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I’ve always used 16ga and 18ga for trim. I’ve tried the Dewalt dcn660 16ga cordless nailer and it’s ok. But now I see Dewalt is coming out with the dcn650 15ga nailer. And this nailer has a nice smaller contact tip.
So besides a slightly larger hole, any disadvantages to going with a 15ga nailer? Seems the 15ga nails are cheaper too.
On exterior trim…16 g is fine for 1 3/4″ bed mold or cornice, cove etc..but 15 g should be used for larger crown mold or larger molding…it has a larger diameter shank and larger head to hold better….interior trim same theory..door casing with 15g then,,window trim,base, 16g…decorative trim smaller molding with 18g or 23g pin …
usually use 16ga on door frame and 18ga on all standard trim. 16ga on thicker and heavier trim
did a lot of prefinished trim in multifamilies before and we’d use 18ga for everything because we didnt fill the nail holes, so we had to have small nail holes.
Production work I hear ya…my early days we did that ..all custom for decades now..more loot..