Powercleats ranging in size from 2′′ to 1-1/2′′ (50mm to 38mm.
Installs 3/4′′ to 5/8′′ in diameter and 33/32′′ in height (19mm to 16mm.
5MI Mallet, Drive Blade, Plunger Spring, Feeder Spring, Blade Retainer and 8-25 Adaptor Plate are all included in the package.
Manual Operation, No Requirement for a Compresso.
1 year manufacturer’s warranty (on parts.
The POWERNAIL 45RW Floor Nailer is a 16-gauge, manual-operated nailer with a ratcheting mechanism.
When it comes to talking about this piece of junk nailer, I’m not even sure where to begin. First and foremost, unless you are installing flooring in a closet, you should invest in a pneumatic nailer. Despite putting in 600 square feet, I developed tennis elbow within two days of hammering away at this project. The only way I could fix it was to hire someone to simply whack it, and I was apprehensive about doing so because I was concerned that I would be sued if the person developed the same elbow problem as I did.
When it comes to driving nails, I’d say that at least half of them wouldn’t go in. According to the manufacturer, you don’t have to hit it hard, and the rachet won’t come back up until the nail is firmly embedded in the wood. BS. I’d hit it in nearly every way imaginable, and as previously stated, at least half of the time the ratchet would immediately return to its original position. When you hit it again, all that happens is that it drives another nail right on top of the one that didn’t go through the first time. I eventually figured it out, so when it popped back up after I had clearly not hit it hard enough to finish the job, I was prepared to not hit it again until I had finished the job. I’d have to get a pair of plyers and break the half-driven nails out of the wood with them. Even when the ratchet did its job, the nails were frequently not driven deep enough, necessitating the use of a hammer and punch to drive them even further. And believe me when I say that every time I thought I had it figured out, the same crap would happen again and again. The thing would work five times in a row after I tried unsuccessfully to drive nails with my right hand and then switched to my left (uncoordinated) hand and the thing would work again. Bingo. Make use of my left hand. Six nails in a row would only go half way and would have to be broken off, just as I’d expect them to. I had a few spots where there were so many broken-off nails that I couldn’t even attempt to drive another nail because it would almost certainly end up on top of a broken nail.
My estimation is that for every one day that the job should have taken, I spent four days working on it. It took me three weeks to finish 600 square feet. Nailing in a board took at least 5 minutes in most cases, and that was only for setting 5 nails at the most. Set the five nails in place, break off two or three that went in halfway, and then drive in three out of five that were in deep enough that they couldn’t be broken off but weren’t in all the way. (See illustration..
The reason I purchased this was because it was one floor in a small townhome and I have no intention of putting in hardwood floors in the future. That was a huge, huge mistake. I only gave it a one-star rating because I didn’t have the option to give it a ZERO-star rating.
