The answer is "8 degrees"

[EddieWalker]

I wish I could find the trick of toenail nailing. I used a too long of nail and it came through but I am jsut going to turn the screen so that is on the bottom and nobody will see it piking through.

Hi Rox,

The real trick to toe-nailing is to have a nail gun!! Just point and shoot. Simple, easy and you always get great results. Of course, if you don't have an aircompressor and a nail gun, then you have to do it the old fashioned way.

Drill a hole smaller in diameter than the nail where you want it to go. Do drill all the way, but just through the first piece of wood and just slightly into the second one. This will control the angle and direction of the nail. Most problems with toe-nailing are caused from the angle changing as you hammer on the nail. You also have soft and hard spots in every piece of wood, which can affect the direction of the nail. By drilling the pilot hole, you eliminate those problems. You also eliminat the tendancy for smaller pieces of wood to split.

If you need extra strength, use screws instead of nails.

To fix the nail sticking out, try grabing it with some plyers and pulling it out all the way. If it wont come out, get some wire cutters, or dikes, and cut off what's exposed. If it's a really heavy duty nail, you might have to use a hack saw.

Hope this helps,
Eddie

 

[Bird]

To fix the nail sticking out, try grabing it with some plyers and pulling it out all the way. If it wont come out, get some wire cutters, or dikes, and cut off what's exposed. If it's a really heavy duty nail, you might have to use a hack saw.

A little cut off wheel or even a grinding wheel in the Dremel has worked for me a few times. A few months ago I was sanding a wooden gate prior to painting it and found quite a number of nail points barely through the wood; not enough for me to have even noticed before, but enough to tear up the sandpaper and even damage the rubber backing plate on my sander when I hit the first one.

 

[rox]

Eddie,

I would pre-drill the nail holes, however yesterday while pre-drilling the holes for the screws I used on the corners I broke my very fine drill bit. Add small diameter drillbit to my shopping list.

I had not actually thought of pre-drilling to toenail nailing Think I'll try that on my next screen.

 

[LarryD]

I worked for a guy once that would start a finish nail then put a slight bend in it. Finished driving it and it made a slight turn into the bulk of the adjoining piece

 

[goaliedad]

Rox- depending on what you are drilling you can use a finish nail for very small holes- cut the head off and put it in the drill- the point will actually cut the hole- works for very small homes in soft wood. at least until you get to the store. try a nail slightly smaller than the one you are driving. hope this helps.

 

[turnkey4099]

Sorta back OT. We went from 90s down to chilly in one day. After 9 (or was it 10?) straight days of mid/hi 90s including some 100+ a cold front came through. Only made it to 71 yesterday and this morning it is a booming 48. Bad news is it is going to be climbing back into the 90s by the weekend.

Harry K