electric brad nailers was bits for a Yankee push drill?

[pyotr filipivich]

[e-mail] on Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:18:37 -0500 typed in rec.woodworking the following:

Main issue with them I have found is that most don't have the "heft" to hold still when you drive a brad / staple. That is, while they are pushing the nail _in_, they are also pushing the nailer _out". If you hold it in, sort of lean on it, they'll do better. Otherwise, I use it as a "nail starter" which will get the panel held to the wall, and then I can go back and drive the brad all the way flush. Beats trying to hold the panel and the nail and the hammer.

[Clare Snyder]

Generally they work pretty good in softwood - some not so good in hardwood. The Milwaukee M18 Fuel 18 guage unit gets good reviews.Or spend Festool - like prices and buy a Paslode - which uses a butane canister and the battery just controls and ignites the fuel. Dewalt, Bostich, and poeter cable use a spinning flywheel. Get one with a fry-fire lockout that stops the unit from firing when you run out of nails so you don't continue dimpling your wood blissfully accomplishing nothing. I don't own one but several friends do and they love them for trim work and "fixturing" when gluing