Dewalt Nail Guns
When it comes to battery-powered brad nailers, you’ll be looking at about 5 pounds in the best cases. However, DeWalt’s new 21° cordless nailer model DCN21PL can shoot a 16d, whereas Hitachi’s 21° cordless nailer only shoots up to a .131”. The Ridgid pneumatic pictured above shoots a 3.5” x .162” aka a 16d common. With a dewalt accessories 5 amp hour battery and no nails the DeWalt weighs 9.4 lbs. That’s about two pounds heavier than my Ridgid pneumatic nailer. This nailer also has a dual power-setting lever, so you can switch between high and low to use with either hard or soft materials, and a blunt-nose design that easily reaches into even tight spaces.
It’s comparable in size to my beloved Porter Cable pneumatic nailer(7.3 lbs.), but without the added fun of a compressor and a bit less nail holding capacity. The best cordless finish nailer we’ve ever used has power to handle oak, pine, and whatever you need to nail. When selecting a nail gun, consider its nail capacity, which refers to the number of nails the gun can hold and fire before requiring a new set. The NuMax Pneumatic Framing Nailer received an average customer rating of 4.6 stars out of 5 from over 2,500 reviews. When we averaged in customer ratings from other top e-commerce sites like Home Depot and Walmart, the nail gun’s average rating slightly decreased to 4.5. Although the NuMax nailer received the lowest customer rating on Amazon, only 5% of customers rated the product 2 stars or less.
A top-notch, professional-level framing nailer will give you more options and flexibility while standing up to the typical abuse larger projects can offer. A push-button depth guide makes setting the desired depth easy as you move around. With its brushless motor powered by a dewalt 20v max lithium ion battery the dcn680 is ready to work without the hassle of using gas compressor and hose.
I found that the DeWalt 20V Cordless Framing Nailer has addressed this in two user friendly ways. First, they have a Jam/Stall Indicator Light on the foot of the tool and a stall release lever at the top of the tool. I had this occur while trying to get the nail heads to not fully set and was able to utilize the lever without needing to use the provided hex tool to remove any of the firing mechanism.
This makes it really simple to go back and forth between firing modes as you work. The Metabo NR90AES1 has an open-nose piece for quick jam clearing . The two-piece design of the nail magazine makes it easy to take apart, letting you reload quickly and get back to work. A set of LED’s on the front of the unit illuminate your workspace, so you can pinpoint your nail exactly where you want it.
Whether over head or down on the floor, the DeWalt 20V Cordless Framing Nailer will keep the nails coming! There are two settings for firing the nails; single trigger actuated and bump actuated. Sliding the switch over to show one nail will allow you to pull the trigger after the tip is depressed against the work dewalt Hand tools surface. In this setting a nail will be fired every time you ‘bump’ the tip against any surface. As I used the bump actuated setting, the only thing missing from our construction scene was me calling out “Say hello to my little friend! And ‘my little friend’ did not disappoint as we worked on the guest house.