I just bought this pin nailer, it’s a very practical tool. I’ve been having problems with it since it won’t fire pins under 1 inch in length, anything above 1 inch works just fine without jamming or failing to fire. Although they’re not exactly jamming, it fires 1 or 2 pins and then it only sounds like it’s firing and it even leaves a mark on the wood but no pin. I figured opening the pin receptacle, then pushing the pins up and closing it again makes the tool fire another pin, and then nothing again… I think it may be either a problem with the “pushing” mechanism (the one that pushes the pins up so the tool can fire them), or an issue with the manufacture of the pins (I’m using a generic brand and the pins are a little bit shorter than they should. Apparently they’re in metric, only approximate to imperial)
Ive had mine 6 months and use it daily . It jams as the pins are coated with a plastic 'glue' to keep them together . Over time this collects in the barrell . I use generic pins .
Thanks for sharing. What kind of material are you shooting the pins into? Our pin nailer got jammed a lot working on attaching some 1/8" hardboard and we're wondering if it has to do with the hardness of the material (we ended up switching to brads)
@@clickapro I make wooden models such as those from Star Wars , sci fi series etc . The pins hold the piece in place during glue ups . It's often only soft wood's that I use . I've also got the brad gun . Sometimes the pin nailer goes thru the process of firing , leaves a tiny mark but no pin so the workpiece falls apart when I move it - very discouraging . It's a really good pin nailer and I've accepted that it periodically will jam . Also changing pin size will occasionally cause a jam . I'm on the Dewalt batteries or I would have thought about the Ryobi .
@@davedaniels8211 wow, that's so cool that you make wooden models! That's gotta take a lot of precise skill and patience. Sounds frustrating to have the pins not shoot sometimes. I hear you on the batteries. I'm stuck in DeWalt and Milwaukee land with the batteries. Thanks for sharing your experience! I'm sure it will help others.
God this thing is so sweet when it works.... Seems to be 0 issues with porter cable 1" nails but bostich 1.5" nails it cant shoot more than 50 at a clip or itll jam and be useless
Bummer it's not working. Have you tried to see if there is a jam going on like in this video? If there is no jam, the next thing to try is to fix the firing mechanism. There is a small hammer inside that can be replaced. There are some videos about this here on You Tube. Otherwise, another thing to try is to reach out to DeWalt for warrany service if it's been under a year. Best luck.
It’s the hammer in the gun. It’s stuck out. The same thing happened to mine. Use a small flathead screwdriver when it’s opened (like in this video) to push that flat silver hammer back all the way into the gun until it kinda locks into place (you’ll feel it) then load it back up with nails and try it.
nice video, anyone who owns this gun will need to do this over and over and over and over and over and over again.also usually you will need to completely remove the inner nose which is a pain in the butt, I have never been able to clear a jam on this gun the way you are showing here or very rarely at least. it jams up about every 3 or 4 nails . just a total piece of garbage.
For sure. I have a love-hate relationship with them. They're incredibly useful, but I wouldn't say they're perfect. Maybe someday though! I still pull out the air compressor and pneumatic nailer for many jobs.
this gun is the biggest piece of junk I have ever wasted my money on. it not only jams constantly but also will just misfire and not shoot a nail sometimes when you think it did. it is hard to get apart to clear a jam, far harder than any other 23 g nailer I have ever owned and mine after like 3 months is completely useless and will no longer ever shoot a nail it just dry fires every time. such a total waste of money. maybe if you are just nailing together a little bit of this and that on occasion using short pins then this would work out for you but for someone who uses it every day this will never cut it, it just doesnt work well enough, I think I have spent more time unjamming it and taking it apart putting back together than I have actually using it. JUNK JUNK JUNK do not buy this and if you do save that receipt and use it a bunch right away so you can discover for yourself how bad it is and return it before the return policy expires!
Agreed 100%. 5 yrs ago we got a ryobi Cordless pinner because dewalt didn't make one yet. Flawless performance from the ryobi for 5 yrs. About a month ago I picked a dewalt one up from the eBay so we only have to run one kind of battery (all our stuff is dewalt). Ran about 2 racks of nails thru it and poof, jam. way harder to clear than any of our other dewalt nailers. Here I am at this video. Junk.
Yeah this dewalt pin nailer is total junk. I cant use any pin nail longer than 3/4" without it jamming every other nail. I service cabinets so cordless is super helpful but this gun wastes a lot of my time clearing jammed nails.
