Penny Size of Nails: Difference between revisions

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=Gun + Nails=
=Gun + Nails=
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Revision as of 21:33, 5 February 2023

About

  • Penny size is bullshit. Penny size applied to different nail types means a different length! Read this - [1]
  • Joist hanger names were called Tico nails [2].
    • If double top plate - then 1.5" is not the limitation and 3" nails should be used.
    • Sometimes 10D refers to diameter, as Tice 1.5" are called 10D - read comments at [3]
  • Building code defines a 10D nail as a .148 nail, 3" long [4]
  • 1" is 2D [5]. Note that penny size came historically from cost of the nails in pennies. So the length is not proportial to D size. [6]. The only thing we know is that the larger the D number, the larger the nail.
  • 10D is 3" long - [7]
  • Joist hanger nails do not seem to have D size attached to them - this one is 1.5" [8]
  • This 8D is 1.5" long [9]. Is that an error? Chart says 8D is 2.5".
  • 3.5" common nail, galvanized. 16D [10]

Mitek Teco Nails + Gun

  • Joist hanger nail gun


Gun + Nails

  • Metal connector gun nails - 0.63 cents each - [11]