Air framing nailer

[Dan woodman]

Not sure where to post this .
I have a Central Pneumatic framing nailer. It fires rapidly when you just use the trigger. It also has the safety bar that you push down first before firing. I would like to be able to pull the trigger and just fire one nail at a time, but I can't seem to pull the trigger quick enough to only fire once. Is this the way the gun is made (to fire very rapidly) and if so can I modify it to fire a single nail.
Thanks Dan

 

[SyndromeOCZ]

Yeah they are made to fire pretty rapidly, but you should be able to fire off only 1 nail. Some people will hold the trigger, and then push the safety bar down and it will shoot one.

 

[Greenman]

Generally nailers have two modes, bump fire and single shot. You hold the trigger and each time you push the nose against something it drives a nail, that's bump fire. Or you press the nose against the work and pull the trigger, that's single shot. It should never fire if the nose isn't pressed against something.

 

[Dan woodman]

My problem is , the trigger is so senitive I have a hard time firing just one nail . I can bump fire, no problem firing once, but when I push the nose and then pull the trigger, it usually fires at least twice. I'm thinking it may be made more for bump firing, rather than single shots. It was advertized as a "contractor framing nailer". I bought it new a couple years ago.
Just wondering if there is any way to modify the trigger to not be so senitive.

 

[Doppel]

My problem is , the trigger is so senitive I have a hard time firing just one nail . I can bump fire, no problem firing once, but when I push the nose and then pull the trigger, it usually fires at least twice. I'm thinking it may be made more for bump firing, rather than single shots. It was advertized as a "contractor framing nailer". I bought it new a couple years ago.
Just wondering if there is any way to modify the trigger to not be so senitive.

My vote is you bought a cheap nailer. It is a Harbor Freight purchase, so it's a bit of a gamble. Some stuff from there is good for the price. I have an HF brad nailer and its safety feature just does not work at all properly. It serves its function in general, as long as I am careful where I point it because I don't trust it not to just fire for the hell of it. Less of a problem with a brad nailer, but a framing one it can be serious.

 

[Dan woodman]

Thanks everyone for your valuable input. This is a great gun, just needs some tweeking. If anyone knows how to fix it , let me know. Yeah, you have to watch what you buy at HF. A lot of things are a good buy , but most of them need tweeking, or just smoothing the rough edges, and some things you need to stay away from. One good thing is , if you don't like it, take it back.

 

[skyking]

typically you don't fire it that second ( third, fourth) time, so much as the recoil and your hand pressure conspire to do the thing you don't want to do. In almost any framing nailer you can easily get multiples; just watch home improvement shows where they let the homeowner blast a few. You know those guys brought good guns, yet every homeowner files off a double or triple. It really is a technique thing, and takes a little time to get what you want.

 

[Dan woodman]

Thanks skyking, more practice it is.