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Couldn’t a cordless nail gun run off automotive gasoline? Why must you buy special fuel for it?
Then you could just run this fuel in the same fuel that you would use if you were running a generator, for example. And the fuel is AWFULLY EXPENSIVE!! I’ve tried the DCN692 and wow what an under powered pile of crap. Tried the Paslode CF325 lithium ion cordless gun and it works much better but the FUEL is the main problem. Batteries are fine.
you believe the dewalt 20v framing nailer is no good? i was thinking off getting it in the near future?
Same here jack i have my eye on that dewalt framing nailer, what’s it doing or not doing that’s so bad is it really that under powered? We have a couple of the crew that jumped on a sweet deal recently and I haven’t heard any complain.
Yea I’ve only heard good things about it.
Jimbo
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I’ve had mine for quite some time now and it sinks framing nails pretty darn deep .
Is there a dial on it for depth gauge, my Stanley Brad nailer has a dial on it that adjusts the depth of the Brad.
Jimbo
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My dewalt has being pretty much flawless also, maybe one in a hundred nails don’t bury and that is normally down to hitting a knot or something
my dewalt gun has been great for most applications, but i have had a few issues shooting 12d nails. It works great with 8d nails.
my issue may be the brand nails. I bought 8d pasload nails and grip rite 12d nails from HD. the 8d work flawlessly. The 12d, often bend the head and don’t sink all the way. Not sure if it needs to be adjusted, it was sinking the 12d fine at first.
i have ran through about 3/4 of a box of each. framed a stage for an art studio, a small roof and a few walls. I will put it through the true test come spring. I do not work with wood for framing often.
Ive been using the grip rite nails exclusively. So far so good.
Our experience with the dewalt nailer was not good. With the depth gauge to max depth it would not fully sink 8s or 16s, its not very useful as a nailer if you have to pound every nail in with a hammer. It also jammed quite frequently and required being taken apart with allen key. The paslode works much better just slower and have to buy gas.
I have a dcn690 and a dcn692 pretty good cordless guns. Changed the return springs on the dcn692 at 17000 nails fired and its going strong no other problems.
Personally, I feel that attempting to create a nail gun that ran off of gasoline would be an engineering nightmare. The fuel used in the Paslode is a compressed gas form of fuel that can be controlled efficiently (they had their share of catastrophic failures during design testing phases, if I remember correctly), and the exhaust fumes from the gas they use isn’t as caustic as the exhaust from gasoline might be. Automotive fuel would require some mechanic to atomize it and add an appropriate amount of oxygen for proper detonation, and I highly doubt that an effective system could be minimized to a cost efficient size that would also pass federal safety regulations, not to mention the problems with the resulting exhaust fumes in any enclosed spaces.
Love my dewalt cordless nailer, no complaints at all. Don’t regret the decision to buy at all. Just need to get my hands on the 16g nailer.
Hey Chad!! Welcome back brotha!!