[TheForge] nail header

[jj tobako]

i can see that, which is why i asked a question when i didn't understand
something.

john tobako
> John,
> Go make some nails. When you get good at it you will see what has 
> been said
> is true.
> Darrell
> 
> 
> > > 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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