Customer Reviews

Heavy Duty Pro-Grade Air Framing Nailer Kit 8-10 Gauge - 2" - 3 1/2"

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Bought the framing nailer w/ 500 nails as a package. Not sure if it was the nails or the gun, but it seemed most of the nails left about 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch of the head & shaft sticking out of the wood. Not a huge deal as I only had to frame in a couple closets. Not sure this would do well for the professional framer, but for a weekend warrior who may have the use for a framing nailer, it certainly is not bad. Went though about 450 nails w/ only 1 jam, which was easy to clear out.. The only other thing was that I had to get the pressure up around 95psi to get this thing pushing the nails in 95% of the way.. The 95psi was within the 80-100 psi recommendation. The description states 72-120psi, but the instructions (I could have sworn) said 80-100psi.. Maybe I was wrong, but I am going to give this 5 stars because the cost makes up for the occasional head you have to manually hammer in.. Much faster than manually doing it...

This nail gun is beset with the problems found in many import items...they get the form down, but the function does not follow.
The gun shoots a 3.5" framing nail into Douglas Fir just fine ....at first. Mine lasted about 2 hours on a new shop addition project. Then, the gun stopped completely. After the crew left, I took the gun apart with the supplied Allen wrenches. The piston/cylinder was filled with a congealed oil/grease. NOW....THESE GUNS MUST HAVE OIL PUT INTO THE AIR CYLINDER AT LEAST ONCE A DAY...SOMETIMES MORE. That goes for all brands. The oil that was originally in this, had combined with the moisture in the air to form a semi-solid mess. I cleaned this out and re-oiled with a standard air tool oil, and the gun works properly....albeit marginally with several infuriating traits.

I am comparing the quality of this gun to several brands of professional guns. With one of the name-brand guns, a framer can nail all day with no adjustments or maintenance.

1) Clean ALL of the original oil out of the gun and buy some air tool oil. Use the air tool oil about every 4 hours of use.You have to remove the back end of the piston/cylinder to do this at first.Then you drip oil into the air connector.
2) NEVER use oil based spray lubricant on the nail magazine.....the head.....the trigger.....or any of the external parts.....NEVER. Use ONLY a dry lubricant spray, either PTFE based, or graphite based. A petro-lube will attract small particles of the strips that hold the nails. The gun is poorly designed, with many recesses and little corners, that this builds up in.Dry lube will allow these particles to be cleaned more easily. Use an air blow gun to routinely blow out the trash from the magazine...the head....and all of the external mechanism.
3)The gun does not allow you to pull the trigger and bump the head to shoot a nail. THIS SLOWS DOWN NAILING, but in the grand plan, it is probably a better safety feature for the non-professional. You have to firmly press the head down and pull the trigger.

CONCLUSION....go over the gun thoroughly first. Remove the old oil and lube all the external parts with dry lube. KEEP the gun magazine and head completely free of accumulated material by routinely blowing it off. Use good nails.Keep the piston oiled with several drops of good air-tool oil every few hours. THIS GUN WILL IRRITATE A PROFESSIONAL CARPENTER. It is a poor choice if you expect the quality, speed, or low maintenance of a known brand. BUT, in the scheme of backyard, hobbyist, occasional use....IT WILL DO THE JOB. I would CAUTION, that when it begins to misbehave, it becomes very dangerous, due to the need to empty and fill the magazine, and clear nail jams. USE COMMON SENSE...ALWAYS UNHOOK A JAMMED GUN FROM THE AIR SUPPLY BEFORE CLEARING.
I, personally, don't like this gun.

I bought this nailer for my basement project. At first I wasn't sure if I needed one or not but now that most of the framing is done I really appreciate the extra power I got from it. The only downside is that I wish it was a bit smaller, however the price was right.

The easiest Framing Nailer gun I ever use. I have been building my shed 12' x 12' over the past few weeks and I will be putting roof and sliding on next week. It would have taking months if I used a hammer and nails. Thank you Amazon.com

I have not had a chance to give the tool a thorough use test, but my fist impression is that it is inconsistant in driving 3" nails. I felt I was misled on this product as it states "Neiko Tools USA" which led me to believe it was manufactured in the USA, but after I got it, I found it was actually mfg. in China and I would not have purchased it had I known that before I ordered. However, I will try to give it a fair evaluation this week and enter another evaluation after that.