Framing nailer

[Rock Chuck]

My wife and I are both tool junkies. Last Christmas she wanted a compressor and nail gun so we got us a joint gift of a decent quality Bostitch set with 3 guns, finish, brad, and stapler. So far, we've been very happy with the things even though they're a long way from contractor quality. I couldn't see much use for the stapler at the time, but later we re-upholstered a couple chairs and it paid for itself several times over.

This year she wanted a framing nailer so again we got us a joint present. We ended up with a Porter-Cable FR350A round head nailer. Again it's not contractor quality, but for our purposes, it should last a lifetime. It fires up to 3 1/2" nails and it buries them nicely in fir 2x's. All the reviews on this thing are very high.

Sometime in the next couple of years we hope to add on to the house. By then, we'll have all the guns broken in and ready to go.

[ncboman]

We needed a new framing nailer sometime back and bought a Hitachi NR 90 AE (http://www.tools-plus.com/hitachi-nr90ae.html) .

We've nailed maybe 300 sheets of plywood and made numerous rafter repairs, etc. and it's worked perfectly so far.

You know staples make most roofers shudder. <grin>

[Rock Chuck]

I liked tearing off stapled roofs because the shingles came off so easily. My gun isn't a roofing stapler, though. It's more for unfinished trim work since the staples are only 1/4" wide. It worked great for reupholstering because they nicely hold fabric to wood. They aren't pretty but they're all covered with trim.

[ncboman]

per roofing, then we are left with a deck full of staples. Pull em up.

I'm familiar with the type staple gun you have. It works good for upholstery, picture frames, furniture, etc.

A lot of trailers (mobile homes) have the molding and trim stapled on.