Subject: Re: nail headers

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 14:04:41 -0400

Larry..

Make your own.  They are the simplest things in the world to make and you
have it sized to the exact nail you want to make.

Kent   :o)
[email-masked]

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From: Willie <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 11:07:13 -0500

At 09:23 AM 7/7/96 -0400, you wrote:
>I have been looking for some nail headers.Does anyone still make 
>these and if so where can I buy them.I have tryed to find them at flea 
>markets and auctions with no luck.                                      
>                                                                        
>                                 Thanks Larry Zoeller
>

I don't know of anyone who makes them.  I make my own.  I use oil field
sucker rod, tie rods, etc.  Flatten one end and punch hole smaller than
finished nail size.  I usually drill out part of the back quite a bit larger
so allow for easier back driving of the mail.  I use a ball pein on the back
side with a swage to raise the top a bit (not much, just a schosh).  This
gives a curvature to the nail for better nail head to wood contact.Make a
tapered piece (drift) with the largest portion the size and shape of the
nail that you want.  Get your header hot (yellow) and drive the drift
through.  Harden and temper.  Make a comfortable handle or another size
header on the other end.  Now you can head your nails and size them at the
same time.

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