on 6/24/2008 2:17 AM sinister said the following:
I need to remove some deep-set nails. They're the type without large heads,
and they look like they must have been placed with a nail gun, because the
heads are (say) 1/8" into the wood.

One method I thought of was some kind of drill bit that would drill out a
small circle, except it would have a hole where the nail is so the bit
wouldn't press on the nail itself.




Like others have asked. Are you going to save the wood? If not, just use
a pry bar to remove the wood. Try to get as close to the nail as
possible. Better if you can get the slot in the pry bar around the nail.
Pry gently. Some nails will come out with the wood and others may just
stay put and rip out of the wood. The remove the nails in the wood and
pry out the ones that stayed.

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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