--- In [email protected], "Roger Nulton" <roger.nulton@...> wrote:
>
> Hum. It's an old carpenter's trick to blunt the head of a nail on concrete
> before driving it, to avoid splitting the wood. The blunt head mashes the
> wood fibers rather than separating them.
Yeah, the alternate to using concrete to blunt it is turn the nail upside
down and whack the point with your hammer then turn it right side up and drive
it. The blunted point leaves little sharp edges that cut the wood fibers when
driven thru instead of spreading them and the spot where you hit it upside down
leaves a crushed circle of wood fibers to accept the head as it snugs
down..DaveBranum
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