Medalist Brad Nailer

**`Felix`** · 19th January 2004, 02:24 PM

G'day All,

Well I have read with interest the threads about Cheap Brad Nailers and was set to get one of the Super Cheap Auto products, however they are no longer available in WA so I went looking for other options.

After some hunting around on the net and visiting Bunning's and other local tool suppliers I settled on the Medalist Brad Nailer (I did first try the Medalist Brad Nailer/Finish stapler with mixed results).

The gun is cheap ($99.00) but for my requirements being a beginner weekend home woodworker it seemed like the best option. After some testing with some pine I found that 60psi is the best setting for a nice neat 1mm counter punched finish. On some occasions I did get an impression on the timber from the safety blade that needs to be depressed before you can fire the gun, and on some occasions the gun fired (after pulling the trigger of course) without actually firing a Brad into the timber.

The Kit comes with a plastic carry case, of course the Gun, 200 18g C1 Brads, safety glasses, oil and air connector.

I have never used one of those tradesman quality guns to offer a real comparison, but for my use, I have been happy with the performance and cost.

**rodm** · 23rd January 2004, 12:24 AM

Darren,
I have a combination of nail guns - Paslode, WMS and a cheap Chinese Bradder. There are differences in quality but they all do the same job. For a weekend woodworker the cheap guns are hard to pass up. Watch the fingers as sometimes the brads shoot through the side of your wood. I got caught holding a mitre joint together with one hand while nailing with the other. The nail shot through the side of the timber and into the end of my thumb.
It is not uncommon to get some marking from the bradder with pine but you can usually sand this off or fill it without too much hassle.
Sounds like you may have a problem with the magazine if it misses brads occassionaly. Make sure you put the brads to the bottom of the magazine with the heads riding on one of the ridges - the lowest ridge to the bottom of the magazine that they will sit on. Also check the slide and springloading of the magazine. It could just be crappy brads so check along the heads to make sure there is no burrs causing the brads to bind in the magazine. A bit of oil here and there may also fix it.

**DanP** · 23rd January 2004, 01:03 AM

Felix,

Just got one of the $79 bradders from Big W. Includes 5000 brads. Have had a little play with it and I am quite happy so far. Banged brads into anything that stood still for two seconds in the shed.

If I was going to be using it day in and day out I would have invested the big bucks, but I won't so I didn't.

Dan

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