Would this gun work for face nailing 3/4" Oak hardwood floors?
1326158
If you have tongue and groove hardwood, I would use a special too that puts the nail in in the wood at an angle over the tongue. If you use as face nailer the head of the nail will show. Face nailing will not make the tongue and groove tight as intended. If it is not tongue and groove wood it would face nail ok but to countersink nails and putty so they wouldn't show may be a trick. I hope that helps!
1326159
Yes. We've face-nailed and blind-nailed over 230 sq/ft of 3/4" with a gun similar to this one. Just be careful when face nailing to make sure you are far enough from the edges, as being too close when shooting the nails could split the end.
1062743
You will not be able to find a gun that shoots both types of nails, but a 1 1/4" or longer roofing nail is very effective in installing hardi siding, if studs are actually hit, and you don't face nail ( the bigger heads of the roofing nails take more of a glob of caulk and can be unsightly.)
1416552
For floors I've always rented a flooring nailer. This unit seems powerful enough to go through the flooring tongue, but I only have used it for trim (oak and pine) boards.
1062746
sorry the gun is great for hardie siding not so much for roofing as the nail heads are much smaller for the siding than they are for the roofing
1081174
I believe that you would need an actual flooring nailer for that application. The Bostitch Stapler is designed for Engineered Flooring which is basically a veneer plywood floor not more than 1/2" thick. Not for solid wood flooring and not for anything 3/4" thick. Hope this helps!
1564397
It shouldn't have a problem running a flooring gun. We run two or three roofing nailers off this same compressor
897932
I don't think so. The head of the nail would have to be less then about 3/8" Dia. to fit into the small hole in the nailer.
774393
I guess it could work if you can't get your hands on a flooring stapler. The flooring stapler will nail perfectly through the tongue every time where with this type of gun you have to align the nose before firing. This also will not "beat" the boards together tightly like a flooring unit would.
1104945
This gun uses several different sizes of hitachi nails. I used some 2 1/4", 3" and 3 1/2" in my deck project. The gun worked flawlessly. Importantly, though, is the level of you expertise, the size of your air tank, etc. to adequately answer your query. On first thought, yes; however experience level could mitigate that.
1058500
Yes, it sure will. That's what I used it for. I used Bostitch 1 & 9/16" 18g brads. Set the pressure at 70psi and fiddled with the depth gauge to slightly bury the nails in the tongue. Worked perfectly.
1167399
It should as long as they are siding nails and not the roofing nails with the larger head. I use mostly 2 inch nails with mine. The only problem I had is that it does jam every once in a while. I found that the jamming has more to do with the coiled nails being tangled (tip of the nail gets caught behind the wire coil for the next inside coil) and less to do with the gun. It also seemed to drive the nail in farther if you bump shoot instead of trying to press the safety tip in and holding it still.
1557479
I would think that this NuMax or a brad nailer could do the job. The Numax shoots a small headless nail and it is difficult, if not impossible to see the entry point. I have used it for attaching end skins to cabinets and one certainly doesn't want to see nail entry points on the side of cabinets. The type of work you describe, arts and crafts, probably would require the same characteristics, no visible nails. The thickness of the wood certainly is a factor to consider. This Numax supports a nail up to one inch limiting the size.
343445
This nailer will accept 3/4 inch to 1 3/8 inch headless or a very small headed nail. I have been told it will also shoot 1/2 inch nails.
889256
I don't know certain but my guess would be that it would not. It holds a long gun nicely for cleaning but applying a moderate degree of torque would probably not turn out well.
351176
Not really. The max length pin this gun will shoot is 1", and this is a very small diameter pin not a brad or nail. This gun is best suited for attaching very small moldings. Attaching baseboard or crown molding you should be looking for a brad gun that will shoot up to 2" 16 or 18 gauge brad.
1167398
Shouldn't be a problem. It clearly states that it will fire 1 3/4" nails that are wire collated. Just double check your angle and diameter.
2232182
better ask the manufacture...i used L nails and it worked fine on 1/2 in flooring