I finally caved and bought a framing nailer after fighting with hand nails for 2 hours

I was trying to build a basic shed frame last weekend and spent 2 hours just trying to get 12 nails straight by hand, three of them bent like pretzels. Borrowed my neighbor's Paslode for 5 minutes and finished the whole thing before my coffee got cold. Has anyone else had a tool they swore they didn't need totally change their mind after one use?

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riley8604d ago

Went through the exact same thing with a nail gun a few years back. I was dead set that a hammer was good enough and that power tools just made things more complicated. Then I borrowed a buddies cordless framing nailer for one afternoon project and it completely flipped my thinking. It felt almost like cheating how fast everything went together and how straight every single nail went in. Now I don't touch a hammer for anything more than hanging a picture.

brooke_walker5d ago

Borrowed a tile saw once and it was a total game changer for me.