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Mr.Boots

Looking for a new jigsaw and a small nail gun

Looked on screw fix at Makita 4329.......any good? €100

How about a small nailer just for a hobby diy'r?
Do I go electric of air and buy a small compressor?
Thanks

antiskeptic

Mr.Boots wrote: »

Looking for a new jigsaw and a small nail gun

Looked on screw fix at Makita 4329.......any good? €100

Makita is a good enough brand for the DIY-er. Looking at the pics and the 450W motor, it looks a tad on the lightweight side?

How about a small nailer just for a hobby diy'r?
Do I go electric of air and buy a small compressor?
Thanks

Can you not get one with compressed air cartridges? Cables/hoses strikes me as about as current as does a plug in screwdriver - unnecessarily cumbersome. If you can grab and go you'll probably get more use from it.

(I thought I'd come to the end of DIY tool purchases. It's not that I couldn't buy more but I'd reached the end of the practical, common use ones. Until I saw what an air powered nail gun can do. My next serious building job will find me with one in hand.)

colm_mcm

bought a small electric nail gun. panel pin size.
never used it as it has no power or adjustability. when I did it broke. rarely use nails for anything anymore anyway.

colm_mcm

bought a small electric nail gun. panel pin size.
never used it as it has no power or adjustability. when I did it broke. rarely use nails for anything anymore anyway.

DublinDilbert

I have a tachwise EL191 electric nailler & stapler for a number of years. Its very good at shooting staples up to about 30mm long. It will also shoot brad nails into soft timber. For the money its not a bat bit of kit and has lots of uses.

But you can't really compare it to the power or precision of a proper pneumatic nail gun. For example the tachwise unit wouldn't go into ok architrave which i was putting around doors. No problem for a decent air nail gun.

The air nail gun I have i picked up on adverts for €50, paid for itself in the first job. The finish is much better than the tachwise unit as its not designed to drive staples. The other advantage of the air unit is that you can adjust the air pressure to set how deep its driving the nails.

I'm paranoid around these things, always wear safety glasses when using either.

DublinDilbert

I have a tachwise EL191 electric nailler & stapler for a number of years. Its very good at shooting staples up to about 30mm long. It will also shoot brad nails into soft timber. For the money its not a bat bit of kit and has lots of uses.

But you can't really compare it to the power or precision of a proper pneumatic nail gun. For example the tachwise unit wouldn't go into ok architrave which i was putting around doors. No problem for a decent air nail gun.

The air nail gun I have i picked up on adverts for €50, paid for itself in the first job. The finish is much better than the tachwise unit as its not designed to drive staples. The other advantage of the air unit is that you can adjust the air pressure to set how deep its driving the nails.

I'm paranoid around these things, always wear safety glasses when using either.

dodzy

Dewalt DC618KA 2nd fix nailer. Superb piece of kit for skirtings/architraves and the like. Got one on adverts a few years back. Couldn't be without it.