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Nails Types and Size |
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Types of nails can be described by shanks, heads and points, besides sizes. |
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Shank Types of Nails |
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Most nails have smooth shanks.
Ring-shank nails are used with softwood, in situations where the nail will be pushed from side to side, which tends to enlarge the hole and free smooth-shank nails.
Spiral-shank nails are mostly used with hardwood. They have great holding power. |
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Nail Heads |
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Most nails have flat heads, in some cases very large ones. |
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The brad head is found on finishing nails and brads. Usually it is cupped; that is, it has a small depression in the middle of the head that serves to steady a nail set. |
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Duplex heads are used where the nail must be removed later, for example, in constructing movie sets. |
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Nail Points |
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Most nails have a diamond point, a 4-sided pyramid. Some however, have needle points, and a few types have a chisel point or a duckbill point. |
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