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Posted by sinister on June 24, 2008, 2:17 am
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.
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Posted by on June 24, 2008, 7:05 am
> I need to remove some deep-set nails. =A0They're the type without large h=
eads,
> and they look like they must have been placed with a nail gun, because th=
e
> 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.
The only way I know of is to get a pry bar behind the board and pull
the board and nail up until you can get at the head.
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Posted by dadiOH on June 24, 2008, 7:26 am
sinister wrote:
> 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.
That's called a "plug cutter". Hard - but not impossible - to use without a
drill press.
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Posted by Ken on June 24, 2008, 9:07 am
sinister wrote:
> 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.
>
>
It is not clear to me if you wish to salvage the wood. Assuming you do
not, I recently had a similar problem removing the nails securing a
countertop to kitchen cabinets. I did NOT need to save the wood of the
countertop. I used a wood chisel to remove some wood around the sunken
nail head and then used vice grips to latch onto the head. Placing a
flat piece of steel for leverage under the vice grips made the removal
of the nails easy.
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Posted by topservicepros on June 24, 2008, 9:21 am
Quote: sinister wrote on Tue, 24 June 2008 01:17
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> 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.
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There's a gizmo called a "cat's paw" or "tiger's paw" that will do the
trick. However it will make somewhat of a mess out of the wood around the
nail. You actually drive this thing in near the nail and then rotate it to
grab the nail and pull it out. See:
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&prod
uctId=99047-1431-102&lpage=none
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Richard Thoms
Founder - Top Service Pros, Inc.
Connecting Homeowners and Local Service Professionals
http://www.TopServicePros.com
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