Working with antique buildings

Started by glenn kangiser, April 06, 2006, 12:32:32 AM

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CREATIVE1

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And here's a house that WAS saved by relocating it--by barge!  Caused quite a sensation in our area.
http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/newswire/comments/house_heads_to_new_home

glenn kangiser

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Nice house, Creative.  That looks like it was quite a job.

The nails the gun shoots are a special square cut nail - or at least punched with teeth.  They are about 1/16" thick -2 inches long and 1/4' wide at the top.  They shoot right into the corner at the top of the tongue and contersink about 1/16th inch.  This leaves lots of room for later refinish jobs.  The design is supposed to keep them from splitting the wood.  

Here is a picture of the nails from the Porta-nails site

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Amanda_931

Cute nails.

And from what I've read--and been told--they would work beautifully.  

After all the (contra-intuitive) way to prevent splitting a board is to dull your nail.

glenn kangiser

They work great- don't recall splitting any of the boards.  We are about halfway done with one side - had to cut the rest of the boards and move our length jig out of the way so we could finish -jig was nailed to the floor.  Note that jigs really pay off if you are doing repetitive cutting or other chores.  Measuring is eliminated - just shove it up to the stop and cut.
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