New Tools anyone?

JeremyC · Post by **JeremyC** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:28 pm

I found these on ebay, and figured I would share the wealth.

http://cgi.ebay.com/DeWalt-Tools-D55155 ... dZViewItem Retail is close to $400

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Porter-Cable-US ... dZViewItem Retail is around $100

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002A ... e&n=228013 Retail is around $380 to $400

Smoker, that Dewalt staple gun would be perfect for nailing boxes together. Its almost identical to the one I used to use. Put some 1 3/4 inch staples in there, and you won't get a box apart.

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:52 pm

I like shopping for tools, but to bad I can never afford them...

A little at a time though....

geolemon · Post by **geolemon** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:36 pm

That Porter Cable gun will only do staples, not nails, and it looks like only 5/8" ones without the optional extension - and even at that, sounds like it'll only do 1" - too short for box building.

Look up "brad nailer".
I don't use it for my online customers, but I use it all the time for my own stuff, experimental things...
Brad nailers can be had cheap (lord, mine is like... a Campbell Hausfield or something

), and can take nails up to something like 2" long...
Even my cheapie works well, doesn't bind or jam too often, and is easy to clear when it does anyway.

BangBangBangBangBangBang!
Box done.
Nice.

geolemon · Post by **geolemon** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:17 pm

Like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000E ... e&n=228013
Looks leaps and bounds better than my CH, and it's $30.

I may actually be picking up one of these combo kits, for both me and my wife:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008 ... e&n=228013
or
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004 ... e&n=228013
My big compressor isn't even that big, but it's too big to move from garage to basement... it has to live in my garage, yet my basement is where my workshop is.
My wife remodels investment homes that we buy, and nearly always ends up tearing down a good deal of the moldings, and isn't happy with her cordless brad nailer... those are good prices for an entire kit, plus I can keep the little compressor in my workroom when it's not on her job site!
I like it...

Shipping is usually a killer on those big guys though.

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:33 pm

get the porter cable, as far as quality goes. senco is not what they used to be, you can go to a pawn shop and buy an old senco gun and its better than most of the new ones. porter cable is good no matter what tool you get, at least all I have used anyway.

ridr4lif · Post by **ridr4lif** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:36 pm

MobileAudio219 wrote:I like shopping for tools, but to bad I can never afford them...
A little at a time though....

Yea i know how that goes. I just bought a $1600 box from the Mac guy. BUt if i pay it off w/in 6 months its interest free :happy055:

JeremyC · Post by **JeremyC** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:50 pm

Yeah I got the PC for doing small stuff, grill cloth, and carpet. The dewalt I got for the big stuff.

I don't like using brad nailers for box building, not enough grab IMO. Thats why I got staple guns.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:56 am

i need a table saw... or somethign to help me cut better.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:08 am

walmart has a B&D portable cheapie table saw for $98

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:19 am

GlassWolf wrote:walmart has a B&D portable cheapie table saw for $98

and table saws are you're friend... I've had mine for over a year and used it TWICE... :happy055: But it's nice to know it's there.