[Build] framing

Christie Dudley longobord at gmail.com
Fri Aug 14 18:39:52 UTC 2009


I have some effective nail pulling devices I got for pyro that I can
bring by tonight.  I'll get them labeled up and stuff before I do.  I
wish I had more time to help with that stuff, but...

Christie
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On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Bill Pollock<bill at nostarch.com> wrote:
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> How about just turning the troublesome 2x4s into firewood? New 2x4x10'
> are about $2.50 each piece or less.
>
> I don't mean to be wasteful but it seems to me that this could easily
> reach a point of diminishing returns.
>
> Otherwise, the best tool that I've used by far for pulling stubborn
> nails is the FatMax from Stanley.
>
> Bill
>
> dpc wrote:
>> Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org> writes:
>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 07:29:07AM -0700, dpc wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> yeah. i was using a prybar to pull the nails but i felt that i was
>> sometimes screwing up the 2x4 more than i'd really like. i didn't really
>> see anything laying around w/ a better 'claw' for getting an initial
>> bite on the nails. i'll try to bring one over tonight.
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> sorry, those were probably me. i think that i forgot to go back after
>> doing the row and heading home.
>>
>> \p
>>
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