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Three useful tricks when working with wood

Hello friends! Any business has its own tricks that have been developed and accumulated over the years and experience, and here I will show you three very useful tricks when working with wood in this article. Useful tips can solve many problems in everyday life. I am sure that when you recognize them, you will definitely take these methods into your arsenal and will use them all your life.

How to hammer a nail into a piece of wood so that it does not crack


If you hammer a nail into a thin piece of wood - a rail, then in most cases it will certainly crack.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

To avoid this and minimize the risk of splitting, simply blunt the point of the nail with a hammer.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

Now if you hammer a nail into the rail - it will not crack!
Three useful tricks when working with wood

Agree, you did not know about such a trick.

How to easily screw a self-tapping screw


If you wrap long in dense wood, it can be very difficult. Self-tapping screw do not go over the face, the bat turns and so on. In general, it causes a lot of inconvenience.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

This can easily be avoided by lubricating the screw with ordinary soap.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

We are trying to wrap it up.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

Enters like clockwork. And just as easily unscrewed.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

This is especially useful when you need to wrap more than a dozen such screws.

How to slightly increase the diameter of the hole


It happens that you need to slightly increase the diameter of the hole, say under the pin. And then it turns out that you do not have the right drill or if you drill with a large drill, the hole will become a larger diameter than necessary.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

And to precisely adjust the diameter of the hole to the hairpin, take a piece of sandpaper and wrap it in a tube.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

The tube is the diameter of the hole.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

Clamp it into the screwdriver.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

And at high speeds we grind the hole.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

Pulling periodically to remove chips.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

Now the stud comes in as it should.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

These simple tips will make your life easier and save time and money.
Friends, if you have your own tricks - write them in the comments, I think everyone will be interested to read. Bye everyone!

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Comments (13)
  1. Dmitry
    #1 Dmitry Guests June 18, 2018 09:25
    1
    Thanks for the tips. Especially about soap screws))
  2. Vasya ropekin
    #2 Vasya ropekin Guests June 18, 2018 13:27
    7
    amazing tips! if you are an accountant ...
  3. Vasya
    #3 Vasya Guests June 18, 2018 16:45
    6
    Yes .... Tips from Soviet youth. Ancient, like ... a mammoth. Self-tapping screws rust very quickly from soap (due to alkali in the soap). It is better to grease them with paraffin from a candle.
  4. Stepan
    #4 Stepan Guests June 18, 2018 18:20
    2
    Thank you, although I haven’t learned anything new for myself.
  5. Questo
    #5 Questo Guests June 18, 2018 19:29
    5
    Jack of all trades - screwing metal screws into pieces of wood.
  6. Guest Andrey
    #6 Guest Andrey Guests June 19, 2018 17:24
    5
    Regarding to blunt a nail, I agree partially, on a spruce board, and yes, on a pine one, on the contrary, it will crack, in hardwood hardwood (birch, oak, ash, various types of mahogany), it is necessary to drill (depending on the thickness blanks). I write this as a professional, I have worked as a joiner all my life.
  7. Guest Sergey
    #7 Guest Sergey Guests June 21, 2018 15:49
    0
    Only slats on the structure of the tree are different for the craftsman)))
  8. Late guest
    #8 Late guest Guests June 26, 2018 00:35
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    Good advice, good! There is one BUT. It is better not to use nails at all - this is a prehistoric method of fastening. Under the screws you need to drill holes for their entire length. The diameter of the hole should not be much smaller than the diameter of the screw. It is better to dip a self-tapping screw in molten wax, it is also possible in paraffin. In the case of mahogany, this may not work, mahogany is very prickly and may crack even when twisting a greased screw. Never screw the screw in with a screwdriver!
    1. Ilya
      #9 Ilya Guests June 26, 2018 11:31
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      "... Never screw the screw with a screwdriver!"
      In how ... With his hammer, cattle.
  9. Experienced.
    #10 Experienced. Guests June 27, 2018 14:26
    1
    A good home craftsman will not wind the skin on the drill to “break” the hole. He always has at hand a box of drill bits from 1 to 10 mm (maybe more) with 0.1 mm increments. Well, this is for those who constantly make or repair something. Such a ticket office does not take up a lot of space, but it makes work easier specifically!
  10. igog
    #11 igog Guests July 3, 2018 2:23 p.m.
    0
    about "self-tapping" with soap - this is an ancient advice, like a d ... mo mammoth, and it is good for Soviet screws, for which you also had to drill a hole.
  11. igog
    #12 igog Guests July 3, 2018 2:28 p.m.
    0
    to screw a modern SCREW into a tree, you need only one thing - a screwdriver.
  12. Guest Igor
    #13 Guest Igor Guests September 19, 2018 12:54
    2
    How many "smart tips" the author gave. If you do not want the rail to crack, drill a hole in it at the beginning and do not blunt the nail. The same goes for self-tapping screws. Make a hole smaller than a self-tapping screw and calmly twist it with a screw.
    How many non-lazy people in the world, it’s already becoming fun.

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