Brad Nailer Kit, 18GA, 5/8-Inch to 2-Inch, Pneumatic (DWFP12231)

I wish I had purchased a pneumatic nailer decades ago. My thumbs and the heels of both hands would have appreciated not using hammers and manual push type nailing devices to install shoe moulding. I delayed because I had "only" 50-60 feet at a time to install. Working on a project with 400-500 linear feet of shoe moulding to install, against baseboards which had not been properly nailed to the wall (studs) or not even nailed at all, I was looking for a simple, fast, and efficient way to nail finger-joint, MDF and regular wooden baseboard to the sole-plate and to studs before installing MDF shoe moulding. I started with the old hammer, nail-set, brad-pusher method I had used, but it was obvious that with a home constructed using today's slam-bam move-on construction methods, I needed something to quickly drive nails into a shoddily framed home. By that I mean studs on 14", 16", 24" centers, incomplete sole plates at the bottom of the wall board, etc. Stuff that when using a conventional hammer and finish nails is beat to a pulp or the wallboard is loosened by continual hammering, and on and on. I am SO HAPPY that I did the research to purchase a top-quality list of items to put together an easy to use nailing rig. I will list these items at the end, but back to this Brad Nailer review. It arrived quickly (fulfillment by Amazon Prime). Nicely packaged in the injection molded plastic cases included with many DeWalt tools and some brads to get you started. A quick look at the instructions, load with nails, and start nailing. I took some scrap lumber and shot about 10 nails into it to get a feel for aiming, power and depth setting. Everything worked perfectly out of the box. Dirt-something-simple. I was delighted. For the shoe moulding, I was working with 1" brads. 90 pounds of air-pressure and the factory depth setting was perfect to leave a tiny hole in the MDF with the brad top about a 1/16" below moulding surface. For areas where the baseboard needed to be nailed down, I moved to 2 1/4" brads, upped air-pressure to 100 lbs., and clicked the depth setting two-clicks deeper. Easy to read and understand icons let you know exactly which way to turn the detent wheel (forward of the trigger on the underside of the gun) to raise or lower brad depth. It was wonderful to pull the baseboard tight against the wallboard - with just a click of the trigger! In reading nail gun reviews, dry-firing is evidently bad and can damage the hammering mechanism. This unit has an easily visible yellow tab which disappears when you are out of brads/nails. You have to look at it, but since it is easily visible as you align the nailing head, it is easily seen, so not a problem to remember to keep your gun loaded. I know it sounds like I am in marketing for DeWalt, but I promise I am not associated with the company in any way. In an age when so much junk exists, being badged with names which used to mean American quality, this is a reminder that you can find quality from a long-standing American icon, even IF it is manufactured in Asia. After using this nailer on the baseboard, I felt confident enough to go back and pull the trim materials from most of the door-frames in order to straighten and renail. Angle nailing into 1/2" pre-hung door frames was easy, and generally I was able to sink nails exactly where I needed them. My daughter's home now looks as good as any custom home - at least from the woodwork, which is a major part of a home's appearance. Have no trepidation if you have a moulding project to do. BUY THIS NAILER !! List of other items I bought to use with this nail gun: TEKTON 4725 Quick Connect Coupler Set, 5-Piece Goodyear EP 46502 3/8-Inch by 50-Feet 250 PSI Rubber Air Hose with 1/4-Inch MNPT Ends Milton 715BK M Style Quick Coupler: 1/4-Inch Female Coupler DEWALT DWFP55126 6-Gallon 165 PSI Pancake Compressor Senco A209909 18-Gauge-by-1-2-Inch Electro Galvanized Variety Pack Brads

Very nice unit. Trouble free. I have had no jams so far after about 100 nails driven. worked great on 3/4" plywood out of the box. If you are driving into other materials you may need to adjust the force (easy). It is nice that you do not have to oil it, and the jam clearing procedure seems to be straightforward, though I have not had to use it yet.

Had a Porter Cable BN200 for many years,shot thousands of nails with it. The oem rebuild kit cost as much as a new gun. I have many Dewalt tools already so I bought this nailer. The instructions say you don't oil it, yet there's oil at the exhaust port. Will have to make sure. Gun works nicely, the adjustment for nail depth is a nice feature too. The gun tip is narrow and easily gets into tight spaces. The BN200 wasn't. Happy with this tool, just like all my Dewalt tools.

Great price, nice quality

Works smooth. Love this nailer. Would give it a 5 but the plastic tip falls off sometimes.

This is one of the most excellent and highly recommended air powered nail gun that I will recommend for anybody's toolbox. very rugged. continues working day after day. never have had any problems with this gun. highly rated. excellent buy

My trusty Porter Cable BN200 finally quit on me. It is probably about 20-25 years old so it put in a lot of good years. I needed something immediately and tried the Metabo brad nailer that was cheaper than the dewalt purely because it could be delivered the same day. I shot a handful of 2" nails, or rather, I attempted to shoot a handful of nails with the Metabo and half of them needed to be manually set with a hammer (and yes depth setting was maxed out, pressure was fine). Anyway boxed it up for return and ordered this gun. I already have a smaller Dewalt brad nailer that I like a lot so I wasn't worried, just needed to wait a day to get it. So I finished trimming out my coffered ceiling, maybe shot 200-300 2" brads and not one jam, misfire or nail I needed to set manually. Also, depth was perfect from taking it out of the box, pressure and setup identical to what I used with Metabo. I leave it up to you to draw some sort of conclusion or moral to this story.

This nailer is easy to load. Easy to use. I have multiple battery-operated DeWalt tools and I’m satisfied with them all, but the drastic difference in price between the battery-powered versus the air-actuated version is so drastic that I chose the air tool. Runs plenty good with a smaller compressor that I have.

Une merveille! Fonctionné tellement mieux que ma copieuse de finition Mastercard! Précis, enfoncé bien, bon pointeur, belle qualité. Je recommande fortement!

Great nailer, doesn’t leave any marks in the wood, unlike the other 3 nailers I have. Would definitely recommend

Herramienta muy práctica hecha de buenos materiales. El diseño es muy bonito y ergonómico lo cual permite trabajar más tiempo con menos cansancio. Hasta el momento lo que he comprado de la marca Dewalt me ha salido muy bueno y de calidad.

Fantastic product again from DeWalt. Unable to fault this product. Originally purchased for fence repair work, and it really did the job with ease.

Great tool. Hubby loves it. Fantastic that it fits the batteries he already has. He did wish it had came in a case