My Paslode Nailer is Worth the Price

I was a bit scared about nailing that oak trim back on the newel post as I thought it may split being it is very hard and old. I was going to drill little, tiny holes first and then use finish nails but the minute drill bit I bought was still a hair too big for the finish nails.

I decided to try my Paslode cordless, angled, finish nailer that I bought a few years ago and had used on the old oak door trim in the dining room without any splitting. I hadn't used it in several months and after multiple false trigger pulls (and my husband walking away from holding the trim after several negative attempts to shoot the nails) I changed the fuel cell, charged the battery and got it working again. It's always fun to try and lure your helper back after so many "wait a minute, let me try it again, I think its working now" attempts.

It was really hard for my husband to hold the pieces level while I was pushing down on the gun and angling it upwards into the trim in order for the nail gun to fire. But we managed to get it on straight and most of the nails don't even need to be countersunk. I don't know how we would of gotten it on there straight hitting it with a hammer. The best part was that these nails didn't split that super-hard, antique oak trim.


I'll have to paint the silver-colored nails and coat them with shellac so they don't show. This nail gun was one of my more expensive tool purchases but I will be using it a lot, what a time saver! They are a bit tempermental, though. Mine jammed last year and I had to take it in to be fixed. They were able to pull the jammed nails out and the repair shop didn't even charge me a cent. That's a first!

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