Well Dave, we were union carpenters so we had to move faster than that <g>. Roger
From: ctxmf74 Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 10:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Tweaking Spikes --- In mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com, "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
