My nailer is trying to kill me!
I got nails for my Porter-Cable framer today and happily was ready to put my first stud in. I bought this porter cable used off ebay, got it for 60 bucks. When it came in I hooked it up at work and fired a dozen nails or so. Everything worked great and I was happy to of saved some money. Today I hooked it up, placed it on a test 2x4 and fired. It jerked up and I notice I had sunk 2 nails into the wood. One actually on top of the other. I figured I wasnt holding it tight enough and it bucked or something. So I tried again. Same deal only 2 nails side by side this time.
Whats the deal with this thing? What causes that to happen, and what can I do to fix it!
Obviously I am going to be forced into breaking out a hammer tomorrow. :furious:
Thanks!
EDIT:: Ok so I just went out and looked around I found one user reporting that if its in rapid fire mode it can cause novices to double fire. I didn't even know this had 2 modes of fire, so if its a switch it must of got hit when bringing it home. Going to go down and look at it, I didn't see anything to switch onit. Infact all the air adjustments even must be done with a wrench. *shrug*
I got nails for my Porter-Cable framer today and happily was ready to put my first stud in. I bought this porter cable used off ebay, got it for 60 bucks. When it came in I hooked it up at work and fired a dozen nails or so. Everything worked great and I was happy to of saved some money. Today I hooked it up, placed it on a test 2x4 and fired. It jerked up and I notice I had sunk 2 nails into the wood. One actually on top of the other. I figured I wasnt holding it tight enough and it bucked or something. So I tried again. Same deal only 2 nails side by side this time.
Whats the deal with this thing? What causes that to happen, and what can I do to fix it!
Obviously I am going to be forced into breaking out a hammer tomorrow. :furious:
Thanks!
EDIT:: Ok so I just went out and looked around I found one user reporting that if its in rapid fire mode it can cause novices to double fire. I didn't even know this had 2 modes of fire, so if its a switch it must of got hit when bringing it home. Going to go down and look at it, I didn't see anything to switch onit. Infact all the air adjustments even must be done with a wrench. *shrug*