Leon wrote:
On 10/28/2012 11:57 AM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:23:02 -0400, tiredofspam wrote:

Nails for nail guns have that feature. I don't know of loose nails
having that feature. You would be laboring to drive them, as they
would be setting each time you hammered.

I know they made them a few years back, I've still got some 3" left
over from a porch project.

And the adhesive doesn't set till the nail cools down. I guess if
you waited 10 seconds or more between hammer hits you might have a
problem, but not under normal use.


You have 3" finish nails?

I do. When you live in a log home, you tend to have things that normal
people just don't encounter.

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-Mike-

On 10/29/2012 9:22 AM, Mike Marlow wrote:
Leon wrote:
On 10/28/2012 11:57 AM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:23:02 -0400, tiredofspam wrote:

Nails for nail guns have that feature. I don't know of loose nails
having that feature. You would be laboring to drive them, as they
would be setting each time you hammered.

I know they made them a few years back, I've still got some 3" left
over from a porch project.

And the adhesive doesn't set till the nail cools down. I guess if
you waited 10 seconds or more between hammer hits you might have a
problem, but not under normal use.


You have 3" finish nails?

I do. When you live in a log home, you tend to have things that normal
people just don't encounter.



I actually have seen them and long ago had some but have not seen any in
a while. Maybe I should say I have not seen any because I have had
absolutely no need for finish nails that long. And I am not so sure
they were actually finish nails as they were much larger in diameter but
with a finish nail head. I don't consider a finish nail that leaves a
5/32" hole to be a finish nail so to speak.

On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:23:07 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
I actually have seen them and long ago had some but have not seen any in
a while. Maybe I should say I have not seen any because I have had
absolutely no need for finish nails that long.

When I was building the cedar garden furniture for a friend, I used
these nails from Lee Valley to attach the table top and the bench
tops.

They're not exactly finish nails, but the heads on them were certainly
smaller than regular common nails. The only problem with nails that
long is their tendency to collapse before they're hammered in all the
way. After the first one bent in me, I drilled pilot holes for all the
rest.

Damned things were expensive through.

On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:23:28 -0400, Dave wrote:
When I was building the cedar garden furniture for a friend, I used
these nails from Lee Valley to attach the table top and the bench
tops.

Forgot to post the link.

http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware...=3,41306,41324

On 10/29/2012 11:27 PM, Dave wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:23:28 -0400, Dave wrote:
When I was building the cedar garden furniture for a friend, I used
these nails from Lee Valley to attach the table top and the bench
tops.

Forgot to post the link.

http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware...=3,41306,41324



Those still had pretty big heads.

This is what I am talking about.

http://www.amazon.com/National-Nail-...1605836&sr=1-2

On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:05:03 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 10/29/2012 11:27 PM, Dave wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:23:28 -0400, Dave wrote:
When I was building the cedar garden furniture for a friend, I used
these nails from Lee Valley to attach the table top and the bench
tops.

Forgot to post the link.

http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware...=3,41306,41324



Those still had pretty big heads.

This is what I am talking about.

http://www.amazon.com/National-Nail-...1605836&sr=1-2

Oh, yeah. Often used on exterior building trim & fascia. Steel for
painted use, galv for decking, etc.

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No greater wrong can ever be done than to put a good man at the mercy
of a bad, while telling him not to defend himself or his fellows;
in no way can the success of evil be made quicker or surer.
--Theodore Roosevelt

On 10/29/2012 10:23 PM, Dave wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:23:07 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
I actually have seen them and long ago had some but have not seen any in
a while. Maybe I should say I have not seen any because I have had
absolutely no need for finish nails that long.

When I was building the cedar garden furniture for a friend, I used
these nails from Lee Valley to attach the table top and the bench
tops.

They're not exactly finish nails, but the heads on them were certainly
smaller than regular common nails. The only problem with nails that
long is their tendency to collapse before they're hammered in all the
way. After the first one bent in me, I drilled pilot holes for all the
rest.

Damned things were expensive through.



The nails I was referring to long ago were actually 3" long witha finish
nail head and the nail was about 3/32" in diameter. Basically they were
framing nail caliber with out the big head. I suppose they were used
for flooring prior to the availability of modern nail guns.