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Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 8:56 pm
by GB_Groundworks
Anyone have any experience using these there's one n eBay £700
Might buy it as we tie lots of rebar and its a slow awkward job
http://www.nailersandstaplers.com/max_rb650.html
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 9:12 pm
by dig dug dan
if thats an american machine, then it might not be a good idea if you cannot get spares?
if you do a lot of that sort of work, then maybe
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 9:51 pm
by msh paving
They are a very good machine my mate has had two for 3 years its fixed tons of mesh and bar,just done 3hectares of 200mm thick yard 2 layers 393 mesh no probs at all, wire is a bit expensive but little waste,you never see a pro-fixer using one but for a partime fixer they are usfull,american made top quality if they break they are probilly worn out MSH 
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 10:02 pm
by lutonlagerlout
over 100 steel fixers and shutterers at centre parcs at woburn and they all use nips
have to say though I am mighty impressed with the makita battery screw guns
anything that saves time must be good
I gave a paver marker to an irish fella, Eugene in the pub at xmas
he reckons those blue yokes are the talk of mcnicholas now,every one wants one
like anything new it just has to be accepted by those who use it
LLL
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 10:09 pm
by GB_Groundworks
my mates on that driving ADTS
yeah the pro guys are scary fast but they'll have ruined hands and backs haha
anything that reduces repetive actions has to be a good thing and 50% quicker, im ok with a pair of pliers but not world record fast. dont use the hooks or the pull twister things
Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 10:04 am
by TheRockConcreting
lutonlagerlout wrote:
Steel fixing involves cradle ties, the max will only do standard ties if you know what i mean.
For mesh they are worth every penny.
700 quid is a steal.
Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 6:43 pm
by GB_Groundworks
i bought one see how we get on with it
Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 7:32 pm
by seanandruby
We trialed one at t2a Heathrow, think it went in the skip. Can't beat the nips :;): doing a straight forward slash may be ok but ring ties etc: no good.
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 8:49 pm
by GB_Groundworks
I've ended up with two the bigger one and the smaller one, bugger as today we tied a shit load of rebar today
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 9:36 pm
by henpecked
It seems a hell of alot of cash for a battery drill body with a wire feed. But it must make the money or it wouldn't sell.
Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 9:25 am
by seanandruby
Just doing a base slab ok but bigger jobs are roll mats anyway so no need for tying the base steel, it's already welded in a roll and just roll it out like a carpet, so it's mostly walls, columns etc and a lot of jobs the columns are precast. You'll probably only use it now and again on small jobs so not really viable i would of thought ???
Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 4:46 pm
by GB_Groundworks
Picked them up today, £1k for both with 50 rolls of wire for each
1 will do upto h20xh16 + the bigger one will do 2"x1" +
We'll use it for mesh, rafts, walls, starter bars, Gabian cages, I reckon it's 5 times faster that we are at tying and a the little does a triple wrap 16 gauge the bigger one just a single wrap of 22 gauge.
It ticks a few boxes for me that it speeds up steel fixing, I can get labourers fixing now rather than me and our foreman, and it ticks a few health and safety boxes regarding repitive injury.
Got a big raft to tie in the next week or two give them a proper go I'm all for anything that will make life easier and quicker.
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 9:58 pm
by GB_Groundworks
max rebar guns
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:36 am
by Captain Concrete
We have about 10 Max tool rebar guns there bang on, and earn well steel fixers hate them, where you needed 4 fixers now only have one fixer and 2 general labourers, Max tool also re-furbish them when they start to get a bit worn-out.