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Rant: My Milwaukee cordless trim nailer jammed on a cold morning job in Denver
I was installing some engineered hardwood in a house that was about 50 degrees, and the gun kept jamming every third nail. I learned the hard way that the cold grease inside gets too thick, so I had to warm the whole unit up with a hairdryer before it ran smooth. Has anyone else run into this with their cordless tools when it's chilly?
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the_abby6mo ago
Had the same thing happen with my DeWalt finish nailer in a Chicago winter. Garage was maybe 45 degrees and it started acting up. Took me forever to figure out the grease was the problem. Now I keep the battery and tool inside the truck cab overnight if I know it's a cold job. That hairdryer trick is a lifesaver though, had to do that once before I learned. Cold just wrecks the lube in these things.
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the_quinn6mo ago
Found the opposite with my old Milwaukee impact. Cold seemed to make the grease thicker but it actually ran smoother once it got going.
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evan_carr5mo ago
Yeah, my old drill did that too, felt like the grease was frozen solid for the first minute.
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