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Product Details:
- ASIN: B0000B3AR8
- Brand: Porter-Cable
- Color: NA
- Model: RN175A
- Released on:
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Features
- Nailer with two firing modes resists jams and loads quickly and easily
- Designed for use with 15 degree, 3/4 to 1-3/4-inch wire collated roofing nails
- Efficient motor and easy-adjust exhaust diffuser
- Weighs 5.3 pounds
- Comes with 1/4-inch NPT fitting, oil, wrenches, and manual
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Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Product Description
Designed for use with 15-degree, 3/4- to 1-3/4-inch wire collated roofing nails, the RN175A nailer from Porter-Cable handles a wide variety of roofing and siding projects with ease. With a magazine capacity of 120, and two firing modes (single sequential and contact), this handy tool resists jams, loads quickly and easily, and is compact and comfortable to hold thanks to its rounded body and rubber grip. Its efficient motor features an exhaust diffuser that you can adjust without the need for additional tools, as well as a durable steel safety contact with dual carbide inserts to guard against wear and tear. For seamless transitions from restrictive to contact mode, there's also a selectable trigger, and the shingle guide locks down for consistent results. The RN175A comes with 1/4-inch NPT fitting, oil, wrenches, and manual.
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Customer Reviews:
Average Rating = 4.0
Total Reviews = 16
[5 Stars]: Great tool
All my nailers are Porter-Cable. They are tuff. Very rarley one may jam. I do abuse them, and they take it. I also two framing nailers. One clip head, one full head. Have never had any problems with them. Make sure you oil them now and then!!! It's called preventive maintenance.
[1 Stars]: instruction manuals not available on-line
Refurb Porter Cable roofing nailer model RN175A comes without a user guide.
Porter-Cable's web site support page link for "search for your manual" redirects to a site called servicenet.
Servicenet is under construction with limited functionality.
Isn't that sweet?
Servicenet's reference to "new user registration link above" can not be implemented because there is no link to new user registration.
A phone calls to Porter Cable's support line does offer the opportunity to leave a recorded message requesting a printed manual be mailed. But how long will it be before the Indonesian lady in the out-sourced fulfillment group deciphers my message, and the document arrives? 1 week? 1 month? Who knows?
The lack of a downloadable manual warrants a one star for this product.
[5 Stars]: Exceptional Roofing Nailer
I purchased this nail gun based on my previous experience with the quality of Porter-Cable pneumatic tools. Aside from this one I own 4 other Porter-Cable nail guns, I have been very satisfied with all of them.
This nailer is no disappointment. In the time I have owned it I have used it for installing asphalt shingles, tar paper, aluminum drip end, vinyl siding, and vinyl trim pieces. It has performed very well in all instances. It has ample power to drive 1.75" nails flush while performing roofing applications.
The adjustable depth of drive also proves very useful while installing vinyl siding. Setting it to the minimum depth setting allows you to drive the nails into the nailing slots in siding while still leaving the 1/16" gap necessary to allow the siding to expand and contract under changes in temperature.
While using this nailer I have never experienced a jammed nail, it has always performed flawlessly. The only negative I can see in this nail gun is that it does not have marks on the nose to indicate exactly where the nail will be placed. This makes precise placement of the nail slightly difficult. I don't think this is enough of a negative point to reduce this nail gun from its "5 star" status because I very easily solved the problem by making marks of my own with a silver colored permanent marker.
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