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   MrsReese | Jun 22, 2002 11:42pm | #1

   I have one. I haven't had any bad jams. Sometimes you have to flick that little thing that holds the nails in when it gets close to the end of a stick of nails, but I've never had to take the vice grips to it.

   I'm just a little girl, so to me, the whole darn thing is in the way and it's too heavy. It tries to hit me in the nose, spits greasy air at me, and generally scares me. But it drives a nail a lot better than me and my hammer, so I just put on my ear plugs and my safety glasses, push down the nose, squeeze the trigger and try not to flinch so much I get 2 nails instead of one. I have a palm nailer I have to use whenever the framing nailer won't fit somewhere -- anything less than studs on 16" centers.That thing is a pain. It gets crud in it and won't stop hopping until you bang it on something. I've taken it apart to get out microscopic grit 4 times and in that same time the framing nailer hasn't ever messed up.

   I did manage to break the plastic case the framing nailer came in, though. Plastic hinge pin. I could probably fix it with the right size dowel. If you really hit the road with it, you might reinforce the hinges while it's still new.

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   cheezdic | Jul 29, 2002 07:09pm | #2

   I bought one and was a little concerned initially because it was considerably cheaper than the others, but have been using it now for 3 years and have been more than impressed.  It kicks butt on the hitachi's , senco's , pasloads.  The only jambs Ive gotten with it have been when I've hit other nail heads or hidden simpson ties.  I think Ive used every framing nailer out there-brand name or generic and honestly nothing compares.  Pleny of power and it compares favorably in weight to everything else.  What-ever you do, don't buy Pasload, they should be recalling every nailer they've put on the market.