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Dennis compares a crown stapler and a brad nailer and explains which jobs each nail gun is for.

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About Nailer

Pin nailer in its carrying caseA Nailer, also called a nail gun or a nailgun, is a tool used to quickly drive nails into tough materials such as hardwoods and metal. It’s much faster while also being more accurate and precise than other manual methods, such as a hammer and nails. This allows you to save both time and energy when using a nailer. 

A nail gun is perfect for inserting nails, especially when many pins are required to be inserted all at once. 

A few popular and common nail gun uses: 

  • to lay floorboards quickly and secure them together
  • embed nails into the sides of walls, especially for projects that require more significant bits of wood to be joined together
  • for wood fencing, framing, roofing shingles, small wood crafting, making pet homes, installing baseboards, and crown molding 

Projects such as flooring, roofing, and framing require different kinds of nailing methods. Thus, there are nail guns designed for these functions. They include 

  • framing nail gun
  • finish nailer
  • brad nailer
  • pin nailer
  • palm nailer
  • flooring nailer
  • siding nailer
  • staple gun

They can also be categorized as either a battery-powered nail gun, pneumatic nailer, electric nailer, air nail gun, trim nail gun, cordless nail gun, or coil nail gun.