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   JasonPharez | Jul 14, 2005 02:59am | #1

   Mine is a Max CN65S but I heard many great things about the similar Hitachti model

   Jason Pharez Construction

      Framing & Exterior Remodeling

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   Danusan11 | Jul 14, 2005 05:26am | #2

   I have the hitachi, but have heard good things about the max.

   Hitachi also has a nailer that will due siding and also run framing nails, so its possible to get one tool thats a little more versatile. Weighs about a pound more than the plain sider.

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   dieselpig | Jul 14, 2005 05:40am | #3

   You're right, but if you not going to use it for framing nails get the NV65 AG that you are talking about.  The 75 (siding/framer) is a good gun, but the balance isn't as good as the little 65. 

   I have the 75 because the 65's were out of stock when I went to buy it.  I like it, but wish it was a 65.  The one time that I tried 3" spikes in it was very disappointing.  It's fine for siding and exterior trim, but it's under powered for framing, IMO.

   Just my 2 cents. 

   I'm sure the Max is as good or even better than the Hitachi.... don't hear too many complaints about Max USA other than availability of local sales/service.  I've also heard good feedback regarding the Makita, but don't know firsthand.

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   Danusan11 | Jul 14, 2005 06:02am | #4

   I looked at that model from Hitachi when I bought my sider, but since I already had framers I went with the sider. Been my experience when they try to make atool that does multity tasks it never really works as good as the dedicated model. 

   Plus the fact that it was a pound lighter, made the decision for me easier, a pound doesn't seem like much but at the end of a day a pound can feel like a ton. Remember the first time I went out west bird hunting lugging a auto 5 brownig, next time it was a sweet over and under what a difference.

   Quess if you didn't due alot of this type of work and you needed a tool for lite framing and siding it might be the way to go, have no experience with it tho.

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   Ribs | Jul 18, 2005 09:36pm | #5

   Similar question but does it change at all for a homeowner rather than a contractor (hence the gun isn't going to get the same use). I'm considering re-siding my house in the next few years, at the present time I'm refinishing the basement. I'm looking at getting a finish nailer for the trim work down there and was wondering if there was any way a single nailer could fill both purposes (siding and finish). If it's a stupid question I apologize, pneumatic nailers are a new animal for me.I tend to agree that you never seem to get the right tool when you try to buy one toy (I mean tool)to fill more than one need. I'd guess there isn't one but figured you guys were the ones to ask.So to go along with it how about finish nailers? Recommendations there? Are the Porter cable packages they have at HD worth it or should I forget about those?

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   Sphere | Jul 18, 2005 11:38pm | #6

   No. A coilsider is a coilsider..a finish nailer is a different animal altogether...

   The PC Finish nailers belong on the shelf, do not, do not, get one.

   A perfectly fine HO model is a Stanley-Bostich, readily available and repaired and not too pricy for an occasional use gun, and nails are easy to find.

   For tha coil siding nailer, I am real pleased with MAX, except for finding the nails that I need ..it is so popular, around here, fasternes fly off the shelves. But that is the same nail as a lot of other guns use, it is just supply side problems.  Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   Make a sweet noise, it might be the last sound you hear

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   timkline | Jul 19, 2005 12:21am | #7

   can you nail cedar shakes with that  ?

   we have always used a box nail for those which has a really small shank.

    carpenter in transition

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   Sphere | Jul 19, 2005 01:08am | #8

   You bet...I have done about 100 or so sq. since last summer.

   The nails I have used are  the siding nails..2and 3/8ths RS GALV and they are .099 not .113. Which is much more common as an 8D RSGAL, so what I get would be an 8D RSGAL (S)..thinner shank....

   Andy C has the same guns, but being closer to NYC he has better suppliers of say 2", around here, I can't find less than 2 and 3/8,,,,2 and a half is more prevalant, but they are TOO long for shakes even. Shingles, need no more than 2".

   SS from MAX is mucho $$$$$$...and I only had one job that really specced them, kit was whiteoak shakes...about broke the GC when he bought them babies.  Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   Make a sweet noise, it might be the last sound you hear

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   timkline | Jul 21, 2005 07:31pm | #9

   thanks

    carpenter in transition