Porta-Nail 421P Pneumatic Floor Nailer with Both Line Nailer Shoe and Face Nailer Shoe
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Product Details
Manufacturer: Porta-NailsModel: 421P
Product features:
- Pneumatic floor nailer; easily adapts from line nailer shoe to floor nailer shoe; mallet activated
- 4-1/2 cfm at 90 psi; oil-less system; holds up to 200 nails
- Die-cast aluminum body
- Includes nailer, mallet, face nail shoe, -instructional DVD, safety glasses, carry case
- 26.8 by 5.5 by 20.2-inches; 17-pounds; 1-year limited warranty
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Porta-Nail 421P Pneumatic Floor Nailer with Both Line Nailer Shoe and Face Nailer Shoe
Customer Review: Perfect
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this as a homeowner with zero experience installing hardwoods. I had about 1200 feet of exotic prefinished 3-5/8" x 3/4" flooring to install. For reference I used a Porter Cable CPFC2TV3525VP air compressor with the line set at about 110 PSI. The nailer worked flawlessly----not one jam. The nails were set at consistent depths, and the prefinished planks were not marred (although I did put a piece of wide masking tape on the bottom of the shoe for insurance). The hammer that is included is solid and a perfect size and weight to tap the boards firmly in place and to lightly strike the actuator. What more can you ask for? A PLEASURE to work with---and at this price it better be!
If you are a not a professional installer but have the urge to do this yourself this tool will definitely make your life a lot easier, but be advised it doesn't end here. Do your homework---there are great articles all over the web and even some demonstrations on youtube, but here's my contribution: Take your time and measure correctly because the first row you nail in determines how the rest of the floor comes out. You'll need a good compressor like the one I mentioned above or something comparable. You'll need a decent table saw to rip boards when you reach the other end of the room and the last row is too narrow to accommodate the full board width. I won't mention mine because there is an active recall but I had no issues. You will need a good jig saw to cut holes around heating / air conditioning registers and doorways (Bosch 1590EVSK 6.4 Amp Top Handle Jigsaw did the job well). You'll need a good compound miter saw to cut clean angles (Makita LS1214L 12-Inch Dual Slide Compound Miter Saw with Laser Guide worked great for this as well as crown moulding and baseboards). Did I mention baseboards? If you are going through the trouble and expense of installing new hardwoods don't skimp and leave the old ones in. The last owner of my house tried that in a couple of rooms that he did, and the new flooring was butted against the side of the old baseboards and threw a quarter round over the edge. The end result looked like the baseboard was 2 inches high and was a mess to fix. Take a deep breath and tear the old ones out before you install your new floors. You will need a finishing nailer to put the new baseboards in -- I also used it to face nail the last 3 rows of wood flooring where there was not enough clearance to blind nail. I decided not to use the porta-nailer for face nailing even though it does it because the finishing nails have smaller heads and are less noticeable. If after reading this you STILL want to do this yourself :-), make sure you clean up and patch the subfloors as necessary with leveling compound, and lay down #15 asphalt paper with a stapler. Stick a test board under each doorframe to check clearance and undercut the frame if necessary so the board easily slides under. Yes this is a lot of work and you need a lot of tools. You can try to rent some if you can dedicate enough consecutive time it might be cost effective to rent, but if you expect numerous interruptions or have other projects you plan to work on anyway you may as well start buying toys, and I mean tools! Good luck.
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Description of Porta-Nail 421P Pneumatic Floor Nailer with Both Line Nailer Shoe and Face Nailer Shoe
Preferred seating system; Designed for nailing 1/2" - 33/32" flooring; Set up for 3/4" only; Pneumatic version of PNI's original Hammerhead; Easily converts to a face nailer by simply changing the shoe; Mallet activated to ensure the tightest floor possible; Ruggedly built to provide durability throughout years of use; Holds up to 150 2" T Porta-Nails; Both angle and face nails; Air Filtration; Two year limited warranty; Requires 4.6 CFM @100PSI for optimum performance; Includes carrying case; Safety: 1) prevent accidental firing 2) can impact the tool without firing to draw flooring boards tightIf you invented the perfect hardwood flooring nailer, you?d make one tool for both face and tongue nailing, pneumatic power, superior fasteners, a generous magazine and flexibility for different flooring thicknesses.
Porta-Nails beat you to it. With a simple hardware change (two nuts and a screw), the 421P becomes a face nailer or angle nailer, saving you time and exertion on those first and last few rows of face-nailed flooring and speeding you through the rest of the installation. Connected to a compressor, the 421P needed only a squeeze of the safety trigger and light mallet blow to pneumatically drive the 2-inch serrated nails through the tongue and into the subfloor. Porta-Nails? exclusive "ratcheting ram" doesn?t return to the start position until the fastener is properly seated, so you know every nail you drive is doing its job. You?ll want to adjust your pressure to get just the right countersink before going ahead with your project, but be sure not to exceed 110 psi.
If the nailer should jam, clearing is quick and easy, because you don?t have to remove the shoe to open the latch clip. Fasteners load easily, and the magazine holds 200 2-inch nails, so you spend more time installing and less time reloading. We liked the fact that the shoe bases are all non-marring, and the rubber mallet is capped, too, to prevent marking your flooring.
There?s really only one mistake you can make with this nailer, and that?s to work too hard. You?ll be tempted as we were to grip the nailer tightly and really give it a good hit, but trust us: You?ll get far better results by relaxing your stance and delivering a comfortable blow to the ram.
It?s easy enough for the first-time home do-it-yourselfer to install a floor and save a bundle on labor costs, and the professional will use it on every hardwood installation job. Definitely worth the investment.--Kris Jensen-Van Heste
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