

Low nail lockout prevents dry firing and unwanted marks on the work material.


But the no-mar nose piece is this stapler’s weakest link-impeding line of sight slightly and making the nose prone to slipping. The depth-of-drive knob works effortlessly, and the onboard work lights are helpful in some situations. It is possible to do this, but I found that sometimes the first shot or two buckled on the work surface-mostly when running 1-1/2-inch staples.
DEWALT NARROW STAPLE GUN JAM 20V FULL
The dry-fire lockout leaves about four staples in the magazine and it’s difficult to add a new full sleeve with those four staples still loaded. I didn’t have any issues with jams, though I did have some issues with staples not setting properly after reloading. The gun requires an Allen wrench to clear jams but has a lever to release the pin should it get stuck. The stapler has plenty of power it set staples nicely into pine and poplar 1-by when driven through birch and popular plywood. Sequential mode worked as anticipated-and you don’t have to put a lot of pressure on the nose to get the gun to fire. You can keep your finger on the trigger but have to completely depress the nose to move on to the next staple. When running in bump fire mode, the stapler was capable of keeping up with me when firing 1/4-inch birch plywood on the back of birch cabinets. The stapler's bump fire mode when running in pine and poplar plywood functions better than I expected there is not much ramp-up time compared with that of previous iterations of the flywheel design in earlier nailers. Aside from the weight and a couple of small issues I have with the stapler, it’s difficult to distinguish this from the pneumatic stapler I’ve been using for years. The brushless motor is powered by a single 20V Max battery. As with all of the tools in DeWalt’s line of cordless finish nailers, the stapler is driven by a pin that’s actuated by a flywheel. The DeWalt 18 GA Narrow Crown Stapler (DCN681) drives 18 GA 1/4" Narrow Crown Staples from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches. 1/4" narrow crown staples from 1/2" to 1-1/2" in length. The DeWalt DCN681D1 Cordless Narrow Crown Stapler is powered by 20V Max batteries and can drive 18 Ga.
