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Auto feed screw guns.

| Posted in Tools for Home Building on March 24, 2002 04:18am

I just purchased a new milwaulkee auto feed screw gun. I paid for two cases of screws and $200 for the gun. If I buy 4 cases, I get the gun free. Since my foreman made the decision, he decided to save me money….I’ll be fixing that mismove on monday….Why?

Because, if you know me, you’d know that I should never be allowed to work with a new tool unsupervised!

I couldn’t quite get done with one deck before I “severly damaged the auto-feed device”! I did get through one little sub-box, which was a surprise to me before I found a creative way to f ** k it up.

Here’s what happened. I left a screw head proud because I tried to go too fast. I then dedided to sink it by cycling the tool again. I forgot that a new screw would cycle and then I had two jammed in the shoe. Stubbornly, I tried again! Now I had three (at this point, I haven’t even bothered to bend over and look to see what is happening). Stupidly, ignorantly, NATURALLY, I went for a FORTH! On the forth, I realized what was happening and aborted just as the screw engaged.

So there I was staring at 3.5 screws jammed into the shoe area. I should have pulled out the manual at this point….but no…we’re talking Mr Bonehead, the non-mechanic here….

Anyways, the tool guy had to come out to give me the other two boxes so I can get this tool “free” on Monday…..

Maybe I’ll take it apart to see what i ruined by ripping the strip out backwards….

Nawwwww

blue

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  1. luvmuskoka | Mar 24, 2002 10:07pm | #1

    Blue

    Did you try bangin' real hard on a rock? Use a combination vice grips/pliars/bench vice and little screw drivers? Continually pull the trigger and look at the tool from every direction with a perplexed look on your face? Take the tool back to the sales guy and tell him it came out of the box that way? These are the things I always try.

  2. MikeWillms | Mar 25, 2002 05:34am | #2

    Shoulda bought the QuikDrive, buddy.  Never used the Milwaukee, but sounds like it's way to easy to bugger up. Besides, the QuikDrive has a lifetime warranty, which the company does seem to honor.  Don't worry, I woulda done the same thing - if the first screw doesn't drive the fourth DEFINATELY will, right? 

    918 Contracting - Residential Construction

    1. blue_eyed_de | Mar 26, 2002 06:02am | #3

      Mike, my nail/tool guy fixes all my crap free. He'll fix this little gizmo at no charge, even if I'm at fault (I am).

      If I had taken the time to open the manual, before I forcefully attempted to "unstick" it, I wouldn't have damaged anything.

      Rough framers don't baby anything though...

      blue

      Ps LUVmotha, I thought about using the rock...thankfully the only boulder in view was too large for me and my five guys to lift....

    2. blindfreddee | Mar 29, 2002 12:20pm | #4

      I have a Quickdrive. They'll bugger up just as easy as the milwaukee.

      1. KenHill3 | Mar 30, 2002 03:21am | #5

        Anybody used the Senco?

        Ken

        1. NateMeredith | Mar 30, 2002 05:34pm | #6

          I own three of the Hilti autofeed guns, and I love them.  There are some minor flaws, but nothing that bothers me enough to dislike the tool.  We ran almost 30,000 screws before we had what I considered a tool caused jam, rather than operator caused.  When I bought them, I got them on a deal that with 40,000 screws, a gun was really inexpensive.  Anyway, I love them, and now I can't use a regular gun anymore.

          Nate

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