Electric brad driver choice

[fishhead]

Does anyone have an electric brad driver that they like? I'm looking for one that can drive a 1 1/4" brad.

I tried the Arrow but brought it back after it jammed over and over.

[PyroDon]

better off with air and a 1/4" crown finish stapler

[Ross]

I've used a Dewalt cordless but it only eats Hitachi nails. Or it jams repeatedly.

[fishhead]

I don't have an air compressor or I'd go air.

Maybe there isn't a decent one that can handle brads that long.

[Ross]

Nothing wrong with Hitachi nails its just a pain to have to get them sometimes.
http://www.dewalt.com/us/products/to...roductID=17122

[travis91]

an air compressor has endless uses. if you can afford a cheap pancake type compressor at the least the possibility's are endless check harbor freight they normally have good cheap airtools

[fishhead]

But isn't there a minimum cu ft/min needed to run air tools?

[Ross]

Any little compressor with a bit of a tank will run a brad nailer. I have a Dewalt emglow which is OK for small stuff. To run a framing nailer you'd want a bigger compresor although the little Emglow will do it slowly!

[fishhead]

I do have a small compressor that is broken at the moment. The petcock needs to be replaced and it won't unscrew from the tank. It just crumbles when I try to unscrew it so I guess I'm going to have to try to carefully drill it out. Maybe I'll have to move that up the list.

I remember that when we did the roof we needed 5 cu ft/min at a fairly high psi.