I'll start this review by stating what I do for a living – I'm a carpenter and joiner doing mainly site work and I do almost anything from (basic) shuttering to roofing work (at a push) and almost everything in between, or so it seems. In the end I went for the DW because it is a tried and proven technology and there are just less moving parts to go wrong than the Milwaukee. I do a lot of custom trim work for cabinetry installations and find myself using this thing a lot rather than setting up my compressor. A VERY BIG PLUS, is that removal of the battery prevents the tool from doing anything, including firing. I looked at axminster who do a 24 gauge nailer, but as far as I can see 24 gauge nails arent widely available, and the max depth is about 20mm.

Grex work perfectly in my Hitachi pneumatic pin nailer, but they are too weakly joined to handle the thump from a cordless unit. Fortunately, having had DW's 2nd fix cordless guns for many years I found it easy to adapt to the tool. I also have m12 batteries and might look into it too but not really a high priority tool purchase right now. There is a fairly standard looking thumb wheel depth control fitted to the nose of the tool to vary the amount a nail head will be sunk into the material. Recoil is reduced thanks to the inherent reaction reducing device, offering users a safer and more precise nailing experience.I've therefore wanted a battery-only 1st fix nailer from a main stream power tool manufacturer with Li-Ion batteries which could be interchanged with my main stream cordless tools for years – in fact ever since I heard that deWalt were working on one back around 2005 or 2006.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. We've also got an older Axminster (air) 23ga nailer which has been great, but the last guy I know who bought one said the nail clip flew open everytime he shot a pin! The following are trademarks for one or more DEWALT power tools, accessories, anchors and concrete adhesives: The yellow and black color scheme; the “D”-shaped air intake grill; the array of pyramids on the handgrip; the kit box configuration; and the array of lozenge-shaped humps on the surface of the tool. The one negative think I noticed was the ferocious kickback it had - like a compressed air nailer running on too high a line pressure.International products have separate terms, are sold from abroad and may differ from local products, including fit, age ratings, and language of product, labeling or instructions. Loading the gun with nails is straight forward, simply pull back the spring-assisted pusher until it locks, insert a clip of nails into the end of the plastic-covered metal magazine, then release the pusher to put the nail clip under light pressure.

Recently I took advantage of the President’s holiday sales to purchase my DeWALT Atomic Compact DCN623D1 23 GA pin nailer kit. After about three months reasonably heavy use in a professional environment I think that a lot of the comments I've read on the net were made by people who simply hadn't used the gun enough to even run it in, let alone understand how to use it to the best.i was doing a loft conversion job at the time so the gun was used side by side with my makita first fix gun. These trackers help us to provide a personalized user experience by improving the quality of your preference management options, and by enabling the interaction with external networks and platforms. I suggest adjusting the depth of the nail on a scrap piece to make sure you are happy with the depth adjustment. Gas guns are known to corrode battery terminals with a black, non-conductive “deposit” at a rate of knots (and which regular user hasn't had blackened battery terminals at one time or another? Pity dewalt chose to do an angle only unit when 90% of site users have a straight nailer and that's all the sites supply in terms of nails.