hile helping me build a rack to store lumber on, my dad taught me something I never knew about the humble nail. Carpenters will laugh, but the tip of the nail is subtley two-faced. If you align the edge of the nail tip with the grain of your wood, you are more likely to split it, than if the nail’s edge is perpendicular to the grain of the wood.
A Note on Nails
hile helping me build a rack to store lumber on, my dad taught me something I never knew about the humble nail. Carpenters will laugh, but the tip of the nail is subtley two-faced. If you align the edge of the nail tip with the grain of your wood, you are more likely to split…
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