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This 23-gauge 1-3/8-inch Pin Nailer delivers impressive performance with a lightweight aluminum body that makes it easy to use all day. Keep it at your side and ready to use with the reversible belt clip. This tool is ideal for cabinet makers, cabinet installers, furniture builders, and mantle builders. It's perfect for light fastening and clamping applications including, but not limited to, small trim and small decorative moldings, cabinet crown molding, raised panel doors, rope and bead molding, mantle building, and wood joining. Use this Pin Nailer to fasten materials that would normally split when using larger tools. Designed with a maintenance-free motor, it requires no oil to be added to the tool. The motor utilizes a dual-stack ring system where the outer ring is designed to minimize internal friction, resulting in longer tool life. This improved motor design helps reduce the possibility of work surface oil contamination and promotes hassle-free tool operation.
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Added Versatility and Flexibility
Weighing only 2.2 pounds, the PIN138 delivers impressive durability with an aluminum body and magazine construction. The reversible belt clip allows the user to keep the tool by his or her side for when it is needed. This tool is ideal for cabinet makers, cabinet installers, furniture builders, and mantle builders. The PIN138 is appropriate for light fastening and clamping applications including, but not limited to, small trim and small decorative moldings, cabinet crown molding, raised panel doors, rope and bead molding, mantle building, and wood joining. Additionally, the nailer has the ability to fasten materials that would normally split when using larger tools, providing greater flexibility and time-savings on projects.
Improved Motor Design
Designed with a maintenance-free long life motor, the Porter-Cable PIN138 23-gauge, 1-3/8” pin nailer requires no oil to be added to the tool. The motor utilizes a dual-stack ring system where the outer ring is designed to minimize internal friction, resulting in longer tool life and eliminating the guess of how much oil needs to be added to the pin nailer. The improved motor design helps reduce the possibility of work surface oil contamination and promotes hassle-free tool operation.
What's Included
The consistent power and penetration of the PIN138 is delivered through an internal piston catch that holds the piston-driver assembly at the highest position in the cylinder, resulting in maximum power on each shot and ensuring accurate nail setting. The PIN138 is designed to counter-sink a 1-3/8-inch nail into hard materials, such as oak. The PIN138 also provides the option of using headless and slight headed 23-gauge pin nails from 5/8-inch to 1-3/8-inch in length. The ability to utilize both nails gives the user a choice of keeping nail hole size to a minimum by using headless pin nails or maximize holding power by using the slight head pin nails. The increased holding power from slight headed pin nails provides even more applications to use your pin nailer. Either type of pin nail will save you time by reducing the need for clamping on a particular project or eliminating the need to fill holes due to their extremely small size.
Tool and Workplace Safety
Featuring a dry-fire lock-out, the PIN138 will not allow users to fire the tool when there are no nails remaining in the tool. This feature eliminates witness marks (empty nail holes in the material). In addition, a low nail indicator is provided on the outside of the side-loading magazine to alert the user when nails are running low. For added convenience, the PIN138 holds 130 pin nails and automatically adjusts to different fastener lengths to provide easier loading and fewer problems with pin nails that are out of spec. The PIN138 includes additional features that further protect your work surface from being damaged. The tool comes equipped with a rear exhaust, which directs any potential moisture and contaminates away from the work surface. The PIN138 is designed with a narrow nose for improved visibility and features a removable non-marring tip that eliminates wood indentations. An extra non-marring tip is provided and stored on the tool. Plus, a rubberized Porter-Cable logo on the side of the tool provides soft contact if the tool were laid on the work surface.
What's Included
The Porter-Cable PIN138 23-gauge, 1-3/8-inch pin nailer kit includes the PIN138 pin nailer, 2000 headless pin nails, one 1/4-inch plug with cap, one wrench for internal access, and one carrying case.
Porter-Cable Reliability
The Porter-Cable PIN138 23-gauge, 1-3/8-inch pin nailer kit is backed by a three-year limited warranty, includes one year of free service and a ninety-day money back guarantee.
buffalobill45
June 12, 2025
Very pleased w/ this purchase, as I've been with almost all the Porter Cable power tools I've purchased over the years. . . Thus far, I've only used this pin nailer a few times to run trim moldings, and even some baseboards. Next time I'll use a brad nailer, instead for baseboards, as the smaller gauge pin nails do not have the 'umph' to pull the baseboards in tight against the 2x4 studs and/or baseplates. But that was an operator error - so to speak - as I wanted to test the limits & capabilities of this pin nailer. For thin and/or fragile wood or PVC type moldings, including picture frames, face frames, furniture trimwork, etc, it works perfectly!Nailer doesn't require a large amount of CFM to operate, so it'll work fine w/ small compressors, but be careful to set the output regulator's air pressure on your compressor per the pin nailer's operating manual. It is relatively quiet when operated, comfortable to use, light weight, and compact for use in confined work situations. Depth settings are easy to adjust, and I only have encountered a couple of pins that weren't driven below the work surface, and that may have been my fault, and not the nailer's. One should exercise caution when using a pin nailers, as unlike larger nail guns, it's not necessary to have the nose of the tool against the work's surface being fastened; consequently, it's possible to fire nails 'into the air'. This is not unique to Porter Cable's pin nailers, and to the best of my knowledge, all pin nailers share this trait. It also seems well made, and should withstand repeated use on jobsites, as long as one doesn't use it as a hammer!The ability to run various length of pin nails up to 1 3/8 long makes this a versatile nailer. Wish I'd got one years ago.
Michael Makarevich
May 14, 2025
I build fine furniture as a hobby and demand high quality from my tools as my furniture is quite intricate and I usually work with exotics or semi-exotics. This nailer is absolutely great for a $100. You can feel the quality when you hold it and work with it.I read a lot about different models but couldn't see where I would need longer pins than this gun can shoot and couldn't convince myself to spend $300 on a pinner.I did a couple of projects with it already and it worked flawlessly. It felt great in my hand and I could get to all of the tight spots I needed. I love its ability to shoot the invisible pins at an angle when you take the plastic tip off while doing glue ups or trim work (increases its ability to shoot the pins at a sharper angle)As an example of how strong these pins can hold wood together I did a little experiment. I shot three 3/4 pins to connect to pieces of cherry of about 1/2 inch thick. I couldn't pull them apart without prying them apart with the screwdriver (of course, two pieces of pine would not hold the pins so securely but one could use longer pins with heads (partially braided) and shoot them at an angle to compensate for the softness of the wood, I guess).Usually, you can find something you don't like or not so crazy about in a particular tool. I couldn't find anything negative about it. You look at the gun and notice all the thoughtful details like rubber pads on the side, the holder for a tip etc. Porter-Cable designers did a good homework if they could manufacture this type of quality gun for so cheap.Hope this quick review helps.
Rich
April 19, 2025
Great pin nailer and doesn't require oil like some brands. For finish carpentry you don't want oil staining the wood, so oil-free guns are best in my opinion. Also like larger safety lever as it is easy to pull with middle finger and pull trigger to shoot nail with index finger. Some brands safety is only slightly longer than trigger making it a bit more to fiddle with, but this gun's safety trigger is great.
Bill B
April 15, 2025
Purchased this pin nailer primarily for wood working projects. This week I’ve been building a shop cabinet / router table where I used this to mount the safe frame and drawer fronts. Yes, my photo is missing a drawer front… I ran out of hardwood :/Comes in a nice case with safety glasses and a box of nails. The build quality seems rugged and it’s very comfortable to operate. Controls are straight forward as well, just like any brad nailer. It’s very easy to place pins precisely.When I did receive it, I opened the packaging and left the nailer in the garage so I could use it the next day. I milled a bunch of hardwood to 1/2” for the drawer fronts that evening and planned to mount them the following day. The next day I glue up the bottom drawer front and go to fire the pin nailer… nothing. I tried troubleshooting and couldn’t get it to fire. After reading the manual and scouring the inter web I found that in cold conditions it binds up and won’t fire pins. I take the nailer inside and hit it with the heat gun and it immediately starts firing pins. This is kind of inconvenient because I live in IL and it gets cold more than half the year. I’m keeping it because it works really well and I don’t want to go through a return, but in winter months I’m going to store it in the mud room instead in the garage so it’s ready for use.
Confusean
March 19, 2025
So far so good. Have used it for a couple projects now and has worked very well. The second safety trigger took a little getting used to but I much prefer it to the tip style safety mechanisms, far easier to work in tight spaces at less than ideal angles.
Bryan M.
March 18, 2025
Found it worked very well.Didnt see the arrow on the nails that points down because they have no head it is important to orient right direction or it causes jam ups. Highly recommend it is a quality tool
Doug P.
January 23, 2025
good product, works well
Fred Salazar
January 16, 2025
great nailer , i have the 18 gauge already but first time using the 23 gauge
bisaro
January 11, 2025
Nice unit compact in size, works just like my $250 pinner I have...
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