins and I'll be set .
I stopped at the place to ask if I could hang a flyer , Greg (owner? not
sure) had this one hangin' on the wall . Been tradin' with these folks for
several years , I bought my lathe from them . Nice guys , and they always
take good care of my tool needs - if they got what I need .


What is a pin nailer? I have a Porter Cable brad nailer and my mom, who loves having her
two boys work on her house has a Bosch finishing and framing nailer. Well she owns them,
my brother seems to always have them at his house.

I also have a PC roofing nailer. I bought it when my brother was building a house. I
figured my house would need a re-roof down the road so I bought early. I replaced my
roofing with steel. Maybe I'll get to use it re-roofing the garage someday.

Wes
--
"Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect
government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

Wes wrote:
"Snag" wrote:

Porter Cable 18ga 5/8" - 1 3/8" pin nailer in like-new shape . List
price $70-$80 , plus shipping .
Pawn shop price 20 bucks . This is a sweet finish nailer , one of
the newer models with adjustable depth stop . Now all I need is a
16ga that'll handle 2 1/2" pins and I'll be set .
I stopped at the place to ask if I could hang a flyer , Greg
(owner? not sure) had this one hangin' on the wall . Been tradin'
with these folks for several years , I bought my lathe from them .
Nice guys , and they always take good care of my tool needs - if
they got what I need .


What is a pin nailer? I have a Porter Cable brad nailer and my mom,
who loves having her two boys work on her house has a Bosch finishing
and framing nailer. Well she owns them, my brother seems to always
have them at his house.

I also have a PC roofing nailer. I bought it when my brother was
building a house. I figured my house would need a re-roof down the
road so I bought early. I replaced my roofing with steel. Maybe
I'll get to use it re-roofing the garage someday.

Wes
--
"Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect
government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

Same as your brad nailer I reckon . Geographic dialectic differences ...

--
Snag
"90 FLHTCU "Strider"
'39 WLDD "PopCycle"
BS 132/SENS/DOF

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:22:15 -0500, the infamous Wes
scrawled the following:

"Snag" wrote:

Porter Cable 18ga 5/8" - 1 3/8" pin nailer in like-new shape . List price
$70-$80 , plus shipping .

18ga is a brad nailer, not a pinner, Snag.


Pawn shop price 20 bucks . This is a sweet finish nailer , one of the newer
models with adjustable depth stop . Now all I need is a 16ga that'll handle
2 1/2" pins and I'll be set .
I stopped at the place to ask if I could hang a flyer , Greg (owner? not
sure) had this one hangin' on the wall . Been tradin' with these folks for
several years , I bought my lathe from them . Nice guys , and they always
take good care of my tool needs - if they got what I need .

What is a pin nailer? I have a Porter Cable brad nailer and my mom, who loves having her
two boys work on her house has a Bosch finishing and framing nailer. Well she owns them,
my brother seems to always have them at his house.

A pin nailer is a slim brad nailer, usually 23ga vs 15ga or 18ga for
brads.

--
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
--Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:22:15 -0500, the infamous Wes
scrawled the following:

"Snag" wrote:

Porter Cable 18ga 5/8" - 1 3/8" pin nailer in like-new shape .
List price $70-$80 , plus shipping .

18ga is a brad nailer, not a pinner, Snag.


Pawn shop price 20 bucks . This is a sweet finish nailer , one of
the newer models with adjustable depth stop . Now all I need is a
16ga that'll handle 2 1/2" pins and I'll be set .
I stopped at the place to ask if I could hang a flyer , Greg
(owner? not sure) had this one hangin' on the wall . Been tradin'
with these folks for several years , I bought my lathe from them .
Nice guys , and they always take good care of my tool needs - if
they got what I need .

What is a pin nailer? I have a Porter Cable brad nailer and my mom,
who loves having her two boys work on her house has a Bosch
finishing and framing nailer. Well she owns them, my brother seems
to always have them at his house.

A pin nailer is a slim brad nailer, usually 23ga vs 15ga or 18ga for
brads.

--
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
--Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Around here , those terms are more or less interchangeable . When we talk
about a 23ga headless , we call that a wire nailer .
Probably just a regional difference of terminology . You say puh-tay-toe ,
I say puh-tah-toe ...
--
Snag
"90 FLHTCU "Strider"
'39 WLDD "PopCycle"
BS 132/SENS/DOF

"Snag" wrote in
news
snip
Around here , those terms are more or less interchangeable . When we
talk about a 23ga headless , we call that a wire nailer .
Probably just a regional difference of terminology . You say
puh-tay-toe ,
I say puh-tah-toe ...

I say "spud".

Doug White

Doug White wrote:

Probably just a regional difference of terminology . You say
puh-tay-toe ,
I say puh-tah-toe ...

I say "spud".


The only potato worth eating is a Yukon Gold.

Wes

You're lucky Snag. It's become pretty hard to score a bargain in a pawn shop anymore; esp. since
the pawnbrokers discovered ebay.

Bob Swinney
"Snag" wrote in message ...
Porter Cable 18ga 5/8" - 1 3/8" pin nailer in like-new shape . List price
$70-$80 , plus shipping .
Pawn shop price 20 bucks . This is a sweet finish nailer , one of the newer
models with adjustable depth stop . Now all I need is a 16ga that'll handle
2 1/2" pins and I'll be set .
I stopped at the place to ask if I could hang a flyer , Greg (owner? not
sure) had this one hangin' on the wall . Been tradin' with these folks for
several years , I bought my lathe from them . Nice guys , and they always
take good care of my tool needs - if they got what I need .
--
Snag
"90 FLHTCU "Strider"
'39 WLDD "PopCycle"
BS 132/SENS/DOF

Robert Swinney wrote:
You're lucky Snag. It's become pretty hard to score a bargain in a
pawn shop anymore; esp. since the pawnbrokers discovered ebay.

Bob Swinney
"Snag" wrote in message
... Porter Cable 18ga 5/8" - 1
3/8" pin nailer in like-new shape . List price $70-$80 , plus
shipping .
Pawn shop price 20 bucks .


I think we may see a change in that , Robert . At least around here , there
seem to be more people pawning stuff , and fewer buyers . Ten bucks profit
each on twenty transactions beats 40 bucks each on no transactions ...
--
Snag
"90 FLHTCU "Strider"
'39 WLDD "PopCycle"
BS 132/SENS/DOF

Snag sez:

"I think we may see a change in that , Robert . At least around here , there
seem to be more people pawning stuff , and fewer buyers . Ten bucks profit
each on twenty transactions beats 40 bucks each on no transactions ..."

You are probably right. My reply was based on experience over 5 years old during the height of the
ebay craze. I had not factored in today's lousy economy.

Bob Swinney
"Snag" wrote in message ...
Robert Swinney wrote:
You're lucky Snag. It's become pretty hard to score a bargain in a
pawn shop anymore; esp. since the pawnbrokers discovered ebay.

Bob Swinney
"Snag" wrote in message
... Porter Cable 18ga 5/8" - 1
3/8" pin nailer in like-new shape . List price $70-$80 , plus
shipping .
Pawn shop price 20 bucks .


--
Snag
"90 FLHTCU "Strider"
'39 WLDD "PopCycle"
BS 132/SENS/DOF

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:29:24 -0600, "Robert Swinney"
wrote:

Snag sez:

"I think we may see a change in that , Robert . At least around here , there
seem to be more people pawning stuff , and fewer buyers . Ten bucks profit
each on twenty transactions beats 40 bucks each on no transactions ..."

You are probably right. My reply was based on experience over 5 years old during the height of the
ebay craze. I had not factored in today's lousy economy.

Bob Swinney

You can inspect the goods at a pawn shop, and when you lay your money
down you get the goods rather than a promise to ship from a faceless,
sometimes anonymous, distant stranger.

Helluvit is, the stuff in the pawn shop is sometimes there because of
some working guy's tough luck: job loss or divorce, need to sell tools
for cash to get by. They continue to hope for change while we who
still have some jingle in our jeans scarf up their tools for a song.

I'm not gloating. I'd like to see Americans who care to work be back
at work.

Don Foreman wrote:
On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:29:24 -0600, "Robert Swinney"
wrote:

Snag sez:

"I think we may see a change in that , Robert . At least around here , there
seem to be more people pawning stuff , and fewer buyers . Ten bucks profit
each on twenty transactions beats 40 bucks each on no transactions ..."

You are probably right. My reply was based on experience over 5 years old during the height of the
ebay craze. I had not factored in today's lousy economy.

Bob Swinney

You can inspect the goods at a pawn shop, and when you lay your money
down you get the goods rather than a promise to ship from a faceless,
sometimes anonymous, distant stranger.

Helluvit is, the stuff in the pawn shop is sometimes there because of
some working guy's tough luck: job loss or divorce, need to sell tools
for cash to get by. They continue to hope for change while we who
still have some jingle in our jeans scarf up their tools for a song.

I'm not gloating. I'd like to see Americans who care to work be back
at work.



That stuff in the pawn shop is also offered at near retail - with little
or no guarantees...




--

Richard Lamb
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb/

"Snag" wrote

I think we may see a change in that , Robert . At least around here ,
there seem to be more people pawning stuff , and fewer buyers . Ten bucks
profit each on twenty transactions beats 40 bucks each on no transactions
...
--
Snag

That is a very close paraphrase to what my pawn dealer told me. He is
tickled to see me and my old pardner, as we usually drop a Franklin or more
apiece. But we hammer him.

An old salesman once told me, "A fast quarter is better than a slow dollar."

Steve

On 2010-02-28, Steve B wrote:
An old salesman once told me, "A fast quarter is better than a slow dollar."

great phrase, it will be my favorite.


Steve

Steve B wrote:

"Snag" wrote

I think we may see a change in that , Robert . At least around here ,
there seem to be more people pawning stuff , and fewer buyers . Ten bucks
profit each on twenty transactions beats 40 bucks each on no transactions
...
--
Snag

That is a very close paraphrase to what my pawn dealer told me. He is
tickled to see me and my old pardner, as we usually drop a Franklin or more
apiece. But we hammer him.

An old salesman once told me, "A fast quarter is better than a slow dollar."


I always heard: "A fast dime is better than a slow dollar."


--
Greed is the root of all eBay.

"Robert Swinney" wrote:

You're lucky Snag. It's become pretty hard to score a bargain in a pawn shop anymore; esp. since
the pawnbrokers discovered ebay.


I believe even Goodwill has found the internet.

Wes
--
"Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect
government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

"Wes" wrote in message
...
"Robert Swinney" wrote:

You're lucky Snag. It's become pretty hard to score a bargain in a pawn
shop anymore; esp. since
the pawnbrokers discovered ebay.


I believe even Goodwill has found the internet.

Wes

Almost every "thrift" shop I have been in recently, even religious charities
are very aware of ebay. And those items that they receive, they cull for
the "home runs" for ebay sale. Those people got smart, and when you have
valuables donated, you don't put them out for a quarter. Any more, I should
say. I am not amazed at the level of knowledge and sophistication of the
managers of these thrift outlets. Lots of good deals to be had, just
nothing that's worth a lot for a cheap price any more.

Steve

Steve sez: "Almost every "thrift" shop I have been in recently, even religious charities
are very aware of ebay. . . ."

We've got a small shop nearby that sells used, reconditioned, and surplus tooling. The place is run
by an ex-machinist from an electronics manufacturer. He has some some good stuff and some
not-so-good. Caveat emptor. Bargains are hard to find there. He seems to "price" near retail,
referencing catalogs from major suppliers. The convenience factor and no shipping costs offset his
near-retail prices.

Bob Swinney
"Steve B" wrote in message ...

"Wes" wrote in message
...
"Robert Swinney" wrote:

You're lucky Snag. It's become pretty hard to score a bargain in a pawn
shop anymore; esp. since
the pawnbrokers discovered ebay.


I believe even Goodwill has found the internet.

Wes

And those items that they receive, they cull for
the "home runs" for ebay sale. Those people got smart, and when you have
valuables donated, you don't put them out for a quarter. Any more, I should
say. I am not amazed at the level of knowledge and sophistication of the
managers of these thrift outlets. Lots of good deals to be had, just
nothing that's worth a lot for a cheap price any more.

Steve

"Robert Swinney" wrote in message
...
Steve sez: "Almost every "thrift" shop I have been in recently, even
religious charities
are very aware of ebay. . . ."

We've got a small shop nearby that sells used, reconditioned, and surplus
tooling. The place is run
by an ex-machinist from an electronics manufacturer. He has some some good
stuff and some
not-so-good. Caveat emptor. Bargains are hard to find there. He seems to
"price" near retail,
referencing catalogs from major suppliers. The convenience factor and no
shipping costs offset his
near-retail prices.

Bob Swinney

In my book, used is instantly half retail. Maybe a bit more if I need it.
I wouldn't be doing a lot of business with that fellow.

Steve

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:08:14 -0800, the infamous "Steve B"
scrawled the following:


"Wes" wrote in message
...
"Robert Swinney" wrote:

You're lucky Snag. It's become pretty hard to score a bargain in a pawn
shop anymore; esp. since
the pawnbrokers discovered ebay.


I believe even Goodwill has found the internet.

Wes

Almost every "thrift" shop I have been in recently, even religious charities
are very aware of ebay. And those items that they receive, they cull for
the "home runs" for ebay sale. Those people got smart, and when you have
valuables donated, you don't put them out for a quarter. Any more, I should
say. I am not amazed at the level of knowledge and sophistication of the
managers of these thrift outlets. Lots of good deals to be had, just
nothing that's worth a lot for a cheap price any more.

I've bought lots of books through the San Francisco Goodwill via eBay.
Good prices, quick shipping.

--
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
--Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)