Nails and Fasteners - Page 14 of 21

My wife won’t let me do laundry (which is fair, because I won’t let her run my saw), but what I can do is collect the scoops that come in…

Removing a toggle bolt really can be frustrating because of a fundamental contradiction. You have to pull on it, because the toggle is simply spinning inside the wall once the…

Drywall screws are only for drywall—stronger, better-equipped screws are tailored for every construction job, including framing, cabinetry, deck building, and more.

When I’m on a punch-list job, I need a prodigious number of fasteners and related paraphernalia to keep gofer runs to a minimum. The drawing illustrates my solution to the problem.…

For lubricating screws before driving them home, I’ve used them all: bar soap, liquid soap, wax, even sweat. I’ve also sheared and stripped the heads off more than my fair…

I like to reuse lumber that I remove during renovations and repairs. One problem I always encounter, though, is the difficult removal of nails from those old boards. Pounding them…

A shop-built jig creates a combination butt-miter joint that looks good year round.

I stumbled on a trick that finds a purpose for those 12d sinkers we use to cork a tube of construction adhesive. Once the adhesive has dried to a hard,…

Q: Back when I was a builder, I always installed foil-faced or kraft-faced fiberglass-batt insulation by stapling the face flange to the sides of the stud. Side stapling also is…

Trackers make it easy to verify nail size