Dean, you are smart by helping your customers save money because word of mouth is the best advertisement. Customers are not always right, but attempting to make them right will work for you. I believe you truly care, Dean, and that is a very valuable trait. Keep up the good work, my brother and friend. I will be continuing to seek employment and what I have learned from you and others on RUclips could be the reason I land a job. Thank you very much. 🇨🇮🇺🇸👍
It's years, & years of repetition upon repetition doing this over & over again. As they say practice makes perfect. Dean is really good at making it look so simple because of his experience. I love how he just throws nuts, screws & parts all over the bench when disassembling and then put it right back together easily. 👍🏻👌🏻🛠️🔧🔩🗜️ ✊🏻🇺🇲🦅
Dean, I fixed a 16ga dewalt pin gun thanks to you!!! I'm very grateful you're sharing these trade secrets!!! If I'm ever in NI I'll do some free joinery for you, so I will!
Hi Dean these type of guns are very good at shooting nails but they need too be lighter and more compact Paslode are far more comfortable too use and carry around on roofs if they manage too do this they would be number one gun
I work with office printers and sometimes they have the same part for 2 different machines with unique part numbers, but one is 3 times the price of the other. Only difference is a small piece of plastic that you can snap off and save €250. Ridiculous and it just shows the ripping off that goes on with parts
I bought one on the good things you said about them, really surprised at the power. Here in N.Z. we have heart Rimu in old houses shoots that as easy as crappy N.Z. pine
...or the "real" Metabo,which is manufactured for them by Prebena (Pressouftbenagelung - a German company for professional compressed air tools, etc.), which also joined Metabo's CAS system. By the way, most of the tool manufacturers who joined the CAS system also produce some kind of machine from their program also for Metabo under the brand name Metabo...often basic models,...like e.g. steinel, Prebena, Gesipa, Starmix, etc... so when you buy such a Metabo machine, there is a high probability that the manufacturer is another highly professional company... just as the Metabo nailer is manufactured by Prebena, it is possible that this Hikoki or Metabo HPT is basically also manufactured by Prebena.
They're made in Taiwan or China or Malaysia. The Metabo battery framer is just a reskinned Hikoki/Metabo hpt, if you could even call it that. It's identical, just a different color.
Hikoki (formerly Hitachi) acquired Metabo several years ago. They could not continue using the name Hitachi due to licensing reasons. For North America they took the name Metabo HPT, for the rest of the world Hikoki. While Hikoki and Metabo are distinctive brands their latest tool releases are basicly the same tool under different brand names. They would probably retain some unique tools for each brand, but as a Metabo fan I have mixed feelings about this.
Although I've never used them I absolutely love the tools that have the batteries & the plug-in battery adapter so tools can be used both ways if absolutely necessary. DeWalt did it with one tool the flex volt miter saw(& table saw?) but that wasn't the best cause I hear they blow motors a lot cause of voltage differences. It's a good idea tho for sure. I sure wish DeWalt had it figured it out better! 👌🏻👍🏻🛠️🔧🔩🗜️ ✊🏻🇺🇲🦅
Just out of interest Dean, do you think in the next generation of battery nailers can Milwaukee or Hikoki get another 1/2 KG of weight out of the bare tool? This Hikoki 1st fix seems to be the preferred gun from carpenters willing to go the battery route for winter working. Thumbs up.
I've just bought a brand new im350+ simply because of the weight savings over the air guns. I'm the only one on site still using paslode, everyone else is using the Milwaukee. When it comes to power there is simply no comparison, the paslode loses every single time, unfortunately my tennis elbow simply won't let me throw the extra weight of the Milwaukee around 6/7/8 hours a day. If they ever manage to get these nailers down to sub 3.5kg paslode is going to have a very tough job sticking with the gas format.
@@mlawlan69 this is it especially with roofing you can't always keep the weight of the gun close to your center of weight i.e sticking your arm to reach areas. it's all good inside where the gun is close to your chest but as soon as you start holding out your arm holding four kilograms with a battery it will wear on you
@@shifty277even framing internally the extra weight really does begin to show after a few hours. I've done roofing work in the past but only ever with a paslode, I can't imagine holding my arm out at full stretch with the extra weight of the air guns WHILST trying to balance heavy timbers 30 ft in the air. No thanks, I'll stick to the gas. 😝
So a thing about those nail guns and how the last tooth on that pin keeps on skipping makes me wonder what would happen if you just cut this little bit of the pin shaft off to make it so it can fire again. Granted, you would loose some kinetic energy that would help drive in the nail, but maybe it could still be enough to make it work. Obviously I never did anything like that, so I can't tell.
I wish makita would make something comparable. I have their finish nailer on the LXT system and it works great, I just don't want another battery platform. But the longer they wait, the closer I get to replacing my air one with this. Basically the day it dies a decision is being made.
Hey Dean. Had the same experiance with starmix vacuums. Was going to buy a new set of filter for a M class vacuum direct from starmix, The cost was $150 aud for one filter from starmix or $80 aud for the exact same filter from Metabo. Same Vacuum, same parts, differant price, differant colour. I think this it's to do with the CAS system ??
Dean, another great vid. Great guns too. My pneumatic hardly ever comes out nowadays. What’s your thoughts on a spray of brake cleaner now and then on the nail carriage? A guy in a wholesaler told me this a few weeks ago but I’m not so sure? He was a salesman trying to sell me on the Milwaukee thing but after your vids that’s never going to happen😀 stick to my Makita forever me thinks! Looking forward to the 18v first fix Makita when it hits this country tho! Ed 👍🏴
I'd be careful with brakeclean on any rubber and some plastics don't like it and it will affect them. Contact cleaner and\or wd40 would be safer options IMO. Although I have & do clean my pneumatic roofing nail 'sh_oter' with b.clean once in awhile then spray with tool oil after and it seems to be ok. 👌🏻👍🏻🛠️🔧🔩🛢️ ✊🏻🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲✊🏻
@@tdotw77 thank you for your advice👍 yeah I was a bit reluctant following a salesman’s tip as he’s probably never fired a nail gun out in the worksite and had to keep it going! 😂👍👍🏴
@@edchristie4839if you read the manual for any pneumatic nailer, there's always a bunch of very anal warnings about only using the proper nail gun lubricant, so there's that
Ever tried making your own parts? Also reparing electric cards by yourself ? Just interested in your setup, hopefully you get sponsorship and get yourself a lathe
The stuff sold under the Metabo HPT is just rebranded Hikoki stuff for the US market. Metabo without HPT on the end is pretty much it's own brand owned my Koki holdings
Hi Dean, thanks for the informative video. I have hunted high and low for the regulator you have but to no avail. Do you possibly have a link or part number please?
I have a new Metabo HPT that i spent big money on. Ive run less than 50 nails through it and it keeps jamming up. What kind of customer service does Metabo have? Im starting to frame soon and im beyond pissed that my $369 seems to have been wasted. Can anyone help a brother out?
Over here in the states there are tire shops that will actually put nitrogen into your tires of your vehicle instead of just compressed air because nitrogen does not fluctuate in the pressure with heat or cold like atmospheric air. I wonder if charging that nail gun with nitrogen would enough difference to be noticeable.
Yes they do, all gas follows law of physics. The actual reason is manufactured nitrogen is dry so there's no water turning into vapor to mess with the pressure.
@@greentjmtl Nitrogen is used in automotive tires because it is a dry gas with larger molecules than the oxygen in regular air, allowing it to maintain tire pressure more consistently over time, leading to improved fuel economy, longer tire life, and better overall performance compared to standard air inflation; it also helps prevent wheel corrosion due to its low moisture content.
@@thepubliceye That's right. They ran a survey which concluded that Hikoki does not sound good to americans. So they decided to lean in on Metabo's brand name and came up with Matabo HPT for the north american market. Needless to say americans and canadians are now confused which is which.
How can that even be legal to have the same part being sold under a different branch of the same company for half the price with the same part number on? Surely they must be breaking some kind of law or at least fractured law or two
Dean, you are smart by helping your customers save money because word of mouth is the best advertisement. Customers are not always right, but attempting to make them right will work for you. I believe you truly care, Dean, and that is a very valuable trait. Keep up the good work, my brother and friend. I will be continuing to seek employment and what I have learned from you and others on RUclips could be the reason I land a job. Thank you very much. 🇨🇮🇺🇸👍
For the life of me I’ll never understand how someone can know this much about power tools! Just a beautiful thing to watch! Love these videos!
It's years, & years of repetition upon repetition doing this over & over again. As they say practice makes perfect. Dean is really good at making it look so simple because of his experience. I love how he just throws nuts, screws & parts all over the bench when disassembling and then put it right back together easily. 👍🏻👌🏻🛠️🔧🔩🗜️
✊🏻🇺🇲🦅
it i good to see tools being repaired instead of trashing and buying new ones. right to repair
Absolutely brilliant Dean
Best technician on RUclips. Always excellent content.
Excellent! Nice work. Fantastic that you were able to assemble a box o'parts.
Wow, incredible rebuild. Enjoyed it all. South Texas, USA
Dean, I fixed a 16ga dewalt pin gun thanks to you!!! I'm very grateful you're sharing these trade secrets!!! If I'm ever in NI I'll do some free joinery for you, so I will!
Top lad Dean another great watch 🔧🔧👍👍
Well done to that person!! Knowledge is power
What a superb training video and you saved this man a heap of cash with a hot tip from another user. Your customer will be a happy man.
A great how to video with money saving tip thrown in .Anyone that owns one of these guns will benefit from Thanks
Nice job Dean, never thought about the pin exchange. Smart move
My new go to RUclips headspace channel even my wife likes it.
New to the channel as of this morning and really enjoying the videos! Awesome work.
Hi Dean these type of guns are very good at shooting nails but they need too be lighter and more compact Paslode are far more comfortable too use and carry around on roofs if they manage too do this they would be number one gun
These types of videos using alternate parts is genius. Keep up the good work
I work with office printers and sometimes they have the same part for 2 different machines with unique part numbers, but one is 3 times the price of the other. Only difference is a small piece of plastic that you can snap off and save €250. Ridiculous and it just shows the ripping off that goes on with parts
love the vids good timing as im about to go to sleep and this helps alot good night 🤣
You're fantastic
North Texas here, very impressed with your videos.
really enjoying the content great information passed on
I can’t even imagine how strong your fingers are Dean. lol watching you press all those things together. 😅 I wouldn’t want to be pinched by you.
I bought one on the good things you said about them, really surprised at the power. Here in N.Z. we have heart Rimu in old houses shoots that as easy as crappy N.Z. pine
...or the "real" Metabo,which is manufactured for them by Prebena (Pressouftbenagelung - a German company for professional compressed air tools, etc.), which also joined Metabo's CAS system. By the way, most of the tool manufacturers who joined the CAS system also produce some kind of machine from their program also for Metabo under the brand name Metabo...often basic models,...like e.g. steinel, Prebena, Gesipa, Starmix, etc... so when you buy such a Metabo machine, there is a high probability that the manufacturer is another highly professional company... just as the Metabo nailer is manufactured by Prebena, it is possible that this Hikoki or Metabo HPT is basically also manufactured by Prebena.
They're made in Taiwan or China or Malaysia. The Metabo battery framer is just a reskinned Hikoki/Metabo hpt, if you could even call it that. It's identical, just a different color.
Hikoki (formerly Hitachi) acquired Metabo several years ago. They could not continue using the name Hitachi due to licensing reasons. For North America they took the name Metabo HPT, for the rest of the world Hikoki. While Hikoki and Metabo are distinctive brands their latest tool releases are basicly the same tool under different brand names. They would probably retain some unique tools for each brand, but as a Metabo fan I have mixed feelings about this.
Although I've never used them I absolutely love the tools that have the batteries & the plug-in battery adapter so tools can be used both ways if absolutely necessary. DeWalt did it with one tool the flex volt miter saw(& table saw?) but that wasn't the best cause I hear they blow motors a lot cause of voltage differences. It's a good idea tho for sure. I sure wish DeWalt had it figured it out better! 👌🏻👍🏻🛠️🔧🔩🗜️
✊🏻🇺🇲🦅
You are the power tool Jesus 🙌
Can you also upload the video of the air injection? The wind is strong when you remove the parts after the air injection. 😢
Just out of interest Dean, do you think in the next generation of battery nailers can Milwaukee or Hikoki get another 1/2 KG of weight out of the bare tool?
This Hikoki 1st fix seems to be the preferred gun from carpenters willing to go the battery route for winter working.
Thumbs up.
They could very easily, but it would also mean a reduction in performance and life span of the tool.
I've just bought a brand new im350+ simply because of the weight savings over the air guns.
I'm the only one on site still using paslode, everyone else is using the Milwaukee.
When it comes to power there is simply no comparison, the paslode loses every single time, unfortunately my tennis elbow simply won't let me throw the extra weight of the Milwaukee around 6/7/8 hours a day.
If they ever manage to get these nailers down to sub 3.5kg paslode is going to have a very tough job sticking with the gas format.
@@mlawlan69 this is it especially with roofing you can't always keep the weight of the gun close to your center of weight i.e sticking your arm to reach areas. it's all good inside where the gun is close to your chest but as soon as you start holding out your arm holding four kilograms with a battery it will wear on you
@@deandohertygreaser ahhh ok it's good to hear your view on this....
@@shifty277even framing internally the extra weight really does begin to show after a few hours.
I've done roofing work in the past but only ever with a paslode, I can't imagine holding my arm out at full stretch with the extra weight of the air guns WHILST trying to balance heavy timbers 30 ft in the air.
No thanks, I'll stick to the gas. 😝
I was waiting for a part for a machine. I had been told that the parts delay was because the two companies were combining their spares wearhouse
So a thing about those nail guns and how the last tooth on that pin keeps on skipping makes me wonder what would happen if you just cut this little bit of the pin shaft off to make it so it can fire again. Granted, you would loose some kinetic energy that would help drive in the nail, but maybe it could still be enough to make it work. Obviously I never did anything like that, so I can't tell.
I wish makita would make something comparable. I have their finish nailer on the LXT system and it works great, I just don't want another battery platform. But the longer they wait, the closer I get to replacing my air one with this. Basically the day it dies a decision is being made.
They've got an LXT framing gun out now, not sure if it's available in every region, but I'm sure it will be within the next 6 months
Hey Dean. Had the same experiance with starmix vacuums. Was going to buy a new set of filter for a M class vacuum direct from starmix, The cost was $150 aud for one filter from starmix or $80 aud for the exact same filter from Metabo.
Same Vacuum, same parts, differant price, differant colour. I think this it's to do with the CAS system ??
Dean, another great vid. Great guns too. My pneumatic hardly ever comes out nowadays. What’s your thoughts on a spray of brake cleaner now and then on the nail carriage? A guy in a wholesaler told me this a few weeks ago but I’m not so sure? He was a salesman trying to sell me on the Milwaukee thing but after your vids that’s never going to happen😀 stick to my Makita forever me thinks! Looking forward to the 18v first fix Makita when it hits this country tho! Ed 👍🏴
I'd be careful with brakeclean on any rubber and some plastics don't like it and it will affect them. Contact cleaner and\or wd40 would be safer options IMO. Although I have & do clean my pneumatic roofing nail 'sh_oter' with b.clean once in awhile then spray with tool oil after and it seems to be ok. 👌🏻👍🏻🛠️🔧🔩🛢️
✊🏻🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲✊🏻
@@tdotw77 thank you for your advice👍 yeah I was a bit reluctant following a salesman’s tip as he’s probably never fired a nail gun out in the worksite and had to keep it going! 😂👍👍🏴
@@edchristie4839if you read the manual for any pneumatic nailer, there's always a bunch of very anal warnings about only using the proper nail gun lubricant, so there's that
Ever tried making your own parts? Also reparing electric cards by yourself ? Just interested in your setup, hopefully you get sponsorship and get yourself a lathe
Could u weld up some material on that last tooth.
Compared to metabo is hikoki better or worse? Or is it just a different name of the same tool for different countries?
The stuff sold under the Metabo HPT is just rebranded Hikoki stuff for the US market. Metabo without HPT on the end is pretty much it's own brand owned my Koki holdings
Do Hikoki batteries fit Metabo?
Yes
Hi Dean, thanks for the informative video. I have hunted high and low for the regulator you have but to no avail. Do you possibly have a link or part number please?
It's not a stand part. More a special tool. You would have to buy from a hikoi agent
👍👍
i would probably had tried to braze that pin. seems very doable
That doesn't sound like it'd be very durable. It is a hardened steel pin for a reason.
@@boberson83 i think the hardness is more relevant to the end that hits the nail...
@@miko007 soft things wear out quicker than hard things, the original pin failed because it wore out
@@boberson83 yes, that is exactly how that works.
Is this a Metabo part, or "Metabo HPT" part? Same parent company, different brands
I have a new Metabo HPT that i spent big money on. Ive run less than 50 nails through it and it keeps jamming up. What kind of customer service does Metabo have? Im starting to frame soon and im beyond pissed that my $369 seems to have been wasted. Can anyone help a brother out?
Are you sure a nail didn't get stuck or you put the wrong nails in it? Those nail guns are supposed to be the best out there.
Over here in the states there are tire shops that will actually put nitrogen into your tires of your vehicle instead of just compressed air because nitrogen does not fluctuate in the pressure with heat or cold like atmospheric air. I wonder if charging that nail gun with nitrogen would enough difference to be noticeable.
Yes they do, all gas follows law of physics. The actual reason is manufactured nitrogen is dry so there's no water turning into vapor to mess with the pressure.
@@greentjmtl Nitrogen is used in automotive tires because it is a dry gas with larger molecules than the oxygen in regular air, allowing it to maintain tire pressure more consistently over time, leading to improved fuel economy, longer tire life, and better overall performance compared to standard air inflation; it also helps prevent wheel corrosion due to its low moisture content.
Petit commentaire pour le référencement !!! le petit com qui fait plaisir.................
Why not using spring instead of air. Just curious, anyone??
Springs fail. And big ones are dangerous compressed
Shame the pin teeth weren’t hardened so they last a bit longer !
I thought the HTP was Hitachi, I never seen Hikoki tools in the US.
Hitachi is what hikoki was called years ago
@@thepubliceye That's right. They ran a survey which concluded that Hikoki does not sound good to americans. So they decided to lean in on Metabo's brand name and came up with Matabo HPT for the north american market. Needless to say americans and canadians are now confused which is which.
How can that even be legal to have the same part being sold under a different branch of the same company for half the price with the same part number on? Surely they must be breaking some kind of law or at least fractured law or two
Look at Audi and Lamborghini exactly the same
May be a different quality
Same with Lexus and Toyotas
Kunt u een makita radio maken want ik heb ook een kapotte makita radio en inkeert niet hoe ik hem moet maken
So Kunt means can in Dutch?
He did one recently, giving advice on what could be fixed.
The part says "made in China" 🤦♂️
Yes?
It will bite us all on the arse one day.
everything is made in china
@@markrainford1219 Have the parts made in Europe and then you'd moan about the price.
@@ExternalInputs Would I?