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Default Brad nailer - 18 ga. big enough?


"Josepi" wrote in message
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Get a 16 Ga nailer. If you want to put baseboards on other heavy trim on
you
can shoot 2.5" nails with "T" heads and do a decent job and they won't
fall
off like the smooth 18 Ga. toys.




Jeez , a finish nailer is a toy compared to a framing nailer, might as well
recomend a framing nailer cause it will shoot 3 inch nails in case you want
to build a house. For the light weight work that the OP mentioned, a finish
nail would probably be way too much and he would run the risk of splitting
the trim.

Buy the gun that is best suited for the job at hand, not for what you migh
need it for in the future.