🔨 Makita XTP02Z Cordless Lithium Ion Nailer Review

Worked great, I was so happy using it I immediately started fixing things in and around the house. As soon as I had a chance to use it for exactly what I bought it for (putting numbers on homemade clocks and plates) the piston broke. Contacted Makita hoping the solution would be a simple "we'll send you a replacement part" (which costs about $7), but instead they want you to take it to a certified service center for repair. The closest one to us is over 40 miles away so it looks like I'll just…

It changed my life. I did everything the old fashioned way, doing everything by hand during isolation from the pandemic. Hand tools only, no power tools. Believe me, it was a fun experiment, but now I have a lot less time since I'm back at work. So to keep cutting wood, I have an electric or battery powered tool. Wow this makes things a lot easier, maybe not that much fun but I can certainly get more things done in the same amount of time. This is an example, I used these little bamboo nails to

TLDR: Don't waste your money on this! Insufficient power leads to frequent jams, does not always fully insert the nails, and eventually becomes unusable as jamming damages delicate parts of the tool. A 23g nail gun, but it's too fickle to be worth your time and money. I've had it for about a year now and use it professionally as a carpenter. From the start it seemed like it didn't have the strength to constantly drive nails into plywood, let alone hardwood. It jammed at least once a day, and…