My cordless nailer jammed on a big trim job in Tacoma last month

It was a Milwaukee M18 Fuel 15-gauge, and it just stopped driving nails all the way in. I mean, it was the third day of a big house project, and I was stuck. I took it apart right there and found a tiny piece of trim stuck in the driver blade channel. Cleaned it out with some air and a pick, and it ran fine. Has anyone else had that happen with their cordless nailers?

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joseph_green133d ago

My old boss in Spokane always said cordless nailers were basically immune to jamming. I argued with him about it for years. Seeing that a tiny piece of trim can lock up a Milwaukee M18 really proves how wrong that idea was. It doesn't matter how good the tool is if something gets in the channel. I don't take that kind of thing for granted anymore. Now I blow mine out at the end of every day.

victor_nelson3d ago

Man, I was totally in that camp too. I used to think my cordless nailer was just too new and solid to ever jam up. But like @casey342 said, it really shows how one tiny piece of debris can wreck your whole flow. Finding a wood chip in the mechanism last spring changed my whole view. Now I check it almost as often as I load a new strip of nails.

casey3423d ago

Yeah, I always thought cordless tools were just tougher to jam. That little piece of trim getting in there proves how a tiny bit of debris can stop everything. Makes me check the channel way more often now.