I have one hand. If you get decent at this, it's very fast. If you want accuracy, it takes a ton of practice, or you just take similar sized pokey instrument and start a nail hole a quarter inch or so in and set the nail before starting. I move the nail out of the box slightly, and pick it up and set it in the hammer in one move, smack it lightly into the wall to set the nail and then flip the hammer and give it a good smack in one move. Not as efficient as possible probably but it's quick after a decade lol
Can’t use a nail gun in every situation nor is it practical, either need an air compressor or power everywhere you go, job sites don’t always have either. Kudos to bro for finding a way to swing a hammer with one arm arm, not a skill a lot of dual armed peeps have.
I thought I saw chippies (carpenters) next door using cordless nail guns. This is in Australia and it takes a while for a lot of new technology to get here.
Can confirm they are not underpowered and can shoot 75mm nails in all day long. They run on a gas canister and a battery. Google Paslobe framing gun. They are fairly affordable if your a tradesman. If your a weekend worrier there would be no need to run a paslobe framer or finishing gun because it’s not practical.
There are nail guns for hurricane clip nails. Tradesmen don't hand bang unless necessary. It's a giant waste of time. Even palm nailers are used more in installing clips.
They are, but they are pretty fucking expensive for a quality product. Cheaper lesser quality cordless guns won’t survive in a commercial setting and are nutritiously finicky and unreliable. Around 11lb’s as well, which isn’t bad but if you’re fucking framing all day that shit adds up, especially with one arm. It would really depend on op’s situation but it could work.
Edit: high asf forgot why I was even writing the comment had to revise this shit.
Switched to Milwaukee cordless frame nailers a few years ago. The weight is the same as a lighter air gun and hose. You save on the cost of the compressor and fuel. Plus you’re not dragging a hose around. The only thing they can’t do is drive through a truss plate. The occasional replacement battery is well less then the labor of rolling hoses.
Never even thought once about it. I always figured I might as well just learn to use a regular old hammer. I've never been one for special equipment, though. I don't use a prosthetic, I ride a normal bike, I don't use a steering knob in my car for one handed handling. I just feel more comfortable learning to use regular shit. Maybe there's some deep rooted obstinance there, IDK. About the only special equipment I use is a cut proof glove with the fingers chopped off and sewn shut over my stub, and some stuff for playing instruments.
My grandpa taught me "there's plenty of right ways to set a nail, I'm gonna show you how to bullseye", this man proceeded to take a Phillips head screwdriver and tap a small pilot notch at every point he was setting a nail. He then sunk every single nail in one stroke after having me push them into the notch. Pilot holes are great, and knowing that little bit got me a great job in CNC machining funnily enough.
Pretty much all these random life hacks like this are so dumb lol. Are people that afraid of hitting their thumb with the hammer? I think I've hit my thumb like once out of thousands of nails driven
I don't think it's dumb. If you're a contractor, and I've worked with a few, this is a time saving technique and their aim is next to perfect. For us laymen, it is dumb.
What? No. Other way around. A contractor needs to do HUNDREDS of these WAY faster. For a layman who needs to do a small handful, sure it’s a slightly faster way. But if you’re doing this all day every day I guarantee you just drive the nail in the normal way significantly faster
I worked in construction doing home building and remodeling for years and have worked with countless contractors. Not a single one has ever done this and there is absolutely no way it would save any of them any time. There were a few times I've seen guys with the "nail holding" hammers use them to hit nails at the top of their reach, but that only saved time because you don't need to get a ladder. I can see on the rarest of occasions where someone cant get a hand somewhere because of locationz that this could be used, but even then it would be for 1 or 2 nails tops. This is not a "hack" that contractors use and unless things are way different in Germany, I find it hard to believe you've working with anyone who's done this. The only people who would do this are either one handed, or scared to hit their fingers.
Nope. Never even heard of that shit, let alone see someone do it. A hand is more than enough, I’ve only hit my finger once in 10 years and I was 17 lol
Actually very expensive hammers, specifically for professionals, will have a nail set, although it is usually on the top of the hammer. It isn't meant for doing every nail, but for reaching places that only one arm, stretched out, can get too. Very handy.
Not to mention if the nails goes in further you can expect, you also be patching some drywall, you know unless your hanging something big enough that it covers it.
This is just one technique though. Skilled tradesmen should know about it as it definitely has its uses for hard to reach areas or if you're working at Heights/off a ladder. Doing it all the time is just dumb unless you need too like buddy in the comments with one hand.
Again, you're apparently are not a carpenter or have any idea of production carpentry. It's not how every nail is set, but when you can't sink a nail with two hands because of reach, this is the way to do it. I spent my life as a carpenter. I wouldn't expect anyone who wasn't a carpenter to know this little trick.
Not to mention this trick probably wouldn’t work with the type of nail that needs it most; small nails, short nails, anything you can’t hold with your index finger and thumb without getting smacked with the hammer, so you have to do those little, light taps that still hit your fingers, just so the nail sticks in a little and you can move your fingers but sometimes the nail still falls out and then you grab it and try to push it in the starter hole you made only to forget where you set the hammer down when you were looking for the fallen nail and then you lose the starter hole location while looking for the lost hammer which was right in front of you the whole time only to realize that you are trying to put the nail into drywall and the object that’ll be hanging from it is heavy so you need to drill a hole and put an anchor in it for a screw but the battery on your drill is dead so you go grab another beer and watch tv.
Get some playdough, make a little ball and press it down slightly where you want the nail to go. Press the nail into the playdough. Give the nail a few taps, remove playdough, finish driving nail. Won't hit your hand if it's not there.
I could have also said "git gud" casual. Anyone who has done it long enough is going to be fine hitting the nail on the head to set up for the power whacks. Anyone that afraid of hitting their thumbs is probably not hammering that often. If I have to hit enough nails that time taken to nail becomes a factor, I'm using a nail gun anyways.
I've accidentally hit my thumb with a "love tap" before, and can confirm that even though the force was barely enough to get the tip in (lol) it still hurt like a futhermucker.
My dad would always roast me for this, I always give the nail 2 taps. He’s the type of guy that basically drives the whole nail in 1 hit, I ain’t that ballsy
That’s the most ludicrous method of hammering in a nail I’ve ever heard. Do you also put corks on the end of your fork so you don’t accidentally poke yourself in the eye when eating?
Yes but it should be homemade playdough. When you prepare to start a project, first combine flour, cream of tartar, salt and warm water. Be sure to let it set for a few days. Once that is completed, measure twice, cut once for appropriate homemade playdough amounts and line your boards by sticking cubes of dough at each nail entry point. Then, call your dad who is a carpenter and get him to do it instead while you enjoy making some sick ass playdough snakes and snails. Ensure your carpenter family member compliments you on your art and sculpting abilities. Optional: offer a refreshment.
Also aim for the tip of the nail and not the end of the nail. Really doesn’t matter how you do it. Once you practice enough with a hammer it’s hard to miss. You don’t even have to look after a while. If I am using a chisel, I am looking at the chisel head and hitting the back of the chisel without looking at it. Your hands know where the other is. It’s innate after a while. I’m not even in construction I’m just a DIYer.
in general, yes, but i worked as a roofer for a few years and more than a couple times I spaced out a little too much and crushed the shit out of a finger
The method in the OP seems insane though, a worst of all worlds situation
I suppose you could always carefully position where you want the nail to go while wedged into the hammer rear like in the video, then just tap the front of the hammer with a rubber mallet? (keeping your face away of course)
This is the same type of "life hack" as people being like "we eat bananas wrong, chimps turn them upside down!" - Oh REALLY, Kevin!? Well I use my ceramic kitchen knife to cut off the top and bottom, and then split a line down the middle, and extract the banana from the peel because it gives me joy, and that's how I like my bananas- now get the fuck out of my office.
If you need precise placement you can just place “nailed hammer” where you want then slam other thing like a piece of wood, another hammer,… on it. Same result
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u/MPFX3000 Aug 02 '23
Well it’s more often I need a precise placement for a nail