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Imo easiest way is 1.5-2mm steel. Cut 30mm oversized. Small cut in each corner. Fold all edges over by 15mm by holding on 4x2 and hitting with hammer. 7mmPilot hole through folded edges. Install and drill plug and screw(6mm red plugs) through pilot holes. This needs no angle iron and is neat and simple.

Second that, 12mm stud ,13mm holes in wood, 16mm wall plugs in masonry, plenty of gripfill or resin in holes in shelf before sliding it on, simples

Thanks miker. Kinda what I was doing, though as I said mine had only shot 1000 nails max so hadn't really got into the regime. Hopefully should get it swapped with new one today.

We all have stupid law and legislation to abide by these days, keeps all of our hands tied. some police are bad but most are good. im a builder and get fed up with all tv programs and media only ever showing the worst in my industry. Makes the public think were all bad and on the make. For this reason I take everybody at face value. Loads of threads on here moaning at police for doing nothing about stolen vehicles and tools so lets not have a thread moaning about them trying to prevent this. I would write more but im too busy carrying out a risk assessment so i can climb 4 rungs up a ladder tomorrow. James:thumbup:

so you just give it a blast with compressed air? or do you do anything else to mag? thanks for reply James

Miker says in the manual that you need to blow out the magazine daily, is this something you do? Also what nails do you run in yours? Thanks James

No tried all sorts, new clips different length, guages, long clip short clip. Full clean, service. Still same, missing loads of nails. More than it fires. Was working good to this point. Sure there is a small malfunction with it. Hopefully second one will be faultless. Thanks for feedback on yours, would you buy another?

Stop press, problem with my nailer yesterday, kept firing but no nail coming out, actually nailing about 1 in 3. Contacted company and with a little convincing are sending new one out Monday. Maybe a bad omen, maybe a manufacturing fault, maybe user error, but only fired 1000ish nails so can't see that. Will try one more and if the same will be a dewalt for me. Will keep you all informed.

For £60 i'll have all you got for resale!

A properly installed closed board roof is definitely watertight. Would you say shingles aren't?

Show us a pic of the first one then:)

Roof is closed board isn't it? If so it would be water tight so it is sealed.

Top job mate, looks a nice tool.

I used to take cooked sausages and raw egg to work. Into chip at 7.30, hot egg and sausage sandwich at lunch. Never did me any harm.

Sorry meant to write 1550 but it May have been 1650. M large is a member on here so pm him for help.

Had a quote couple of months ago, from memory was 550. Will get one myself soon. Look the best of its kind to me.

I'm another vote for osmo wood protector. Top stuff and very green. I would also suggest Samsung to 240 as an absolute minimum.

I think its all about what you get used to as well, as u say top brands make good tools, I don't like trend or makita routers and would choose dewalt anyday, but then I've had one for years. I love my new Hitachi nailer and expect that if I picked up a paslode again in a years time id prefer what I'm used to. Price tag was the decider for me there. Still consider paslode over priced. Having said that the dewalt looks an awesome piece of kit. Just too deer for me right now. Incidentally what fires the nail if it ain't gas or compressed air. Thx James

As promised here is a review of my new gas nailer. Paid £250 delivered for it and consider it a bargain. So far have completed 20m of closeboard fencing and two days timber framing. All nails have been quickload ringed galvanised. The nailer so far hasn't missed a beat. The battery lasted throughout fencing job, second battery in now and still going strong. Can't fault any operation of nailer, except that twice on 51mm nails it fired two nails, this coincided with the start of new strip if nails, so could be nail issue. My only other minor niggle is that the batteries are slightly harder to remove from tool than I'd expect, although they May loosen with time. Case is strong, easy to fit everything into, and a little extra space. Manual and cleaning schedule are clear and concise. All cleaning equipment included. Depth guage easy to change, with Alan key that slots into body if tool. All in all I would give this tool 9 out of 10. 9 only because there's always room for improvement. Hope this helps. Will update when I've given it more of a hammering. James

I wouldn't dream of charging £60 labour for any job, even if it took two hours. To reach a reasonable day rate I'd have to do 3 of these in a day, and that rarely happens, with travel sourcing materials, different tools for each job. Minimum I would charge would be £100 and only then if I thought there was a chance of more that day. My minimum day rate is 160 and I usually want that if I finish by lunch or not because by then the day is gone.

Get some nice English oak. Where in country are you and what length do u need? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Anybody whos been looking for firewood, this lot is bound to sort you out, could be a bargain too, says he doesnt want alot for it! Tree Firewood Branches | eBay

Think that's s diferent Hitachi model to mine, pretty sure mine only fires d heads. Re the servicing, not that complicated, will service mine myself. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Looks like that's another thing on my shopping list then, already got a uni base so that shouldn't be a problem. Thx for feedback. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Thanks Ian, ive looked at those before, cant decide whether its worth the extra few quid to go for one of these though? Sign Pro (1262) - Buy online from Rutlands.co.uk Anybody experience of these?