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Debate: Do you count your nail gun misses or just ignore them?
I hit 37 missed nails yesterday on a roof job and it got me thinking. Some guys I know track every misfire and bent nail to figure out if their compressor is dying or the nails are bad. But another crew I worked with last month said they never count because it's just noise and slows you down. I'm sitting at about 3 misses per 100 nails lately and wondering if that's normal or if I need to adjust my pressure. What's your take on counting or ignoring? Do you find patterns in your misses or just fire and forget?
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samjohnson2d ago
Gotta be honest, tracking that stuff down to the exact number seems like overthinking it to me. I mean, yeah you notice if you're bending a bunch of nails or they're all firing crooked, but keeping a running count on a hot roof feels like wasting brain space. Sounds like you're at a decent rate already, maybe just check your pressure if it bugs you and move on.
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