Buying an air framing nailer gun

[The_Chupacabra]

The difference between clipped head and full head is the nail itself. The clipped head is usually paper collated in the clip and the full head is plastic collated. Some house codes require full head for new construction some do not. The full head (at least the hitachi) you get more nails for your money, but its more of a personal preferance.

 

[Nick The Great]

The difference between clipped head and full head is the nail itself. The clipped head is usually paper collated in the clip and the full head is plastic collated. Some house codes require full head for new construction some do not. The full head (at least the hitachi) you get more nails for your money, but its more of a personal preferance.

Would there be any real advantage to a clipped nail? It can't be as strong?

Or is it one of those things where the first nailers used clipped nails, and old habits die hard?

 

[La Bestia]

The difference between clipped head and full head is the nail itself. The clipped head is usually paper collated in the clip and the full head is plastic collated. Some house codes require full head for new construction some do not. The full head (at least the hitachi) you get more nails for your money, but its more of a personal preferance.

Would there be any real advantage to a clipped nail? It can't be as strong?

Or is it one of those things where the first nailers used clipped nails, and old habits die hard?

With clipped head you can get more nails into a magazine because they're collated tighter so you have to reload less often. No point in it for a homeowner really but for contractors time is money and any little bit helps.

The first nails were actually full/round head clipped is a more recent invention.

 

[The_Chupacabra]

Supposedly a full head will have more holding power but it cant have much more.

 

[stadt11]

Some house codes require full head for new construction some do not.

I better check into that!

 

[davbell22602]

The houses I work on are too old for codes.

 

[The_Chupacabra]

hell if you have to pull a permit they dont care how old. when u are done they will meet code

 

[Nick The Great]

The difference between clipped head and full head is the nail itself. The clipped head is usually paper collated in the clip and the full head is plastic collated. Some house codes require full head for new construction some do not. The full head (at least the hitachi) you get more nails for your money, but its more of a personal preferance.

Would there be any real advantage to a clipped nail? It can't be as strong?

Or is it one of those things where the first nailers used clipped nails, and old habits die hard?

With clipped head you can get more nails into a magazine because they're collated tighter so you have to reload less often. No point in it for a homeowner really but for contractors time is money and any little bit helps.

The first nails were actually full/round head clipped is a more recent invention.

Supposedly a full head will have more holding power but it cant have much more.

Interesting. I found a forum post this afternoon and the guys were saying that. Who lets dumbasses like that on forums anyways!

These friends I helped build a fence this summer used the clipped heads. But we were borrowing a gun, and that's what it took!

 

[The_Chupacabra]

The head of the nail is 2% of the nail itself. I dont see how it is going to pull out with anything on the end anyways. If it werent safe, they wouldnt sell them

 

[txab]

I'll tell ya Hitachi is a hell of a brand. The guns are a bit pricey but the nails are cheap and they come in full head and clipped head. This is kinda my deal at work if ya couldnt tell other brands are Bostich which is the opposite on the gun is cheaper but the bostitch brand nails are expensive. Senco is a good gun too we just dont sell much of them in the Wichita area.

+1

As I said in the other thread, stay with Hitachi or Senco. Nails are available almost everywhere. Many big lumberyards will service them and provide most repairs free of charge, since you're probably buying the fasteners from them. Some of the cheaper guns are more trouble to service or get services performed on them. Not to mention since they are cheaper, don't always handle rough service or abuse