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PSA: Stop using those quick-grab nail guns for crown molding
I spent two full days yanking out badly nailed crown from a living room in Austin last week. The previous guy used a cheap cordless nailer that left every third nail proud or bent. I switched to my old pneumatic Senco and finished the replacement in 4 hours with zero blowouts. Those battery guns have their place for rough framing, but for finish work they just can't match the control. Has anyone else found a battery nailer that actually works for crown, or is pneumatic still king for this stuff?
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caleb_thomas937d ago
My buddy in San Antonio put some crown up with a Milwaukee M12 crown stapler and it came out real clean, but he had to dial the depth in perfect on a scrap piece first. It's like how everyone wants the fastest tool for everything now (kind of like how people rush through cooking with an air fryer but miss out on the control of a real oven). Pneumatic still gives you that instant trigger feel that battery just can't totally copy for delicate stuff.
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wendy_jackson7d ago
The depth adjustment is definitely the key with cordless, it's a pain if you skip that step. I usually crank the M12 down to the second shallowest setting and test on a 2x4 scrap before I even look at the workpiece. Pneumatic still has that snappy response for sure, but once you get the battery stapler dialed in it's pretty consistent after the first few staples.
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jennys727d ago
Why does nobody talk about the time wasted messing with depth settings on a battery nailer when pneumatic just works out of the box? Once I had to reset depth three times on some M12 after the wood grain changed halfway down a run of crown.
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