Actually the Angled are best for Trim work for several reasons. I've been doing finish trim, kitchens, commercial casework and architectual millwork since 1983. I own many nailers mostly senco, but my firt nailers were Paslodes.. which I still own and occasionaly use. The angled nailers are MUCH more convenient when running trim. The straight nailers get in the way of every process on trin work...from hanging doors, running baseboard, running crown, stair railing mouldings, chair rail or anything else. an example would be that an angled nailer can focus the driver into tight spots between the hinge and doorstop when hanging doors. The end of a straight nailer will also limit the options you can shoot from when doors are close to walls and can't fully open because they hit the door. When running crown again one is limited at the angle you can shoot nails because the straight nailer hits the wall at it's end... turning the stright nailer may help here but this inevitably causes you to shoot the nailhead across the grain and create a much more unsightly hole and in most cases, the proper area for shooting the nail cannot be correctly negotiated ( the small flat area at the lower portion of the moulding). When using nailers on baseboard, angled nailers make nailing the inside corners of rooms much easier and allow for shooting the nail downward into the 2x4 wall floor plate without the required horizontal positioning and angling of the nailer head of straight nailers which in most cases leave the nail head to close to the surface or even above it.
I've used both nailer types for years and use them every day...my paslode straight nailer has been collecting dust for an awfull long time now.
The ONLY benefit for using straight nailers is that the nails are generally less expensive because many more generic nail manufacturers can make them and with less manufacturing cost which trickles down to us the consumer |
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