[TheForge] nail header

[Dan Tull]

How do you make a head when the "shank" is the same size as the
"header hole" ? 

You're good if you can.

dan tull
georgia
abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jj tobako" <jjtobako at juno.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] nail header


> > If instead of shouldering we took the same amount of starting stock 
> > and
> > taper it -- how long would the taper be?  The volume of a pyramid is 
> > equal
> > to 1/3 of the height times the area of the base.  So if I start with 
> > the
> > same amount of metal 1/4 x 1/4 by 1/2 inch long and taper to a 
> > perfect
> > pyramid -- the it will be 3 times longer or 1 and 1/2 inches.  Same 
> > volume
> > of metal but a shorter nail.
> > 
> > To make a nail the same length using the pyramid -- will require 
> > more
> > metal -- which is how we started this discussion.
> 
> but the pyramid base is the same size as the header hole, which is the
> size of the shank of the shouldered nail, meaning 1/8 x 1/8. 
> 
> john tobako
> 
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