Nail Gun

Safety Comic Book

• https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2013-149/pdfs/2013-149.pdf?id=10.26616/NIOSHPUB2013149
• Bump vs sequential firing [1]. "Bump firing" is also known as "contact firing" - with trigger depressed, nail fires once tip of gun is depressed on wood.

For Metal Connectors

Here, the point of the nail sticks out a little bit so you can go inside holes such as metal connectors.

1.5"

• Masterforce - Gun - works only with 1.5" nails [2]. Non-galv nails - [3]. Galvanized nails - 4 cents - [4]
• Metabo, $200 [5]. Galvanized nails - 6.5 cents. [6]

1.5" + 2.5"

• Metabo Cordless - $400 - [7]
• Metabo (formerly Hitachi) - $286 [8]. 1.5" nails are 4 cents - [9]. Get one with long magazine, not short. But, it uses 36 degree nails [10]. However, this nail vendor states explicitly that it takes 30-34 degree nails. [11]. Note The Metabo HPT NR65AK2 is identical to the Hitachi NR65AK2S.
• Freeman. 30-34 degree - 2.5" nails - 6 cents each [12]. 5 cents for 1.5" nails.
• Bostitch - $420 - [13]

Bump Mode (Automatic) Air Nailer

• Bostich $200 28 degree. Bump fire mode. [14]
• Contact actuated 30+34 degree - $100 - 98% recommended HF [15]
• HF $80 [16]
• 30 degree round head $200 95% positive review HF [17]

Vinyl Siding Nailer

• Cordless Dewalt - needs adapter. Great review - [18].
• Uses wide head nails which do not slip through slots of the vinyl siding
• Not same as roofing nailer, but can use roofing nails
• Has a mechanism for adjusting to the correct vertical spacing of vinyl slots
• Uses coil nails
• Roofing nails are ok for vinyl siding - for their wide head [19]

Coil Roofing Nail Gun - 15 degree

• Cordless collated coil roofing DeWalt - $349 - [20]
• Can run 15 degree coil galvanized siding nails through a coil roofing nailer? Yes if you know what you are doing. [21]. Another yes - [22]. Otherwise, you hear 'only roofing nails' or '15 degree nails up to 1.75" long'
• Can be used for vinyl siding [23]