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 tight
If 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
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Good for the money.:
I bought this nailer based on a culmination of many reviews read from many websites. Additionally, this appears to be the only nailer that has the ability to shoe and face nail. My bother installed wood floors for ten years and he said Porta-Nail is one of the best nailers out there. I haven't used 421P yet, but I am impressed with the build quality. The plastic case leaves a lot to be desired, and for the price of this product and for the quality and reputation of the product I would think that Porta-Nail... more info
One and a half years using the porta-nail 421P:
I do general carpentry and finish work. I have used the Porta-Nail 421P to install 14 floors (approx. 300 sq.ft. each).The majority of the floors were 3/4" oak, four were 3/4" Brazilian Cherry. I have had three jams caused by hitting nails in the sub-floor.
The nailer is light-weight for its' size--a bonus.
A lite tap does the job.
Its' easy to clear a jam.
Follow the instructions on setting up your compressor,probably the main cause of problems.
This tool is expensive, but I... more info
Great labor saver:
As a professional carpenter I've probably run over 10,000 feet of flooring with this nailer without a major problem or rebuild. Even works great on harder woods like Ipe. One thing you absolutely have to have is a good compressor (4 cfm or better) and a 3/8" air line. I tried running mine off my smaller pancake compressor with a 1/4" line and it gave me nothing but problems. It continually jammed and didn't set the nails flush. I switched to my bigger compressor and a bigger line and haven't had a problem... more info
Great,great,great...but:
This hardwood flooring nailer ,i think, the best of the market,but be carefull- if a loader have less then 1/3 capacity of nails- it start jamming nails.So dont forget reload nails.I think problem is-too weak spring loader mechanism.Anyway, this nailer wery accurate-not damage a tonque of hardwood planks,unlike staplers hardwood nailers.
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