Killed my brad nailer - don't do this stupid thing.

[LCHIEN]

So stupid. I destroyed my Craftsman brad nailer.
Of course I deserved it and figure it was a miracle it worked at all.
loaded a 1.5" 16 ga. brad strip into my 18 ga. brad nailer and then another and then a third strip.
I shot about 120 brads before it complained and died.
20 years old, no parts available for it at all.

This is not the first time I did this but the first time it jammed immediately.and I was able to clear it.

Now it wont shoot at all.

The really stupid thing it I took the 16 ga. brads out and put them in my HF 18 ga nailer and they wouldn't even fit.
I'm sad to say I thought the HF nailer was broken and it took me several minutes before I started checking why the brads would not even feed.
I must be getting old and stupid.

[leehljp]

I get my 16 and 18 brads mixed on occasion also. It usually is my putting 18s into the 16. On about the 4th of 5th shot, it double shoots.

[Jim Frye]

I cut it off twice and it's still too short.

[capncarl]

It might not have been the 16ga nails that did you nailer in. 20 yrs is probably well beyond it’s expected lifetime. The plastic innards get brittle and break due to nothing you did. I’ve lost 3 nailers / staplers this year due to this phenomenon. My porter cable narrow head stapler will cost >$50 to repair, I’ll probably just spend $39 on a harbor freight stapler.

[LCHIEN]

It might not have been the 16ga nails that did you nailer in. 20 yrs is probably well beyond it’s expected lifetime. The plastic innards get brittle and break due to nothing you did. I’ve lost 3 nailers / staplers this year due to this phenomenon. My porter cable narrow head stapler will cost >$50 to repair, I’ll probably just spend $39 on a harbor freight stapler.

I've repaired that nailer at least once due to plastic pistons failing. THis time I opened up the piston and it seems some parts were missing or disintegrated. Anyway, no parts available anymore. It hit the trash can.