Should I buy a nail gun?

[Henno]

Hi guys,

Have a couple of small projects coming up which will require either some small nailing (35mm) but plenty of them. Not sure if I should fork out some cash on a Ryobi 18ga brad nailer or just quietly accept the fact there will be bruising and broken nails (mine).

I don't have any of the Ryobi line of products and $320 is a bit of a cash outlay for several projects.

Maybe I'm just getting lazier as I grow older!

I do have a Powerpass and $40 worth of unused vouchers.

Anyway, all I need is a little bit more convincing or an easier way of driving about 1000 nails.

Yours in DIY

Henno

[GeoffLongden]

Hey @Henno 

Get the gun, you will thanks me later, it is a huge pain saving device and if you don't want it, you can sell it to me later. I have just nailed hundreds of nails and like Brad hit my fingers a few times, bent nails etc and won't do it again . its worth the money

Cheers

Geoff

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