What size of nail is reccomended for nailing two 50mm pieces of wood
together. My drawing states 4mm ring nails but is there a rule of thumb on
what length to use.

Regards,

john

"John C" wrote in message
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What size of nail is reccomended for nailing two 50mm pieces of wood
together. My drawing states 4mm ring nails but is there a rule of thumb on
what length to use.

Regards,

john

In your case, less than 100 mm.

You want to penetrate at least half way into the second part. I'd go for
about 75 mm.

Thats what i thought but thought i'd double check.

Thanks,

John


"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"John C" wrote in message
. uk...
What size of nail is reccomended for nailing two 50mm pieces of wood
together. My drawing states 4mm ring nails but is there a rule of thumb
on what length to use.

Regards,

john

In your case, less than 100 mm.

You want to penetrate at least half way into the second part. I'd go for
about 75 mm.

In article ,
John C wrote:
What size of nail is reccomended for nailing two 50mm pieces of wood
together. My drawing states 4mm ring nails but is there a rule of thumb on
what length to use.

The "rule of thumb" about things to be hit with hammers is quite simple:

DON'T!















hit the nail on the thumb, that is.



For a serious answer, barring special circumstances, the nail has to go
all the way through the 1st piece of wood. This places a 'lower bound' on
the length. And you _don't_ want it to go all the way through the 2nd
piece -- because then the point would be sticking out. this places an
'upper bound' on the length. A "split the difference" approach works
just fine, between those limits.