Problem with 15g angled nailer.

Just want to make sure i'm not missing anything.. New to these guns, and well just need to get it going.

Its not shooting anything.

I have the 15g collation angled 34 degree nails.

The gun is a 34 degrees angle finish nailed which shoots 1-1/3" to 2 -1/2" long finish nails.

Know its not the compressor, as i've tested two compressors at 100psi and its just not happening. Want to know if its more likely to be faulty nails or gun ?

HF is almost a 100mile round trip for me I'll get some nails from lowes..

 

Exactly what does it do when you plug the air hose in and pull the trigger?
HF has a good customer service dept so you might want to call them.

 

Not meaning to be a jerk but did you read the instructions? You have to hold the "nose" of the gun solidly against the material before pulling the trigger or it won't fire.

 

Open the nose piece up and see if the driver is sticking out, not letting the nails advance. If it is, you might need to manually push the driver back up. Send us pics of the gun itself if you want the best advice.

 

yes its firm, and yes the spring loaded mech is pushing the nails. I'm just going to get a new one from lowes.

 

I have the same gun and never had an issue. Make sure the spring loaded nail advance is pulled back and putting pressure on the nails. I would pull the nails out, lift the nail hatch (red toggle on nose) and see if there is a stuck nail. Sometimes on guns that only have a metal tip without a rubber cushion, it is tough to depress the actuator up front all he way, you have to re-position the gun to get the safety feature to operate.

 

Do you know what opening the nosepiece means... and know what the driver is? The driver is connected to the piston and is what drives the nail down into the wood. Not what pushes the nails forward.

 

One other idea: After inserting the nails make sure you pull back on the spring tensioner (circled) so it is at the back end of the row of nails. That moves the nails down to the front.

 

Thanks turns out i was loading the nails the wrong way. I thought it was from the front, by disconnecting the latch and front loading. Feel a bit stupid. Was with a buddy both of us are reasonably mechanically minded and clearly if you're doing your own floor, reasonably handy. But it most definitely fooled us. First time users of these finish and floor nailers mind (in our defence lol). HF instructions, are absolute crap. Anyway, its one of those things easy when you know how.

Nailer worked out great today. Got in a lot of tight spaces that i'd otherwise not of been able too in my flooring project.

 

We've all done something that made us feel stupid later A lot of modern day instruction sheets leave a lot to be desired

I felt like it was something simple, glad you got it figured out

 

I had not used one of my nailers in a couple of years and also forgot how to load nails. Took me about 10 minutes to remember.

 

My first miter saw that I got years ago was one of the first major tool purchased I had ever made. As I did not use it much, it was quite a while between starting to use it and needing to change the blade. The instruction book was long since lost and the internet was not what it is today. But I did have the original tools. So off I went to gain access to the arbor nut to change the blade. I basically disassembled the whole saw, springs flying everywhere, little screw that did not want to go back, forgot to take pictures for reference. Took me the better part of 3 hours. Come to find out, you loosen one screw and the blade guard pivots out of the way. Now, I can perform the task in less than a minute. I make sure I read all instruction manuals at least once on all new purchases so I don't make the same idiotic mistake ever again.