What is a nail set?
Nail set, sometimes called nail strike, is a special tool made of hardened metal, usually steel used, controls the head of the finishing nail with or below the working surface. A nail set can sometimes be used as a punch, create a small hole or a pipe in the wood as a clue for nail control. Nail sets are generally not used for construction work, such as framing the house, but are very useful in performing finishing work, such as installation of moldings, motherboards and other hem, interior and exterior. The standard set of three should be sufficient to solve the most commonly used sizes of finishing nails. Generally long between 4 and 6 inches (10 to 15 centimeters), the nail set has two parts: handle and tip. The handle, rarely stronger than the standard screwdriver handle, is 1/2 to 2/3 of the tool length. The nail tip narrows from the handle for Christmas tight enough to fit on the head of the finishing nail. Different manufacturers sometimes add different functions to increase appearance or valuethese tools. For example, most of them are completely metal, with combs or cross -bores embossed into their handles to prevent the tool from slipping. Some are produced with a rubber or plastic handle installed via handles for comfort and also to reduce or prevent slipping.
nail sets are most commonly used in final works. Pressing and other trimming are attached to walls or ceilings with the completion of nails: relatively short, thin wire nails with heads just slightly wider than the diameter of the nail. These are hammered by forming to attach to the wall or ceiling, so the nail head hardly proud of the surface - that is, only slightly protruding. The nail set is then placed in a thorough nail head for this purpose, and the nail set is hit by a hammer once or twice to make the nail head with us with the surface of the wood or below the wood surface "it set. "If the nail head was powered under the wood surface, the small hole on the left is filled with a suitable sealant and is left to dry before it is lightly ground and finish, apply to the bar.
Most nail sets are the only piece of metal, but some are more sophisticated. One popular set of nails has an opening in its center, which extends the length of its body, and contains a spring pin that protrudes through the hole from the rear of the nail set. The hole is located above the nail head and the user hits the protruding pin with a hammer, controls the pin forward, extends the head of the nail and takes it into the wood surface. The advantage of this type of nail set is that the pin that hits the nail has no chance to slip and hit the surface of the wood, which is sometimes a problem with one -piece nail sets.