Grip 23 Gauge Pin Air Nailer Gun
Normal Price:$159.99
Our Price:$39.99
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Manufacturer: Grip-On-Tools
Model: 14012
Binding: Misc.
Publisher: Grip-On-Tools
Label: Grip-On-Tools
Features for Grip 23 Gauge Pin Air Nailer Gun:
- Use to install window frames, door frames, molding, and more.
- Nail length regulator automatically sets nails to your desired length.
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Customer Reviews
Very good value overall 
2008-04-09
This pin nailer met my expectations. I used Porter Cable brand pins in poplar and it fired consistently and countersunk the pins without a problem. It includes a pre-attached 1/4" industrial air fitting, two allen wrenches, a bottle of oil and a blow-molded case.
Overall I found the value to be exceptional, especially considering the price of competing tools. However, there are some annoyances with this tool, the combination of which caused me to give this tool 4 rather than 5 stars.
1) There is a safety mechanism behind the trigger that rotates down to keep the trigger from pulling, or rotates up to allow firing. I found that this rotates down occasionally during use and has to be flipped back up. This is my biggest complaint about the tool, though the mechanism could be permanently disabled without much effort if one wanted to go that route.
2) The ad and packaging state that, "Nail length regulator automatically sets nails to your desired length." I mistook this to mean that the counter-sink depth could be controlled. In fact, what this is trying to say is that there is a selector on the side of the tool that must be changed based on the length of pin you are using. I don't have a problem with that per se, except that the selector is metric (lists pin lengths in mm). My Porter Cable pin packaging fortunately shows the pin lengths in both standard and SI. The sizes don't exactly match up with those available on the selector, but the pins seem to work ok using the next largest setting on the tool.
3) The ad and packaging state, "Single sequential safety trip mechanism." I have no idea what this is supposed to mean, unless the saftey mechanism I referred to in #1 is supposed to rotate down after every trigger pull (which would be extremely annoying). The instructions don't address this feature at all.
4) The instructions are atrocious. They have a few liability and safety warnings followed by some vague instructions (mostly about oiling the tool), all written in such poor English as to be nearly incomprehensible. On top of that, all of the units are metric, including a warning about the number of mega-pascals that the air supply should not exceed. This does not, in my opinion, decrease the usability of the tool, as the operation is pretty straight forward, but it is an annoyance that the manufacturers and the US distributor would be content with the quality of the instructions.
