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I am building Jack 12 Lites and I think that for every nail that hits I have two that miss. I miss a lot on 1/2" ply too (not that ratio though) so I think I'm just a terrible shot with my brad nailer.

Thankfully most of the brads have popped out into the inside of the cabinet where nobody can see them.

I'm not complaining, just sharing.

It's simple... Aim to miss and then your ratio would be 2 hits to 1 miss. That's doubling your accuracy

Try rotating the nailer 90 degrees whenever possible. It's quite difficult to get the angle correct by moving the gun back and forth, but sideways it's a lot easier. The nails are also stiffer in that direction, so they'll be less prone to bend and come out through the surface.

Nice.

Thx

The nail probably comes out of the head where you don't expect it, if your gun supports staples, the nails actually come out to the side.

Chris_Allen wrote:The nail probably comes out of the head where you don't expect it, if your gun supports staples, the nails actually come out to the side.

This

Mine comes out the bottom left. I marked it with paint so I won't forget. Also hold it so the top and hose side are in line with the width. Making a pencil line helps a lot too.

jimbo7 wrote:Making a pencil line helps a lot too.

Yeah, I learnt that one on my first ever go with one Firing blind into a big sheet of ply ain't easy, and it's too late to turn back once it's covered in PL!!

I will have to check on all that, and thanks for the tips!

Another trick is to angle the gun towards the inside of the cab, so if it does miss it does so where it doesn't matter.

jswingchun wrote:Thankfully most of the brads have popped out into the inside of the cabinet where nobody can see them...:

Talking Heads have the solution.

"We're on the nail to nowhere,
It's going inside.
Taking that aim to nowhere,
We're sure it will hide"

Harley wrote: Talking Heads have the solution.

"We're on the nail to nowhere,
It's going inside.
Taking that aim to nowhere,
We're sure it will hide"

Harley wrote:

jswingchun wrote:Thankfully most of the brads have popped out into the inside of the cabinet where nobody can see them...:

Talking Heads have the solution.

"We're on the nail to nowhere,
It's going inside.
Taking that aim to nowhere,
We're sure it will hide"

Bad Harley....

NO!