>i've always been interested in finding out where, when, how, the
>sizing system for nails came about. hopefully you experts out there
>can fill me in. where did it come from, who figured it out, when.
>etc. thanks.
Nov. issue of Wood magazine covers this (page 28) as well as a link in another
post.
It was the cost per hundred nails.
John
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On 17 Oct 2004 21:43:43 -0700, [email protected] (guitarpick) wrote:
>i've always been interested in finding out where, when, how, the
>sizing system for nails came about. hopefully you experts out there
>can fill me in. where did it come from, who figured it out, when.
>etc. thanks.
it dates from the days when nails were made one at a time, by hand, by
a blacksmith....
Take a look here:
http://www.fact-index.com/n/na/nail__engineering_.html
Lots of nail history.
On 17 Oct 2004 21:43:43 -0700, [email protected] (guitarpick) wrote:
>i've always been interested in finding out where, when, how, the
>sizing system for nails came about. hopefully you experts out there
>can fill me in. where did it come from, who figured it out, when.
>etc. thanks.