Foster, Edwin W. [from old catalog] · Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 236
re nails are so cheap now that the old-fashionedcut nails have been largely driven from the market. The nails used on the box were one-inch brads. The holding power of flat-head nails is of coursemuch greater than bung head, but in this case thebox was to be squared up after nailing, exactly asif… … MAKING NAIL BOXES 209 tool, but not absolutely necessary, as for light worka wire nail, with the point ground flat on the grind-stone, will answer the same purpose. A carpenterfrequently uses the edge of a flat-head nail insteadof the punch. The box was assembled by nailing together thesides and…
Carpentry · Woodwork
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