I want to be able to pull pallet nails straight out. A lot of them break if I try to pull them out with a hammer, wrecking bar, etc. And, yeah, I've got one of the old-fashioned type of nail puller, with the sliding hande - see the first paragraph.
I'm thinking along the lines of something that will grip a nail head, and use a rotating screw, maybe with a wheel for turning, to pull the nail straight up, hopefully not breaking it on the way. Yes, I know it would be a bit slow, but at times I've got more time then money, which is one of the reasons for salvaging pallet wood in the first place, and I want as small, and as few, holes in the wood as possible. I was thinkng something along the general look of this steering wheel lock-plate remover: http://www.drivewerks.com/catalog/shopcart/TOOL/POR_TOOL_CAT387_pg13.htm It does seem to me that somewhere in the past I've seen a similar tool made for pulling nails, as I want to do. Or, maybe it was something that could be adapted. I don't recall. Has anyone seen anything along these lines, for pulling nails out? If so, will you point me to whoever sells them, so I can check one out? Otherwise, I'll have to consider making something along those lines.
But, before I reinvented the wheel, I checked google to see what's new that other people had come up with. Not much. But, did come up with this. http://www.collins-tools.com/nailpuller.htm From the description, it would work, owever, it's the seller describing it. But, before I buy something like this, I want to know if anyone here has actually used one of these, and if so, how well does it do the job?
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