[Build] framing (was: floor sanding test)

[Andy Isaacson]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 07:29:07AM -0700, dpc wrote:
> i did a little on the framing (andy or someone had started), but my
> results were a little spottier. maybe it was the dimming light before i
> switched on the light thingee, but the first couple definitely seemed
> harder to get the studs out.

Incredible progress last night!  Thanks!

Yeah, I have suckered^Wconvinced a few friends-of-noisebridge to help
with the drywall over the last week, and I've been focusing on pulling
the framing while they've been unscrewing the drywall.

> any tips out there? other than, slow steady and use a bracing 2x4 for
> perpindicular nails (sometimes there and sometimes not).

Use the pry bar and a free 2x4 to get the angled nails pulled, the claw
hammer is great for some things but is not very good for this job.  Once
you've freed the 2x4 please pull the nails fully out, I saw a few dozen
studs with nails sticking out of them when I stopped by last night.  I
use the hammer to drive the nail back -- one good whack straight on the
point does the trick -- then use the pry bar to pull it.

-andy