I thought the new cordless framing nailers were just overpriced toys.

My boss in Austin insisted we try one on a 2-week build, and it actually kept pace with the pneumatic guns on a 3-story addition. Has anyone else been surprised by a tool they were sure would be a waste of money?

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michael6692mo ago

Funny how we get stuck thinking the old way is the only real way. Happens with everything from tools to phones to how we do our jobs. Makes you wonder what else we're all wrong about right now, doesn't it? That cordless nailer proving you wrong is a perfect little lesson.

lewis.terry2mo ago

Nah man, that "perfect little lesson" idea is way too clean. Sometimes the old way is the old way because it just works and the new thing is a downgrade with extra steps. You see it with phones that remove the headphone jack or apps that get worse with every update. @michael669, that cordless nailer might be great until the battery dies in the middle of a job and you're stuck waiting for a charge. Not every change is real progress, sometimes it's just change for its own sake.

robin6282mo ago

Totally get the "battery dies in the middle of a job" thing. My buddy switched his whole carpentry crew to these fancy cordless planers. They were loving it until a big custom deck job, all three batteries quit within an hour of each other. Had to send a guy on a 40 minute run to the store just to finish the day. They went back to corded the next week.

avery21921d ago

Keep an extra battery charged and hot swap em, problem solved. @michael669 youre right that we get stuck in old habits but this is less about progress and more about planning ahead. My buddy runs a crew too and they keep like 6 batteries charging at all times for their cordless saws. Never had a whole crew go down at once because they just rotate em out between cuts.