Hammering nails straight

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george - dicegeorge scribbled...

Practice

[george - dicegeorge]

the claw hammer which i was using has a very uneven face where i've used it to demolish things.

So I'm trying other hammers. [g]

[dicegeorge]

I have found the solution for me was lots of little taps, of a force less than that which would bend the nail. [g]

[dicegeorge]

[harryagain]

You probably have got hold of a batch of cheap nails. Some are very soft. You need the hard drawn wire ones.

[Cash]

This is a rather old post to reply to - but the simplest 'trick' is to keep the hammer head clean by rubbing it occasionally with a piece of glasspaper. ;-)

Cash

[george - dicegeorge]

soft copper nails for roof slates

[harryagain]

Well they may be soft but they are quite thick and roof battens tend to be quite soft. Should be no problem there.