Tech: Getting nails out of old wood

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Mr Red
Date: 14 Oct 19 - 03:56 AM

Dare I saw this is a flawed project...............




I am outathadoor already!

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Rapparee
Date: 14 Oct 19 - 07:33 PM

Of kerf, it's plane that drilling this home would go against the grain, so just brace up a bit and claw around!

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: EBarnacle
Date: 14 Oct 19 - 09:43 PM

Rap, get your coat, take a nice walk until you find a bucket full of ice, then place your face in it.

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Rapparee
Date: 15 Oct 19 - 09:32 AM

I saw that coming and I'll try to square it later. I'll rip right into it!

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 15 Oct 19 - 12:12 PM

That's pretty much bit the nail on the head.

Coming along nicely thanks Leeneia. Been looking at New flooring today. Looks like there is a very nice laminate with inbuilt underlay that will do the trick. Saw some Karndean but the shop only did the glue down variety that will not do for our uneven floor. T

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 15 Oct 19 - 12:46 PM

What happened to lino then...???

When I was a kid, my mum was over the moon
when dad could afford a few rolls of lino for the house...

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 15 Oct 19 - 01:18 PM

Lino? LINO!!! Bloody luxury. We had to cover our floors wi' chewed up newspaper and spread lard on it to mek it watterteet...

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: theleveller
Date: 15 Oct 19 - 05:40 PM

A curse on anyone who leaves nails in old wood. Just look what you've done to the freshly- honed edge of my beautiful fifty quid roughing gouge when it hit one in a piece of old oak fence post I was turning.

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 15 Oct 19 - 05:54 PM

Q. What do you get if you throw a hand grenade into a Frenchman's kitchen?


A. Linoleum blown apart...

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: BobL
Date: 16 Oct 19 - 03:55 AM

STEVE!! CORNER!!!

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Mr Red
Date: 16 Oct 19 - 05:23 AM

LOL

And where did Napoleon keep his armies......................?

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 16 Oct 19 - 05:49 AM

Up his sleevies?

(I haven't heard that one...just a guess...)

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Gervase
Date: 16 Oct 19 - 06:47 AM

Done this many, many times; small screwdriver and carpenter's pincers are the best bet - use a piece of ply or thin metal under the pincers as you rock them to avoid scarring the wood if you want it to be sanded and polished. If you're going to cover the floor, don't bother with the shield.
A foam kneeling mat is essential, otherwise your knees will grumble after only a few minutes.

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: EBarnacle
Date: 16 Oct 19 - 12:15 PM

As a kid, my parents took me on a vacation trip. One of the stops was a factory that made linoleum. Primary ingredient was linseed oil. [Hence the "lin" part of the name.]
A few years ago, I was restoring a wooden teacher's desk and needed linoleum for the top surface. No longer available.

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Mr Red
Date: 16 Oct 19 - 01:30 PM

Linoleum was a good firestarter. So I guess it doesn't pass the safety regs any more.

And there used to be a News Reporter on local BBC midlands (Radio & TV) called
Lyndsay Doyle. Not sure it was real or pseudonym.

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: BobL
Date: 17 Oct 19 - 02:55 AM

Anyone else remember making linocut prints in school art classes?

The stuff appears to be still available BTW, you can find it on e-Bay.

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Mr Red
Date: 17 Oct 19 - 03:48 AM

I used to have an Adana printing press, lead type and all. They used to sell mounted lino at about the right height.

Using fine emery paper and a good flat surface you could get the lino surface super flat. Then using miniature woodcutting tools (not lino-cut tools) and a steady hand, carve fine & delicate lines. I carved the impressions of church brasses, used them to make Christmas cards for years.

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 17 Oct 19 - 10:05 AM

Primary school lino cutting was a blood bath of sliced fingers..

I'd expect it's no longer on the school curriculum...???

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Charley Noble
Date: 19 Oct 19 - 10:20 AM

Punkfolkrocker has it right. Order a "staple remover," a very small version of the basic pry-bar with two sharp prongs. It's strong and sharp enough to hammer in under the staple and pry it up with a minimum of damage. Artists who staple canvas to their stretchers use this tool all the time. You may even be able to pick one up at an art supply store rather than a regular hardware store.

If the staple breaks, which some do, I usually have to dig around it with a small chisel and extract it with a needle-nose vice-grips.

Sometimes I just take a grinder and grind the sucker flat.

Sometimes I just cuss at it.

Cheerily,
Charlie Ipcar

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 19 Oct 19 - 10:45 AM

Thanks Charlie.

They are nearly all up now thanks to the mole grips though.

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Mr Red
Date: 20 Oct 19 - 05:22 AM

Did the wife tell you to "get a grip"?

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Oct 19 - 10:22 AM

That's a "vise" grip, Charley. What kind of vice to you grip with your tool? ;-) Hahaha!

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Mr Red
Date: 22 Oct 19 - 02:31 PM

vice versa

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 22 Oct 19 - 02:36 PM

Vine, vide, vice?

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Mr Red
Date: 23 Oct 19 - 12:23 PM

vide, vice, vine

you do it your way, I prefer mine!

And there is always

Amo, amas, amamus, amattitagian ..................

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 23 Oct 19 - 12:52 PM

Blum blum blum blee blo blo

Amo amas amat amamus amatis amatriciana

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 23 Oct 19 - 01:10 PM

Amaretto?

Committed now. Getting a quote for some Karndean LVT. The chap has been out today and said he can do it on 9mm ply and will take up any remaining staples. Bit of work to do on the concrete but I can manage that. Need to get some floor repairs done but that is mainly under where the new units will be so will not affect the new flooring.

The old knees are not much better but the nurse practitioner has said it may be my hip and the chiropractor thinks it is nerve/tissue related rather than the joint. I tend to agree more with the latter. Sort of feels like that anyway.

It's all go at Gnome Towers. Should be ready before the next influx of Muscat visitors in the spring :-D

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 23 Oct 19 - 01:14 PM

Muscat=Mudcat but a bit more exotic...

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 23 Oct 19 - 01:20 PM

Grape expectations?

Subject: RE: Tech: Getting nails out of old wood
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 23 Oct 19 - 01:35 PM

Only time will (Musca)tell...