the shop tips thread

[stovens]

I keep an old pallet around for a place to put engines or transmission on when they are out of the truck. Keeps the engine off the concrete, and dry when the cement floor gets wet.They are also a pretty good source for hard wood for wood working projects. I once made a antique style wood ice box out of old pallet hardwood. It took forever removing the nails without breaking the wood. I wish you could find nails like that for construction. They'd never come out!

[johnboy]

I wish you could find nails like that for construction. They'd never come out!

You can.
They're the type driven in with a nail gun, and have a thin layer of glue over them to hold them together in a 'belt' or 'strip'.
When the individual nail is driven in the friction created melts the glue, which then re-sets.
So they're actually glued in.

[stovens]

You can.
They're the type driven in with a nail gun, and have a thin layer of glue over them to hold them together in a 'belt' or 'strip'.
When the individual nail is driven in the friction created melts the glue, which then re-sets.
So they're actually glued in.

Also spiraled shanked which makes it even harder to pull out!