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  1. You really shouldn't be pushing down on a sander.  The weight of the tool does the work.  If you want more stock removal use a lower grit or a properly setup hand plane.  What grit are you using on the sander?  If your answer is more 80 grit you are using the wrong paper for removing material.

     

    Also low speeds are generally for metal or plastic.  Use a higher speed without downward pressure and KEEP the belt sander in motion with an appropriate grit paper.  Be careful you can remove a 

     

     

    Once you have stuff leveled out you can use a finer paper say up to maybe 120 grit.  After that go back to your random orbit sander and drop back down to 80 and work back up through the grits to remove the scratch pattern from the belt sander.

     

    Good luck!

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  2. 16 hours ago, marsh942 said:

    Apparently in the first 2 weeks of April here in Australia! 

     

     

     

    I messaged ‘toolpig’ on instagram and he said it was very good, much better than the 18ga. 

     

     

    hopefully they get this one right and then apply that to the other nailers 23, 18, 15, and framing.

     

    sadly i don't use 16 ga.

  3. 4 hours ago, glass said:

    I highly doubt the kind of work you do, property management requires 3.5” nails too often. Paslode shoots 3 1/4. For big beam work like production nailing of 2lvls ie 3 1/2” it is better suited to pneumatic. For the record the industry standard hitachi nailers only shoot 3 1/4”. Gas has never been an issue for me as the dates are incredibly long, it’s more of a hyped problem on boards like this. 

    Actually the hitachi nailer i have  shoots 3.5 inch nails.(nr90aes)  I know the 83s do not.

     

    You are right most of the time I probably wont need the length but better to have it when I do. So do the new hitachi and dewalt cordless guns.  

     

        Cant speak to the gas issue from personal experience.  Just seen a lot of complaints on it.

     

    Back on topic- good to hear about the subcompact recip.  Would make a nice complement to the big x2 unit i have.

  4. On 2/25/2018 at 2:10 PM, glass said:

    I really do not understand the want for battery only framer, the current paslode is so solid and light.  The dewalt needs to be

    bolted to the wood to sink a nail and the Hitachi is too heavy and big to be even a boat anchor. I mean wants the point of cutting the cord if the tool weighed so much. I have speed on the dewalt battery trim guns. One has to hold them to hard to the work for them to sink the nail. 

     

    Two big reasons. One 3.5 inch nails that are code in some places for some connections, and if you dont use it every day gas spoilage is an annoying issue.

     

    I am not a pro but have enough property that running a compressor everywhere is not particularly practical.  I would probably already have a paslode if they drove 3.5 nails and the gas didnt spoil.  

     

    Would be much easier for me to grab a battery from my current system(makita) and go to town on whatever needs it.

     

  5. Still waiting for word on a cordless framing nailer(that is good).... dont really want to get in the hitachi platform.  A hybrid x2 compressor would be an interesting option too. Just my wish list.

     

    ps. 99 percent sure the aws chip comes with the tool.  they are making it serviceable and upradeable acording to a couple WOC videos I have seen.

  6. On 4/29/2017 at 5:00 PM, kornomaniac said:

    I do mean a framing nailer yes :) was trying to find the current English words :D

     

    There's absolutely no info yet :) if Makita is Abit smart it'll take the same nails as their gas nailer. And those would be ( I think they are called ) clipped d-head nails on a paper strip ?

     

     

    Any update on a cordless Framing nailer from Makita?

  7. 2 hours ago, kornomaniac said:

    Ah yeah :) most nails for framing nailers are also clipped here. 

     

    No federal laws against them, you could build a fence or something non structural most places.  There is not a single National code in the US.

     

    The heads are smaller so they are more likely to pull through structural, roof sheathing etc. In many locals along the South and East coast they are either against code or frowned upon due to hurricane wind threat.  In California/ west coast due to earthquakes again they are more likely to pull through sheathing in a quake.  

     

    Probably in the central US in "tornado alley" they have or will have in the future problems with them too. 

     

    Here in Georgia I dont think I can even buy clipped head nails or nailers at my local big boxes stores.

     

    Thanks again,

    Brad

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  8. 5 hours ago, kornomaniac said:

    I do mean a framing nailer yes :) was trying to find the current English words :D

     

    There's absolutely no info yet :) if Makita is Abit smart it'll take the same nails as their gas nailer. And those would be ( I think they are called ) clipped d-head nails on a paper strip ?

     

     

    Thank you again, English can be really confusing, in America we call them framing nailers, I am pretty sure that people in England an Australia call them "first fix".

     

    Hopefully they set it up to fire off set round head like the paslode or 21 degree full round heads.  Clipped head nails are a code fail in much of the US.

     

    Hope this comes by fall or sooner.  Have a bunch of projects lined up that would be much easier if I dont have to bring out the compressor to remote locals. Hate to buy a Paslode if this is around the corner.  

     

    Thanks!

  9. On 4/18/2017 at 7:40 AM, kornomaniac said:

    Ow yeah !

     

    16gauge brad nailer and construction nailer ( like dewalts ) are also coming :)

    Thanks for the info.  By construction nailer do you mean a framing nailer?  I know they are called different things around the world.  If so do you know if it was plastic or paper colated and what degree?

     

    Thank you

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