Milwaukee's Pneumatic Nailers and Staplers

Please note: I intended to publish this about a month ago, but with our move into our new facility and other issues, that goal obviously slipped. Still good info even though this is no longer a preview of an upcoming tool, but of a tool that should be available now.

I got the opportunity to get a little hands-on preview of Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation's newest addition to their product line: pneumatic nail guns and a staple gun. Dave N, our Milwaukee rep stopped in with his demo units of almost all of their new tools, and in exchange for our knowledge on air tools, he let me get some photos of many of the nice features on these tools.

I'm going to write up articles on each major family of these tools, i.e. roofing nailer, framing nailers, finish nailers and brad nailer. The article on Milwaukee's coil roofing nailer, the 7120-21 is already up. I will link to them all here and at the end of this entry. In the mean time, this article will cover common features to all the tools and otherwise be a reference about what Milwaukee hopes to achieve with these air guns. They have issued a press release about the tools, which I will comment on here as well.

Milwaukee Tool is promising that the tools are going to be tough, or as every tool company under the sun likes to say "heavy-duty." The also promise that the pneumatics are going to meet the needs of the contractors that use them, whether they are roofers, framers, finish carpenters or remodelers. Of course, I'm guessing that we'll see a fair share end up in the hands of the high-end do-it-yourself crowd, after all why should professionals have all the fun?

All the tools features some common features and traits. A quick rundown of those features are magnesium housings, tool-free depth-of-drive adjustment, selectable triggers providing contact actuation or single sequential actuation modes, built-in self-cleaning air filter, tool-free adjustable exhaust with muffler, internal piston catch to keep the piston at optimum firing power, and rubber over-molded handle and trigger. One other feature to mentions is they are all covered under Milwaukee's 5 Year Warranty. I'll have more specifics on these features in some of the write ups I do.

The tools in the line up are:

Coil Roofing Nailer, Milwaukee's model 7120-21 • Hands On Review • ToolBarn product page
3-1/2" Clipped Head Framing Nailer, Milwaukee's model 7110-20
• ToolBarn product page
3-1/2" Round Head Framing Nailer, Milwaukee's model 7100-20
• ToolBarn product page
18 gauge Brad Nailer, Milwaukee's model 7150-21
• ToolBarn product page
16 gauge Straight Finish Nailer, Milwaukee's model 7145-21
• ToolBarn product page
15 gauge Angled Finish Nailer, Milwaukee's model 7140-21
• ToolBarn product page
18 gauge Narrow Crown Stapler, Milwaukee's model 7155-21
• ToolBarn product page