That's an excellent idea Mickey, and I can avoid cutting angles too. Thanks again.
Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -----Original Message----- From: "Mickey Fixsen"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 10/30/06 11:32:26 AM To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Trim Bill, You can use quarter round, if you want, but you might want to consider screen mold instead. It comes in a 3/4 inch width to match your top thickness and is about 1/4" thick with rounded edges. It works very nicely to finish off plywood edges. To answer your question, wire brads are simply very small finish nails. They come in various sizes, but are much smaller than "finish nails". You do use a nail set to just put their head below the surface, so that you can install putty to fill the holes. There are nail sets with many different size ends to use according to the nails being set. Good Luck. ----- Original Message ----- From: William Stephan To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:29 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Trim Folks: I have a table top made out of a piece of 3/4 plywood that I want to put some trim around for aesthetic reasons only. I plan on using quarter round for this, but I have no clue what I'm doing since I've never tried this before. I understand I can use either brads or finishing nails for this. What exactly is a brad, and how does it differ from a finishing nail. If I use finishing nails, I know I have to use a nail set to seat them below the surface of the wood. Are there different sizes of nail sets available, and how are the sizes expressed. I have a couple nail sets, but they look too big for finishing nails, to me at least. If I use brads, what kind of tool do I need to seat them, and are there different sizes of that tool and how would those sizes be expressed? Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/493 - Release Date: 10/23/2006 ---------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/493 - Release Date: 10/23/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
