How have these reviewers tested it?
Note: the nailer works by compressing air, so the motor type is irrelevant.
The brushed motors work fine, you wont get £140 worth of benefits from brushless
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Ryobi Nailer
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Note: the nailer works by compressing air, so the motor type is irrelevant.
The brushed motors work fine, you wont get £140 worth of benefits from brushless
I have previously used my 18g pin gun for wood/plaster coving and to hold picture/dado rails in place whilst I waited for the adhesive to set. That said, this was on walls with very thick plaster and I wasn't (often) hitting the brick work. The timber and walls were pretty level.
My 18G is compressor based. On the odd occasion that it did hit something hard, the pin would bend as it came out of the gun.
I did buy a corded Tackwise nailer/stapler. I wasted money on that piece of crud. The tackwise brads often get stuck in the side of the firing pin. Sure, it had quick release mechanism but I still needed to prise the firing pin forward to remove the brad (and this was mdf against MDF). Oh, and the flex is only about 1.5m- tight gits.
I never tried it for skirtings on old walls, it would not be able to pull the timber in.
My 18G is compressor based. On the odd occasion that it did hit something hard, the pin would bend as it came out of the gun.
I did buy a corded Tackwise nailer/stapler. I wasted money on that piece of crud. The tackwise brads often get stuck in the side of the firing pin. Sure, it had quick release mechanism but I still needed to prise the firing pin forward to remove the brad (and this was mdf against MDF). Oh, and the flex is only about 1.5m- tight gits.
I never tried it for skirtings on old walls, it would not be able to pull the timber in.
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18 Gauge and I think it probably just went into the plaster, without penetrating the blocks behind it. I've got plaster straight on to blocks in this propertywas it through plaster into wood??
18 or 16 gauge??
thanks for the feedback
No bending or block-up's. A couple didn't pull the skirting in but on a number of occasions, I could see that the nails pulled the board tight.
How’s it been going since?
I used it extensively for skirting and architrave. It was magical. Made the job so much easier and the pins always went in to a perfect depth. Bit of filler and the jobs a goodun. I was using the makita adapter and battery and it lasted a very very long time with a 5amp battery. Very happy with this purchase.
in my humble opinion the nail gun with small heads will never actually "pull " anything as the resistance off the head is so minimal that it cant impart enough "pull" to move things tightUPDATE - I used my new Ryobi Nailer with the skirting this weekend and can report that it does pin the skirting to the plaster. In a few places it. visibly pulled the skirting in. Pleased with that
of course the push from hand pressure with the machine in use will close up gaps to some extent with the pins holding and resiting the pull-out pressure until it exceeds the grip level
the grip off the pins is actully exellent but the heads will fail long brfore the pins loose grip
Thanks - as a follow up - Does it sink the nail under the surface of softwood ok? Is the depth/pressure setting useful? Have you tried it on hardwood?
it has both power [big dial on top ]and depth control the depth control is by moving the shoe up and down on the nose with fine adjustment to leave pin head proud or sunk
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The YT review by the proper diy bloke says adjusting the compressed air dial on the top makes no difference- is your experience different?
I've not tried on hardwood but it sinks it nicely into skirting in architrave. The setting allows you to vary the depth. I've had it set to just below the surface and its worked every time. Requires a tiny but of filler afterwards.
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