makita an922

1. Posted: Mar 31 2008

   Round head nails are widely spaced in the strips as opposed to clip-headed nails. This means reloading twice as often. I bought my nails through Amazon, at a great price, even if shipping wasn't free as stated, and they got here before the gun.Personally I am very satisfied with the gun, but if I used it full time I would get a clipped head model.

2. ( 1 of 2 found this review helpful ) Posted: Feb 8 2008

   Nice nailer, but if you are someone that doesn't have a ton of framing to do, be aware that you will have to purchase nails in the thousands. I am a homeowner who just needed to stud out a basement. I had trouble finding nails, for this nailer, in my area. I could not find any in my local home centers. I also had the problem of my local lumber yard not wanting to sell me a box of nails unless it said "Makita AN922" in the "compatible with" list on the side of the box. I ended up going to an industrial supply house which I found by going to the Makita Website. Then, the only quantities available were 4,000 for the 16d and 5,000 the 8d. The cost was close to 100.00 for the 2 boxes. This is more nails than I will ever use.... Lastly, I had to purchase reducers so I could connect my 1/4 " air hose. Toe nailing was tricky as I could not adjust the nailer to make the head penetrate. This very well may be my learning curve having never used a framing nailer before. Bottom line: Good price and it allowed me to put up a 14 foot stud wall in about an hour....normally it would have taken me several hours with a regular framing hammer.

3. Posted: Oct 23 2007

   I got a good deal on this, used it 2x, and bought another one. I'm glad I did; it's for me the best all around frame gun. It combines durability (taken a couple big falls no problem) with finesse like the adjustment knob and slide. Never jammed in a several boxes of nails. Like the slide. A nice detail is the rubber piece for doing finish work (used that 2 times) and how its held on the slide. The only nailgun I've seen that looks good (hitachis are hideous but good IMO). Good power when I nail advantek, it nailed well less than max depth, and does ok when I was nailing oak, although you still need to set the nails. Still better than others I've used. Great tool!

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