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I'll take a good old framing hammer over a palm nailer any day for small jobs
Everyone at my shop in Austin swears by palm nailers for putting in hangers. But I did a 40-unit townhouse project last summer where I tried using one, and it kept failing in tight spots with the angle wrong. Switched back to my 22 oz Estwing and knocked out the rest in half the time. Has anyone else found that a standard hammer is just faster for certain tasks?
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thomas29125d agoMost Upvoted
Read a blog post saying palm nailers are overrated for tight spots. Agreed.
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blake_smith25d ago
No way, I gotta push back on that one! Palm nailers saved me so many times in tight spots where a regular hammer or even a mini nailer wouldn't fit. I've squeezed them between studs and into corners where you'd never get a swing in, and they drive nails flush every time. You just have to get used to the trigger and the weight, but once you do, they're way faster than a hammer in those cramped spaces. I'd grab my palm nailer over a hammer any day for electrical boxes or toe-kick work.
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