New DeWalt DPSB2IN1-XJ

[arso_bg]

Hi everybody!

I recently purchased a brad nailer DeWalt DPSB2IN1-XJ
The manual desn’t give explicit instruction in regard to oiling. The only istruction is “Do not over-oil and do not use heavy grade oil as stalling and low performance may result.”
Can someone share his experience here what kind of oil should be used, how much, how often etc. with this tool

Thank you in advance!
Happy woodworking …  [smile]

 

[luvmytoolz]

You need a bottle of Air Tool oil, very similar viscosity to mineral oil. I put maybe 5 drops in the air connector after each 8 or so hours  use.

 

[Cheese]

I keep a couple of these in the shop...they're small and I'll take one outside or throw one in the pneumatic tool container if I go on-site. I usually deposit 3 drops in the tool in the morning and another 3 drops in the tool around noon. You don't want to over oil the tool, it doesn't take a lot to keep it healthy.

I've over oiled a floor stapler and it promptly spit oil on a clear maple floor that was going to be finished with water based Traffic. Not a pretty sight and a huge mess to correct.

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[arso_bg]

I see!

Thank you very much for your replies..... [smile]

 

[Crazyraceguy]

This is one of those "it depends" type of things. If your air is clean and more importantly dry, you can get by with less. There is also a difference between piston tools and spinning tools. The piston type (nailer/stapler) are not as sensitive to oil as the veins in a spinning motor (sander/grinder)
Plus, that tiny bit of oil, done rather infrequently, is sufficient. You never want to put in so much that it comes back out through the exhaust port. It makes a mess of the muffler and go as far as to drip on your project. As Cheese said, that can have some pretty rough consequences.
Motors, like a sander or die grinder, don't run well when they are dry.....and even worse with water in them. Dry is the most important thing.
That being said, you might be surprised by how much abuse they can take. Because of my experience in an autobody repair shop, prior to my cabinet shop days, I was taught to be weary of oil at all. DA sanders were essentially considered sacrificial. If one gets damaged, rather than get oil on a car, it's okay. Shockingly, it never happened, so I have kept that mentality in the cabinet shop. The same reasoning applies. Oil soaked, into wood, will cause finishing problems.
The pneumatic palm sander that I have has been run completely un-oiled for nearly 6 years, in a professional environment. It's nothing special, cheap Chinese un-branded, from Amazon, but it works.
I don't use it as much as I used to, because of the dust extraction in Festool sanders, but it still gets used daily.
I'm not saying don't oil yours, but one drop (monthly or so) is plenty.