brad nailer

01-25-2012, 06:59 PM	#1
carpentero Newbie   Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1	brad nailer what is a brad nailer used for

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01-25-2012, 07:11 PM	#2
woodworkbykirk journeyman carpenter     Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: nova scotia canada Posts: 2,152	brad nailer for installing door and window casings, baseboards, crown molding and assembling cabinets. anything that only requires a light gauge nail that wont leave a large nail hole

01-25-2012, 07:22 PM	#3
joecaption Member   Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hartfield VA Posts: 18,104	brad nailer I would never use a brad nailer to do any or the items already mentioned. It's fine to tack something in place as glue is drying or extreamly light trim work, but the gage is to small and brads are way to short to attach baseboard or casing. I have two of them and have not used them once in 5 years. Just my opinion.

01-25-2012, 08:00 PM	#4
loneframer KemoSabe     Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 637	brad nailer I use a brad nailer all the time for crown, casing and baseboard. My guns shoot up to 2 inch fasteners. Well, 4 of them do, anyway. The other 5 or six only shoot 1 1/4". __________________ It's not that it took him an hour to make 100 bucks, it's that it didn't take you 10 hours to save 100 bucks.

01-25-2012, 09:15 PM	#5
woodworkbykirk journeyman carpenter     Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: nova scotia canada Posts: 2,152	brad nailer yup, 18 gauge nailers are pretty much industry standard for installing casings. depending on the thickness of baseboard though i will up to my 16 gauge if its thick heavy baseboard.

01-25-2012, 11:02 PM	#6
DrHicks A Little Of Everything   Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 2,041	brad nailer Quote: Originally Posted by carpentero what is a brad nailer used for Trim.