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NAIL STARTING xx NAIL Soda straw and a length of string make holder for starting a nail where fingers can't reach. Use a three-claw part retriever as a holder when starting small nails. Tip on a simple wooden tool to hold nail upright while nailing wall paneling. Nail king. A 2-ft.-long piece of wood with a handsawn kerf in one end serves to hold a nail for starting. Tip on using a serrated trowel (used for spreading glue) as a nail spacing guide. Extension holder holds nails for hard-to-get-at locations. Tip: Glue a magnet to your hammer to start nails in overhead framing projects. Tip: Slotted piece of plywood serves to guide a nail and protect the work piece from hammer blows. Tip on starting nails with one hand using the side of your hammer. Holder for starting small nails or brads is made from paper. Using a hammer to start nails with one hand in hard-to-reach places. Tip shows how to use a small magnet to hold when starting brads or small nails. Tip for starting a nail with one hand while standing on a ladder. The "pea-shooter". A 30" long nail driver which holds a nail in a hollow rod while you hammer it home with a lead-weighted driver rod. Useful when hanging cabinets by yourself, or to drive nails into tight corners. Tip to make it easier to start a "toenail" without the nail either slipping or splitting the wood. Tip on using the handle of your hammer to start a nail just beyond your reach. Stick with a kerf holds nail for hard-to-reach nail starting. Tip on starting small finish nails into tight places. Tip on converting a pair of needle-nose pliers to drive brads. Tip: Use tweezers to hold small brads. Tip: Nail starter made from strips of corrugated cardboard. Tip: Make a nail starter for tight places from a length of pipe and steel rod. Tip: Nail starter made from metal rod and rubber tubing (or wooden rod). Protects furniture or fine moldings from hammer marks. Tip on using putty to start a nail or screw. Tip: (1) How to use putty as a nail starter. (2) How to blue nail heads to make them less conspicuous. Tip: How to hold a tack or a brad in the teeth of a comb so it can be started without banging your fingers. Tip: Screw or nail holder is made by gluing a bobby pin in a wooden handle. Tack starter. A metal rod holds tack for starting with hammer. Magnetic strip with a notch will hold a small nail or brad for starting. Tip shares 12 ways to hold nails when starting. Correct way to hold nails for starting in order to minimize pain if you miss the nail head. Tip: Use a spring-loaded test lead hook-type probe to hold small nails for starting. Faster, accurate rib nailing uses 4" tweezers that have been modified for the job of gripping the tiny nails. Device to facilitate picking up and starting short, small nails using a magnetized screwdriver or tack hammer. Tip shows how to use a 3"x5" index card to hold a finish nail or brad for starting. Tip: Use a magnet when starting small nails or brads. Tip: Holder for starting small screws or nails is made from a bobby pin and a wooden dowel. Tip: Use slip-joint "water pump" pliers to install brads into a picture frame. Tip: Use a narrow shim or piece of cardboard to hold a brad or short finish nail. Tip: Use a pocket comb to hold small nails for starting. Wooden gripper stick saves your fingers when installing short nails or screws. Holder for starting small brads is made from wood and a magnet. Simple device to make sure nails and panel pins are started vertically is made from a standard spring clothespin. Homemade brad holder uses a magnet to support the nail at 90-degrees or 60-degrees to the surface. Tip: Convert a spring clothespin into a holder for small tacks and brads to avoid hitting your fingers. Tacking stick. Long dowel, equipped with magnet in end, eliminates constant bending over to install carpet tacks. | |||||||||
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