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2. Nail (fastener) - Wikipedia

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   These nails were known as cut nails because they were produced by cutting iron bars into rods; they were also known as square nails because of their roughly rectangular cross section. The cut-nail process was patented in the U.S. by Jacob Perkins in 1795 and in England by Joseph Dyer, who set up machinery in Birmingham. The process was designed ...

3. Cat's paw (tool) - Wikipedia

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   These tools contain their own built in fulcrum, but can also be struck with a hammer to drive the tips of the tool into the wood with very little damage, allowing them to dig out nails that have been driven into wood at or below the surface. The Nail Hunter nail pulling design has very precise tips that actually come completely together at the ...

4. La Belle Iron Works - Wikipedia

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   La Belle Iron Works, also known as La Belle Cut Nail Works, was a historic factory complex and national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district included four contributing buildings; three Italianate style brick buildings dated to the founding of the company in 1852, and a tin plate mill built 1894–1897.

5. Treenail - Wikipedia

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   Increased water content causes wood to expand, so that treenails gripped the planks tighter as they absorbed water. [11] However, when the treenail was a different wood species from the planking, it usually caused rot. Treenails and iron nails were most common until the 1780s when copper nails over copper sheathing became more popular. [3]

6. Woodworking - Wikipedia

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   Five woodworking wood chisels: Chisels are tools with a long blade, a cutting edge, and a handle. Used for cutting and shaping wood or other materials. [20] Claw hammer A common hammer, the claw hammer, used in woodworking and other activities: The claw hammer, which can hammer, pry, and pull nails, is the most common hammer used in woodworking ...

7. Tremont Nail Company - Wikipedia

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   The Tremont Nail Company was a nail manufacturing company located in Wareham, Massachusetts, from 1819 to 2006. The Tremont Nail brand was purchased by Acorn Manufacturing of Mansfield, Massachusetts, where it still produces cut nails and other products for restoration projects. They are the oldest manufacturer of steel cut nails in the United ...

8. Vet Shares Simple Tip for Easily Cutting Dog’s Black Nails

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   In this video that he shared on Saturday March 2nd, he demonstrates how to cut a dog's nails when they are black. When cutting black dog nails, less is more. You want to start by cutting off a ...

9. Claw hammer - Wikipedia

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   One side of the head has a poll [1] with either a smooth or textured surface and used for driving, while the other is formed into a pair of downward curving V-shaped claws and used for prying — most commonly extracting nails from wood. The greater the curve of the claw(s), and longer the handle, the greater the leverage that may be applied.