[TheForge] nail header question

[Mike Linn]

I just talked to Tom this morning. He states that he makes his headers with 
the taper down [\ /] , and that if you make the nail properly its not an 
issue. He said most of the problem comes from trying to head a cold nail. 
The nail should be HOT, so that when it cools it shrinks away.

Tom said he is working on a 8 to 10 min video demo of his method of nail 
making that he will supply with all nail headers he sells. He's finalizing 
the production and will issue them on CD.

I thought they were all of the [/ \] variety but Tom said he has always 
made them the other way.

mike


At 01:30 PM 1/22/2006, you wrote:
>Actually this has just been a question recently addressed locally.
>There was a group of us messing about forging nails, and it seemed
>that the group was split as to which way to place the nail. I was for
>the [/ \] style although there were others who preferred the [\ /]
>way. Both seemed to work fine and none of us had any difficulties. So
>although there might be a right way of doing things I doubt if any
>blacksmith here will tell you not to do it if it works for you. So we
>agreed to disagree!
>
>Wombat


            Mike Linn
      Artist Blacksmith
          McCalla, AL
        AFC Webmaster
http://afc.abana-chapter.com

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