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trvlnmny

09/09/2008 2:46 PM

Removing nails from a nail gun

I have been asked to do a repair on a piece of furniture. A piece of
1" pine measuring 6" x 18" has fallen off. the piece was assembled
using a nail gun with 6 nails at each end. These things protrude about
1" on the back side of the piece. Unlike nails which I could hammer
out these are to small and just bend.
Does anyone have a good idea on how to remove these easily?
Thanks for any and all help.


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Markem

in reply to trvlnmny on 09/09/2008 2:46 PM

10/09/2008 7:36 AM

On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 14:46:16 -0700 (PDT), trvlnmny <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I have been asked to do a repair on a piece of furniture. A piece of
>1" pine measuring 6" x 18" has fallen off. the piece was assembled
>using a nail gun with 6 nails at each end. These things protrude about
>1" on the back side of the piece. Unlike nails which I could hammer
>out these are to small and just bend.
>Does anyone have a good idea on how to remove these easily?
>Thanks for any and all help.

Side Cutters.

Mark

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trvlnmny

in reply to trvlnmny on 09/09/2008 2:46 PM

10/09/2008 4:18 PM

Thank you for your assistance. I am glad to see that everyone is of
the same opinion.
If only our politics were the same.

Ff

FrozenNorth

in reply to trvlnmny on 09/09/2008 2:46 PM

09/09/2008 9:53 PM

trvlnmny wrote:

> I have been asked to do a repair on a piece of furniture. A piece of
> 1" pine measuring 6" x 18" has fallen off. the piece was assembled
> using a nail gun with 6 nails at each end. These things protrude about
> 1" on the back side of the piece. Unlike nails which I could hammer
> out these are to small and just bend.
> Does anyone have a good idea on how to remove these easily?
> Thanks for any and all help.

Easiest depending upon the size of the head, is to pull them through with a
pair of pilers, pine will pull straight through fairly easy.

--
Froz...

MD

Morris Dovey

in reply to trvlnmny on 09/09/2008 2:46 PM

10/09/2008 9:31 PM

trvlnmny wrote:
> Thank you for your assistance. I am glad to see that everyone is of
> the same opinion.
> If only our politics were the same.

So we'd all be in step as we marched off the cliff together? :-)

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

MM

"Mike Marlow"

in reply to trvlnmny on 09/09/2008 2:46 PM

12/09/2008 10:09 AM


"trvlnmny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Thank you for your assistance. I am glad to see that everyone is of
> the same opinion.
> If only our politics were the same.

Why would that be good?

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-Mike-
[email protected]

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"Tim W"

in reply to trvlnmny on 09/09/2008 2:46 PM

09/09/2008 9:49 PM


"trvlnmny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:0e1839e5-e4ea-41c3-86ac-8f2aa0dd256d@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>I have been asked to do a repair on a piece of furniture. A piece of
> 1" pine measuring 6" x 18" has fallen off. the piece was assembled
> using a nail gun with 6 nails at each end. These things protrude about
> 1" on the back side of the piece. Unlike nails which I could hammer
> out these are to small and just bend.
> Does anyone have a good idea on how to remove these easily?
> Thanks for any and all help.

Pull them all the way through. It's the same procedure if you shoot one into
your hand.

Tim w

CF

Chris Friesen

in reply to trvlnmny on 09/09/2008 2:46 PM

09/09/2008 4:49 PM

trvlnmny wrote:
> I have been asked to do a repair on a piece of furniture. A piece of
> 1" pine measuring 6" x 18" has fallen off. the piece was assembled
> using a nail gun with 6 nails at each end. These things protrude about
> 1" on the back side of the piece. Unlike nails which I could hammer
> out these are to small and just bend.
> Does anyone have a good idea on how to remove these easily?

Pull them through, or else clip them off.

Chris

JG

"John Grossbohlin"

in reply to trvlnmny on 09/09/2008 2:46 PM

10/09/2008 7:39 PM


"trvlnmny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thank you for your assistance. I am glad to see that everyone is of
> the same opinion.
> If only our politics were the same.

Well to be honest, when I first saw the subject I was going to suggest what
some "city guys" do to unload their rifles at the end of an unsuccessful day
of hunting... shoot 'em all up into a tree!

John

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mac davis

in reply to trvlnmny on 09/09/2008 2:46 PM

11/09/2008 7:34 AM

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:31:32 -0500, Morris Dovey <[email protected]> wrote:

>trvlnmny wrote:
>> Thank you for your assistance. I am glad to see that everyone is of
>> the same opinion.
>> If only our politics were the same.
>
>So we'd all be in step as we marched off the cliff together? :-)

I thought we did, Morris...
We have at least 2 cliffs to choose from..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

JG

"John Grossbohlin"

in reply to trvlnmny on 09/09/2008 2:46 PM

09/09/2008 5:51 PM


"trvlnmny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:0e1839e5-e4ea-41c3-86ac-8f2aa0dd256d@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>I have been asked to do a repair on a piece of furniture. A piece of
> 1" pine measuring 6" x 18" has fallen off. the piece was assembled
> using a nail gun with 6 nails at each end. These things protrude about
> 1" on the back side of the piece. Unlike nails which I could hammer
> out these are to small and just bend.
> Does anyone have a good idea on how to remove these easily?
> Thanks for any and all help.

Pull them through the back using pliers. You'll end up with less damage to
the surface this way and because you are pulling rather than pushing the
propensity of the nails to bend is a non issue.

John


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