[TheForge] nail header

Schade schade at acegroup.cc
Sun Jul 4 17:18:35 EDT 2004


On Jul 4, 2004, at 3:00 PM, David E. Smucker wrote:

> Now if I could just have the hammer control to do the shouldering --
> it is a lot easier to do the math and the solid geometry :-)
>
> Dave Smucker
>

I'm not a nailmaker but it seems that the shouldering blows can
be half faced blows on two sides. Easier than trying to form a
square shoulder with the edge of your hammer and the edge of
the anvil. You can knock the head back on center when you head it.

Bob



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