formulae for selecting the length of a nail?...

[SteveA]

It's Saturday night mate, is your life so boaring that you gotta ask about nails? LOL:)

 

Yeah, but when everybody else is in church tomorrow repenting their Saturday night sins, or downing the Alka~Seltzer ....I'll be happily hammering nails in the sun.

[Joe Newton]

In the pub while waiting for a blowie:)

 

 

I'm running late, keep it up.

[Hodge]

I'm running late, keep it up.

 

 

Ha,Ha, no problem:)

[Eddy_t]

I work on the theory if it sticks out the back it's too long

 

 

I thought it was if it sticks out the back, you bend that bit so the nail doesn't come out?

[SteveA]

Depends what wood you are nailing too but I would go for 65mm-75mm long. Would have thought 50mm could easily pull out in soft timbers.

 

That's what I feel too.... but the annular ring nails are designed to resist pullout, so I wonder if 50mm might be okay?

ie; 25mm of the nail (through the 1" boards) and leaving 25mm of the nail into the joist?

 

Or is it best to have twice the thickness of the board nailed into the joist?

For 75mm nails:

ie; 25mm of the nail (through the 1" boards) and 50mm of the nail into the joist?

[Mountain man]

Dull old night on here.

[Mark Bolam]

It's 14th March mate.

 

Most of the lads are scrubbing themselves up after picking steak out of their teeth.

 

 

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[Mountain man]

Yeah probably (he says having no idea what Mark Bolam is referring to)

[Woodworks]

Why not do a test. Get some offcuts and see if it holds firm.

 

Don't know what you chaps are on about. What could be more exciting than talking about nail length while sipping a pint of water. Living the dream

[Gnome]

Wish I hadn't had those 2 fried eggs with my steak tonight. Feeling a little rumbly.

 

I would opt for 65mm - 75mm myself.