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   Huck | Feb 03, 2006 01:54pm | #1

   FWIW, I've never used ring shanks for wall framing - only in a sheathing application.  Seems like the increased diameter/friction would tend to split framing members even more than a common, but is less of a factor in the wider surface of a sheething member?

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   Stilletto | Feb 03, 2006 02:03pm | #2

   I've used them before to keep a bad load of studs from taking themselves back out of the wall later down the road.

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   JohnSprung | Feb 03, 2006 10:32pm | #3

   I used ring shanks to hold my subfascia to the rafter tails.  So far, nothing's fallen off, or even opened up. 

    

    

   -- J.S.

    

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   shim | Feb 04, 2006 04:02am | #4

   Ring shanks hold like hell however you use them.

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   snap pea | Feb 04, 2006 08:39am | #5

   Thats what I always figured, that aside from their higher price, they were always a better choice than smooth. But after reading that they may not be recommended for end nailing, I'm wondering if there are times when they might do more harm than good.

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   Matt | Feb 04, 2006 04:32pm | #7

   >> But after reading that they may not be recommended for end nailing... <<

   How about telling us where you read this?

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   snap pea | Feb 04, 2006 09:13pm | #10

   It was'nt in a magazine or anything. It was on some sort of information sheet on nails that was displayed in a hardware store. I think the sheet itself was published by a particular nail brand that the store sold, but I cant remember what the brand was.

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   chrisjohns | Feb 04, 2006 11:15am | #6

   maybe they are not as good in shear because they have a smaller diameter than common nails?  if Code calls for common nails then a box nail or ring shank may not meet the requirement if you are shooting the minimum size and number of the smaller diameter ring shank?

   guessing. 

   got twirled the other day when hand nailing 3-1/2 galvanized box nails and i kept bending them so i looked into diameters....

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   jc21 | Feb 04, 2006 05:32pm | #8

   "Ring shanks hold like hell however you use them." ................... that's been my experience, too. I suspect cost is the reason  you don't see them used more in framing. Maze has a ring shank nail for almost any application. http://www.mazenails.com/ 

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   Matt | Feb 04, 2006 07:43pm | #9

   I gotta wonder how the deck in the attached pic would have faired with RS nails.  This is on an open-to-the-public building...  If I rember correctly they looked like 20p HD hand drives.  I think the 2x6 deck board nailing technique may have contributed too.

   
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   jc21 | Feb 06, 2006 04:38pm | #11

   I think it would have fared better but it looks as if it's more to it than just the nails.