Understanding Nails

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Essential Craftsman

Essential Craftsman

3 жыл бұрын

Who knew there were so many things to know about nails! The same thing holds true
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@saltydroog854
@saltydroog854 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite anecdotes about nails is the history of those pioneers that were moving west. They would save up to buy the nails needed to construct a building just large enough for their family to live in through the winter. Each spring they would burn the building to the ground, collect the nails, and continue west. In the fall, they would stop, harvest the lumber needed to construct that building again, and settle in for the winter. The nails, were the "irreplaceable" part...the lumber was everywhere...literally in the way.
@latindoggy8059
@latindoggy8059 Жыл бұрын
Wow love this
@Edward-Not-Elric
@Edward-Not-Elric 11 ай бұрын
So cool
@kimsanders1280
@kimsanders1280 5 ай бұрын
THIS IS AMAZING. thank you 🥳
@brettwindle1434
@brettwindle1434 3 ай бұрын
Love it
@KurtMGibbs
@KurtMGibbs 3 жыл бұрын
If anyone else was discussing this topic, I probably wouldn't watch it. However, your expertise and fondness for nostalgia always make me interested in what you have to say. Also, I worked in a hardware store through high school, undergrad, and graduate school, so I have been asked every question under the sun about nails and had to teach myself most of what you discussed. Thanks for sharing!
@aaronbarton9385
@aaronbarton9385 3 жыл бұрын
These are videos that need to be shown in high schools during Shop class
@markhaan4512
@markhaan4512 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent suggestion.
@MrEazyE357
@MrEazyE357 3 жыл бұрын
Shop class?
@cameronbouchard8265
@cameronbouchard8265 3 жыл бұрын
Better yet people interested in the trades and taking their construction knowledge to the next level (like 5% of construction workers) can learn on their own thanks to top notch content like this
@brihal6498
@brihal6498 3 жыл бұрын
I think shop classes are becoming a thing of the past
@Awizzo4shizzo
@Awizzo4shizzo 3 жыл бұрын
Or perhaps shop teachers need to learn how to teach like this. Calm, clear, and approachable.
@benkolesar9410
@benkolesar9410 3 жыл бұрын
I was told starting out that I had to learn to pull nails before I was allowed to drive nails, then I knew the struggle of taking something apart that wasn't done properly.
@opictia
@opictia 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! I pulled many roof nails when I was a kid! Makes you be careful building stuff! Lol
@rickpratt8789
@rickpratt8789 Жыл бұрын
My first solo building project, 50 years ago, was to build a shed addition with used doug fir 2x4s, and I had to remove and straighten the nails first. Learned a lot that summer.
@gains5732
@gains5732 Ай бұрын
Love this
@pamelah6431
@pamelah6431 3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes (and I mean this in the most flattering way possible), this channel feels like Mr. Roger's Neighborhood for grown-ups: Learning about things in general, and learning about life, and learning how to be a good neighbor. God bless you, Scott!
@mitchjohnson4714
@mitchjohnson4714 3 жыл бұрын
Haha! Absolutely!
@jonm8513
@jonm8513 3 жыл бұрын
Good. We need that.
@bmay8818
@bmay8818 3 жыл бұрын
Totally unrelated: making money "hand over fist" comes from how coins used to be minted. One hand (the "fist") was curled around a cylindrical coin holder. The other hand (the "hand") held a hammer that was used to strike the die onto the coin in the holder.
@mattymcsplatty5440
@mattymcsplatty5440 3 жыл бұрын
thats very interesting too
@blueoval250
@blueoval250 3 жыл бұрын
I spent my youth straightening nails and smashing fingers. My grandpa never wasted anything. I didn’t get any enjoyment out of it then but I’d smash both thumbs to be able to straighten nails for him again.
@mikeznel6048
@mikeznel6048 3 жыл бұрын
I still straighten nails out to reuse them. I don't smash my fingers but it can be painstaking. Waste not want not! They're perfectly good still. I don't build someone's house with them but I put my own stuff together with them. Especially with the price of everything today. I have 10 pounds of em ready for my next project. They are gonna hold the wood siding on I made from pallet slats.
@PatrickWagz
@PatrickWagz 3 жыл бұрын
Nice comment. Grandpas are gone before you know it. Mine died in '93 and nearly everyday.... he'll cross my mind.
@Kryynism
@Kryynism 3 жыл бұрын
I was raised by the same stock of folk. My Grandpa, Dad, and I save everything. I keep a screw gun in my vehicle at all times just to stop and pull screws from thrown-out cabinets. And if the cabinets are real wood instead of garbage presswood I'll take the whole thing. Our property is a scrapyard, a homestead, and more lol. I save every tool I dumpster dive for parts and projects. Definitely adds clutter and people call you a hoarder. But you always have what someone needs
@PatrickWagz
@PatrickWagz 3 жыл бұрын
@@Kryynism I just tore into an old washer machine tonight. It had about 10 stainless-steel hose clamps throughout the inside of it. 4 different sizes. Oh, and I saved to cord also.... to fix a space heater with. HAHA!
@Kryynism
@Kryynism 3 жыл бұрын
@@PatrickWagz haha reminds me when I repaired our home washing machine with a small plastic piece from a washer in our scrap pile that was from the 80s. Apparently they used the same parts for 20 years on some models. It was the little plastic keyway or whatever that locks the electric motor to the rotational part of the washing machine. I had no idea what I was doing so guessworked the whole repair. Fake it til ya make it babeh
@dcrog69
@dcrog69 3 жыл бұрын
I can't be the only one who's dad made them straighten nails as a kid.
@Lanxe
@Lanxe 3 жыл бұрын
I think we've all been there mate, complete with banged fingertips and thumbs
@lukebrown4184
@lukebrown4184 3 жыл бұрын
I always had to do that.
@brihal6498
@brihal6498 3 жыл бұрын
It was my grandpa!
@Chrominance87
@Chrominance87 3 жыл бұрын
Straighten them nails n toss em the bucket with the rest.
@johncreaby3040
@johncreaby3040 3 жыл бұрын
Yeap. Have a bucket of straightened 4" I use to forge into hanging hooks now
@billwoehl3051
@billwoehl3051 3 жыл бұрын
Who else can talk about nails for 13 minutes and not put the audience to sleep?
@mosesgonzalez3077
@mosesgonzalez3077 3 жыл бұрын
There is tons of “””handyman’s””” and Ignorant carpenters “”””make in hourly paid no experience at all ......
@evictioncarpentry2628
@evictioncarpentry2628 3 жыл бұрын
Project farm
@constancemiller3753
@constancemiller3753 3 жыл бұрын
Subscribed.
@DanteYewToob
@DanteYewToob 3 жыл бұрын
Funny you say that. I watch these videos in bed to relax me, but they’re often too interesting to fall asleep and I open a bunch of Wikipedia tabs for “reading later” and end up a few hours past bed time wondering who messed with all my damn clocks!? P.s. the best thing for actually getting to sleep is Foo the Flowerhorn videos of cleaning fish tanks and feeding sea critters. It sounds absurd, but it’s SO relaxing.
@i-love-comountains3850
@i-love-comountains3850 2 жыл бұрын
Tbh I actually use it to fall asleep sometimes. Part nice voice, part good stories, part education. The trifecta lol
@aussiebloke609
@aussiebloke609 3 жыл бұрын
My missus used to tell me I "hit the nail on the thumb" whenever I misunderstood her. :-P
@badlandskid
@badlandskid 3 жыл бұрын
She should be thankful it wasn’t on the head. 😉
@dsh2148
@dsh2148 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this topic. It reminds me of a story my father told me. When he was a child (during the depression) he would gather bent nails from my grandfather's job sites. He was a carpenter. He would take them home and straighten them and sell them to people in the neighborhood. I have the wooden cask he used to throw the straightened nails in before sorting. I find myself straightening nails occasionally.
@electricrenfro1480
@electricrenfro1480 3 жыл бұрын
Dare i say “ you nailed it”!
@badlandskid
@badlandskid 3 жыл бұрын
“Drove it home”
@zackaryturpin7053
@zackaryturpin7053 3 жыл бұрын
Under rated comment
@joshmaggard7799
@joshmaggard7799 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah he did not SCREW up
@somedudeRyan
@somedudeRyan 3 жыл бұрын
you really nailed that one. driving the point home...
@Cannibalsnacks
@Cannibalsnacks 3 жыл бұрын
That pun should be considered a war crime =)
@yannickm6999
@yannickm6999 3 жыл бұрын
Meaux L he really threw his “two cents” in (Haha) just found this channel. I like this guy
@robobrien7787
@robobrien7787 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, the information was quite hard hitting.
@somedudeRyan
@somedudeRyan 3 жыл бұрын
these comments are sharp as a tack.
@joeblincoe3122
@joeblincoe3122 3 жыл бұрын
Yep hit it right on the head
@yotafan174
@yotafan174 3 жыл бұрын
My grandparents farm house was demolished early 2020. It was 160 year's old and built with square nails. Before it was torn down I was able to salvage about 20 nails. There the only physical piece from the house that's left. They are in a toothpick holder that my grandfather made on a prominent shelf in my house.
@alissarodman8144
@alissarodman8144 3 жыл бұрын
That's pretty cool. I love that!
@toastedregret1601
@toastedregret1601 Жыл бұрын
Man - with inflation and cost of living, keeping land for long is difficult.
@Kentucky_Caveman
@Kentucky_Caveman Жыл бұрын
Its a shame to see a historical building be torn down
@tobesskins
@tobesskins 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Brought me back to being an early teenager with my old carpenter grandfather explaining the very basics of carpentry. After 16 years learning to become a decent carpenter. I can now grasp the 3 lifetimes of learned lessons his father, he and my father gave to me. Happily it wasn't put to waste.
@queenbee3443
@queenbee3443 3 жыл бұрын
Another fun nail and language fact- the "d" comes from the latin "denarius", the standard Roman coin for a period of time. When the Romans occupied Britain the term was used to describe the British penny, with the abbreviation "d" being used for that coin all the way up to the 1970s! "Denarius" is also the root of the Spanish "dinero" and other words across many different languages meaning/related to money. Love the videos; thanks for taking the time to share your wisdom and expertise with us. Keep up the good work!
@nicholasimhoff9230
@nicholasimhoff9230 3 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! This reminds me of the Latin generic word for money, 'Pecunia'. Which is derived from the word for cattle, 'Pecu'. The logic following, if you had cows, you had money!
@mitchjohnson4714
@mitchjohnson4714 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome comment, but it kind of sounds like you're saying that it survived from Roman Britain. I don't think that's true. I think that the LSD survived throughout Europe and I'm guessing it was reintroduced into Britain some time in the middle ages.
@chacer15
@chacer15 3 жыл бұрын
So I want to preface that this is a wisdom and not age related comment. But you are the Grandpa I never had. I am watching a 13 min video on nail types because of your knowledge, narration, and love for educating others. I think I speak for all of your fans when I say, you are appreciated more than you know.
@drhmufti
@drhmufti 3 жыл бұрын
The ease and simplicity you talk about nails and all the other topics on your channel wouldn’t be out of place on a university course and is just really interesting and wholesome.
@nicolasmendoza6183
@nicolasmendoza6183 3 жыл бұрын
I'm seeing it 3 mins after posting, lucky me! Scott, I had to look up your name, you are the most wholesome contractor-youtuber I have ever seen. I love your channel!
@essentialcraftsman
@essentialcraftsman 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Nicolas!
@signaltouch7413
@signaltouch7413 2 жыл бұрын
KZfaq needs more people like you , Thank you
@lucasrohlf
@lucasrohlf 3 жыл бұрын
I work at a "Box Store" and your videos are helping me help others. Thank you
@Fred.jpeg_
@Fred.jpeg_ 3 жыл бұрын
A new EC video, spring weather, coffee. Oh man, oh mannnnn
@RoseUnseen
@RoseUnseen 3 жыл бұрын
KZfaq content usually a table full of soda , chips , cookies . But theres that fresh pear , that is this channel and many craftsman channel
@DUDE72341
@DUDE72341 3 жыл бұрын
Mr Rodgers meets Bob Ross.. and the verbal exchange flows well, just like the Essential Craftsman.. Man some kids lucky your his grandpa. Keep up the great content!
@vinz9465
@vinz9465 2 жыл бұрын
My grandad told me that back when he was building full time with Rimu and Kauri timber (NZ's native trees). He would slick his hair back with product and run each nail through his hair before sinking it. Having now moved into building myself I work mostly with pinus radiata which is pretty easy to nail into. When I have come across this older harder timber I am reminded of his story and I understand why he's so damn good with a hammer
@jackgibson9125
@jackgibson9125 3 жыл бұрын
Another EXCELLENT KZfaq video.... I’m an obstetrician, I know nothing of carpentry, but I find all of your videos highly informative and interesting!
@essentialcraftsman
@essentialcraftsman 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍
@brandonhuddleston6824
@brandonhuddleston6824 3 жыл бұрын
Great video Scott. I'm 38 years old and you answered a question that I've had since I started construction right out of high school. Sadly no new Kid starting in construction would even think to ask the question what's a 8 penny nail. Probably never hear them reference that way.
@timhicks1118
@timhicks1118 3 жыл бұрын
My first encounter at Lowe’s as a teenager was about nails. I asked a lady working there, where can I find your nails at. She replied, do you see the sign hanging down that says Nails Nails Nails. You can find them right there. Well you know how I felt.
@NMranchhand
@NMranchhand 3 жыл бұрын
Good Lord! That’s my superpower. When I can’t find something at Lowe’s, I can make it appear two feet behind my shoulder just by asking someone where it is. It’s most convenient.
@tomcordio173
@tomcordio173 3 жыл бұрын
Your video about nails brought back a childhood memory. My brother-in-law was an upholsterer. I remember him placing material onto a furniture frame with a mouthful of furniture tack nails. He would use an upholsterer’s hammer, which had a narrow magnetized head. He would bring the tip of the hammer head up to his mouthful of tacks where one of the tacks would stick to the hammer. He would then tap the tack on the hammer tip through the material and into the wooden frame and with one blow. The short tack was then buried into the frame with one additional blow.
@regularguy9264
@regularguy9264 3 жыл бұрын
I remember working on a roof and grabbing a handful of roofing nails. I commented to my buddy about how half of them were pointing in the wrong direction. He called me a moron and said those nails were for the other side of the roof!
@taunokekkonen5733
@taunokekkonen5733 3 жыл бұрын
I bet we all were thinking that we'd listen to Scott talking about anything. Well here it is, and it's magnificent.
@pamelah6431
@pamelah6431 3 жыл бұрын
I don't know how many other people on this planet could get 70,000 other people to show up to a 14 minute long lecture on nails, but it's no surprise that you can do it, Scott. :)
@thalivenom4972
@thalivenom4972 3 жыл бұрын
this is the stuff i subscribed for, absolutely. ive been a carpenter for yonks now, and i love hearing EC talk about tools and gear. makes me value myself and my kit even more! thankyou.
@jameski5oeb668
@jameski5oeb668 3 жыл бұрын
I worked at a lumber yard for three years, learned then there was a great deal I didn't know about nails, 25 years ago! Keep up the great work!
@vanuren3345
@vanuren3345 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Scott for the reminder of where the Penny designation came from. My father grew up in his fathers hardware store in Dayton, Oregon (think 1920s & 30s) and passed along to me the Penny sizes and why they were called out in Penny's. I'm approaching 75 years old and sometimes information like the reason it's called a 16D (or Penny) escapes me, but your tutorial here brought my Dad's voice into my head with the information you so graciously passed along. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
@paulmichaelmark
@paulmichaelmark 3 жыл бұрын
Use to call 16d and 8d nails when first in trade big ones and little ones. Ha ha
@weremodel
@weremodel 3 жыл бұрын
1976. First job in the lumber business. Boise Cascade Building Materials and Services Division. Hardware buyer. 18 years old. Keg 100# 1/2 keg 50# I need 1/2 a keg of 1-3/8 chemically etched, phosphorus coated, cupped head drywall nails and 2 boxes of wax coated 16d commons. And don't forget a keg of 3/8" x12" hot dipped galvanized decking spikes. Still doing it and mentoring newbies at the local yard. Glad to be alive. Thanks for the video, Scott
@chrisinjax1648
@chrisinjax1648 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely incredible! The manner in which you articulate the explanation of nails is great. I love watching and listening to your videos. I would have never thought that I could not only watch a 13 minute video on nails but learn something, enjoy it and experience disappointment when the video concluded. Thank you for all you do. Please, keep the wonderful content coming.
@waynemccranie
@waynemccranie 3 жыл бұрын
I have been watching you from the beginning, I want just to just say thank you!!! I always learn from you no matter the content. Keep up the good work!
@valbee7739
@valbee7739 3 жыл бұрын
As a young women in the '70's, I worked with my grandfather in the summer to earn money for school. On those hot days he'd sometimes swipe a nail against the sides of his nose using the oils as a lubricate to help drive it in. I remember the trips to the hardware store to buy nails out of bins measuring them on a metal scoop scale. Good memories of hard work.
@callmeishmael7452
@callmeishmael7452 3 жыл бұрын
If I ever met a girl who could do construction work ( or knew some parts of it) I was instantly taken by her. I met a young woman (20’s) once who could weld since she was taught by her father. I was blind to all the cheerleaders after that.
@ABH313
@ABH313 3 жыл бұрын
The hardware store by my house still sells hardware like that :) love it, reminds me of working with my grandpa as well
@ethanheyne
@ethanheyne 3 жыл бұрын
Next town over has a big, local hardware store where all the employees know their stuff, and boy is there a lot of stuff. They've got stacked bins of nails too. I've always loved that place.
@jeffmiller4168
@jeffmiller4168 3 жыл бұрын
I love this. I worked on a framing crew, and now I work on a timber framing crew. The attitudes and perspectives on nails are so diverse and so are nails themselves.
@toddfriley9373
@toddfriley9373 3 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised you didn’t talk about the shear strength of nails, structural, like Simpson strong tie connectors. There is a lot about nails!!
@NathanBake
@NathanBake 3 жыл бұрын
Nice job getting down to the brass tacks about nails. I finally understand the "penny" designation!
@mattandrews8528
@mattandrews8528 2 жыл бұрын
I love listening to older gentlemen talk about things they’re passionate about and truly experts at, thanks for helping a young buck like me at 28 with a wife and home I have to take care of, I’m always learning, and you’ve taken me thru “Nails 101” in a relatively short video, thank you very much sir! 👍
@snymat_68
@snymat_68 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Scott. You really got right down to brass tacks. Really drove it home. This video really nailed it! 🔨
@maestroboy
@maestroboy 3 жыл бұрын
I recently stumbled upon this channel.. and I'm loving it.. I'm gonna watch all you videos Sir!
@repro7780
@repro7780 2 жыл бұрын
You made a video about screws 4 years ago, and this goes great with that one!
@sebytro
@sebytro 3 жыл бұрын
I've pulled out and straightened so many nails as a kid, I can't remember how many days I spent doing that. Then I learned as an adult about working with screws and it completely changed how I see construction and crafting. I still love working with nails though, it reminds me of simpler times. :) Ty for the vid!
@_GntlStone_
@_GntlStone_ 3 жыл бұрын
I love learning about the why's and wherfore's of things and I am ever informed and educated when I watch your channel. Thank you for this great information.
@MohsinExperiments
@MohsinExperiments 3 жыл бұрын
Very informative as always. Please make more videos of this type about more basic tools etc.
@essentialcraftsman
@essentialcraftsman 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@whistlepig64
@whistlepig64 3 жыл бұрын
Really happy to see this video. Love this kind of info.
@badlandskid
@badlandskid 3 жыл бұрын
13 people thought this video was about pedicures
@sac7890
@sac7890 3 жыл бұрын
Bwahahaha!!
@ramanshah7627
@ramanshah7627 3 жыл бұрын
Scott, I really enjoyed this one. I loved the section on nail-related idioms!
@bernardkinsky1637
@bernardkinsky1637 Жыл бұрын
I worked in Minnesota with a roofing contractor, really appreciate your time to make this educational experience .
@Baudesign
@Baudesign 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for being such a great teacher. May I suggest a part two, with nail guns: angles, plastic or paper, full head, D head, brands?
@essentialcraftsman
@essentialcraftsman 3 жыл бұрын
Good idea!
@uknow7236
@uknow7236 3 жыл бұрын
I love watching these vids feels like I’m listening to my grandad in the shed pure respect for your knowledge 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@Eger118877
@Eger118877 3 жыл бұрын
You're really lucky Nate, to have a Dad like this.
@aaronsinger3614
@aaronsinger3614 3 жыл бұрын
Scott, from what I’ve been taught during my early years working at Dettinger Lumber in western Massachusetts, a common nail is formed from one piece of steel, hence the lower side of the head being out of parallel from the striking surface. A box mail is a piece of wire, welded to a tiny disc for the head. Box nails tend to rip apart when pulled whereas a common nail pulls well. Your videos are great, even being myself a fairly well versed craftsman working with metal and wood alike, you have an incredible knack for explanation.
@lotus_8773
@lotus_8773 3 жыл бұрын
I started watching this as a contractor not thinking much about it but man this was a cool video with lots of info a couple things I didn’t know and a couple things I just didn’t think to much about. Nice job, carpenter from alabama
@williamf.douglass4718
@williamf.douglass4718 3 жыл бұрын
Since most all High Schools have chosen to dismantle all their shop and trade classes, your videos should and are treasured by those who enjoy and find value in learning from craftsmen such as you. Please continue to share and inspire current and future men and women working in the carpentry trades.
@kevinsmith3274
@kevinsmith3274 3 жыл бұрын
AMEN! Bring back the trades to our schools. I learned a lot in shop class.
@joseoscarlopezmauricio7595
@joseoscarlopezmauricio7595 3 жыл бұрын
I’m young carpenter and I learn so much from thanks for doing all this
@larrystrayer8336
@larrystrayer8336 3 жыл бұрын
So enjoyable. Thanks. Tidbit of knowledge is wonderful trivia and the origins of common expressions
@sdbassin1143
@sdbassin1143 3 жыл бұрын
All your videos swiftly take me away to another place, another time that our modern life has long forgotten.
@izzyc.4746
@izzyc.4746 2 жыл бұрын
Love all your videos, , thank you for all your knowledge and your expertise. You are the last of a dying breed. God bless you.
@spenmac
@spenmac 3 жыл бұрын
Bizzarly i really liked this vid, combination of interesting info and Scott's soothing melodic voice.
@kendavis8046
@kendavis8046 3 жыл бұрын
I'm in the process of putting my house back together after the pipes burst during a 4 1/2 day electricity outage. That said, I am in the one-man drywall process right now (actually, into the taping and bedding) but will be doing texturing/painting, flooring, and casing, in that order. Watching now, but about to go put some mud and tape on a wall! I'm thankful that my son was in town when we had to do the demolition. Thank you for the content, I always enjoy this channel.
@PatrickWagz
@PatrickWagz 3 жыл бұрын
Texas?
@kendavis8046
@kendavis8046 3 жыл бұрын
@@PatrickWagz Yes
@vb4496
@vb4496 3 жыл бұрын
Id love to work with this guy for a few weeks just to learn!
@MrTheBurkes
@MrTheBurkes 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent, an EC video on a beautiful Tuesday morning 👍🏻👍🏻
@tonysailer8470
@tonysailer8470 3 жыл бұрын
When you grab a nail from your pouch be sure to note which end the point is on. Nails with the point toward you are for the other side of the house.
@jeremyjones8303
@jeremyjones8303 3 жыл бұрын
I guess I'm getting old if a 13 minute video on nails was interesting enough for me to listen to.
@colinwilkinson3648
@colinwilkinson3648 3 жыл бұрын
funnily enough me to :)
@shaidyn8278
@shaidyn8278 3 жыл бұрын
I cannot believe the timing of this video. I'm starting a project where I need to know exactly what nail to use. I come to youtube and BAM here it is. Thank you.
@PMoney365
@PMoney365 3 жыл бұрын
This was great! I especially love the idioms at the end. Cheers!
@stevenslater2669
@stevenslater2669 3 жыл бұрын
Great stuff! I’m going to comb thru your other “how it works” videos and make an index for my grandsons. I remember your “How to use a ratchet strap” video. Every time I pass a truck, I have to see if he’s following the EC rules!
@zitobin1
@zitobin1 3 жыл бұрын
Once again, insightful and entertaining. Thanks for sharing your knowledge
@joeyt8643
@joeyt8643 3 жыл бұрын
It's really hard to know what you don't know, but you're certainly helping us out. Another great video!
@DamonDiaries81
@DamonDiaries81 3 жыл бұрын
Your teachings are awesome. Should be watched by people in the trade schools and shop class. Lots of wisdom being passed here. Thank u sir
@larrystrayer8336
@larrystrayer8336 3 жыл бұрын
Let me add. The penny abbreviation “d” comes from the Roman coin denarius fascinating.
@marievictoire1939
@marievictoire1939 3 жыл бұрын
L S D. Pounds Shillings and Pence or pennies in pre decimal England and Ireland.
@lancemcque1459
@lancemcque1459 3 жыл бұрын
Those Roman are everywhere.
@marievictoire1939
@marievictoire1939 3 жыл бұрын
@@lancemcque1459 No they never came to Hybernia (winter land) but the English did.
@unaoconnor3628
@unaoconnor3628 3 жыл бұрын
Actually they came but didn't stay. Too cold to bathe or grow the olive and vine. So they called it Hibernia, left a few souvenirs and cleared off.
@marievictoire1939
@marievictoire1939 3 жыл бұрын
@@unaoconnor3628 thanks Una👍😃
@ronaldkearn3322
@ronaldkearn3322 3 жыл бұрын
what an incredibly incitful video! I learned a lot! Im a boat builder by trade not a carpenter. Learned a lot from my father! You are a great guy!
@Aneedness
@Aneedness 3 жыл бұрын
I love your knowledge. Thank you, Sir.
@franciscocoronado5966
@franciscocoronado5966 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, for making videos. I am learning from you. You keep up the good work, too.
@neveraloneadventures2240
@neveraloneadventures2240 3 жыл бұрын
Ive been wondering about this info for longer then i can remember. Especially the door nail idiom. thank you
@donniewillis2926
@donniewillis2926 3 жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure to learn from you! God bless!
@gospelman7222
@gospelman7222 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that, Scott. On the topic of hand made nails, a while ago I researched my family tree and discovered one of my forebears had a wife and 5 children, who according to a national census of the time (mid-18C) were all employed in the industrial midlands of England making nails by hand, even the youngest at 7 years old. They had to, otherwise they would have starved. It certainly puts our modern lifestyle into perspective.
@erikc3057
@erikc3057 3 жыл бұрын
This video was incredibly satisfying! Love this channel!!!
@vincentdoran1148
@vincentdoran1148 3 жыл бұрын
Good video , Scott. You 'nailed' it.
@garyprn2000
@garyprn2000 3 жыл бұрын
I love these type videos. Thanks.
@user990077
@user990077 3 жыл бұрын
You nailed this topic. Good job.
@fsj197811
@fsj197811 3 жыл бұрын
Well done, thanks for sharing your time and knowledge with us.
@essentialcraftsman
@essentialcraftsman 3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@kato2531
@kato2531 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for explaining nails, I wouldn't even know what question to ask if I had to find out about nails.
@robertkeable1627
@robertkeable1627 3 жыл бұрын
I had a reprint of a civil war construction guide for constructing bridgework and the like. Fascinating reading it even had pull out forces and shear calculations for all sorts of nail types and timber types. Be well and stay safe.
@stuartlockwood9645
@stuartlockwood9645 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Scott 😊, this has been more interesting than I expected, thanks for explaning the penny classification, I never did understand it. When you were holding up the cut nails,the flat type look very much like floorboard nails that were used in older property here in the UK, they were put in whith the grain , so as not to split the boards, and took some removing at times, and if you didn't drive them straight they would snap off. As a side note ,going back to early timber framed buildings ,they used Tree Nails, or Trennals to hold the joints together , which as I'm sure you'll know we're oak dowels, that any craftsman man could make, a local historic building has jointed beams , complete whith the joiners marks , and Treenails , that go back to the 1600s. It's an honour to run your hand over those marks a think of the joiner who put them there. Thanks for the video, stay safe mate, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart.uk.
@andrewlaverllc
@andrewlaverllc 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Spoken like a true gentleman!
@stevehammerich7121
@stevehammerich7121 3 жыл бұрын
Sad thing that not many USA manufacturers left anymore.my home town still makes them, hot dipped galvanized. Maze nails .look for the bright yellow box, they also own the oldest lumberyard yard in Illinois.
@Mickey-rq9dp
@Mickey-rq9dp 3 жыл бұрын
More videos explained. Thank you for time and effort. God bless
@tonygombas491
@tonygombas491 3 жыл бұрын
So much to know about nails thank you for the lesson🔨⚒
@MB12116
@MB12116 3 жыл бұрын
Can’t believe I just watched a video on nails lol. Great work Scott, very informative and interesting. You are definitely the only person I could listen to talk about nails for 13 minutes. Have a good one and keep up the great content. These videos are great. Could you maybe do one on lumber, like different types of plywood and sheathing: OSB, Zip, particle board, 3/4 vs 23/32 etc and on the different grades of stick lumber ie 2x4 PT verse non PT and the different lengths and sizes of boards and what each purpose is and like shims and stickers and furring strips. Thanks.
@Lore-wv5mt
@Lore-wv5mt Жыл бұрын
😂same here.
@hassenfepher
@hassenfepher 3 жыл бұрын
Great info. You nailed it.
@bigbranch1
@bigbranch1 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all the wonderful videos.......
@novaploca2080
@novaploca2080 3 жыл бұрын
Such a great quality content. Thank you.
@johncatt1867
@johncatt1867 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir for passing on your wealth of information. Very informative Video.
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