Three useful tricks when working with wood

Three useful tricks when working with wood

Hello friends! Any business has its own tricks, which are developed and accumulated over the years and experience, so in this article I will show you three very useful tricks when working with wood. Useful tips can solve many problems in everyday life. I am sure that having learned them, you will definitely take these methods into your arsenal and apply them throughout your life.

How to hammer a nail into a piece of wood so it doesn't crack


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

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

Now if you hammer a nail into a lath, it won’t crack!
Three useful tricks when working with wood

Agree, you didn’t know about such a trick.

How to easily tighten a self-tapping screw


If you wrap a long one in dense wood, it can be very difficult. The self-tapping screw does not go beyond the face, it will turn the bit, etc. 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 regular soap.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

Let's try to wrap it up.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

It goes in like clockwork. And it unscrews just as easily.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

This can be especially useful when you need to tighten more than a dozen of these screws.

How to slightly increase the diameter of the hole


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

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

A tube according to the diameter of the hole.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

Let's clamp it into a screwdriver.
Three useful tricks when working with wood

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

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

Now the pin fits in properly.
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 in reading them. Bye everyone!

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Comments (13)
  1. Dmitriy
    #1 Dmitriy Guests 18 June 2018 09:25
    1
    Thanks for the advice. Especially about soap screws))
  2. Vasya Verevkin
    #2 Vasya Verevkin Guests 18 June 2018 13:27
    7
    amazing tips! if you are an accountant...
  3. Vasya
    #3 Vasya Guests 18 June 2018 16:45
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    Yes.... Advice from Soviet youth. Ancient, like ...... mammoth.Soap causes self-tapping screws to rust very quickly (due to the alkali in soap). It is better to lubricate them with paraffin from a candle.
  4. Stepan
    #4 Stepan Guests 18 June 2018 18:20
    2
    Thank you, although I didn’t learn anything new.
  5. Questo
    #5 Questo Guests 18 June 2018 19:29
    5
    A jack of all trades - he screws metal screws into pieces of wood.
  6. Guest Andrey
    #6 Guest Andrey Guests 19 June 2018 17:24
    5
    Regarding blunting the nail, I partially agree, in spruce board, yes, in pine, in no case, on the contrary, it will crack, in hardwood (birch, oak, ash, various types of mahogany), it is necessary to drill (depending on the thickness blanks). I am writing this as a professional, I have worked as a carpenter all my life.
  7. Guest Sergey
    #7 Guest Sergey Guests 21 June 2018 15:49
    0
    Only the wood structure slats are different from the craftsman)))
  8. Late Guest
    #8 Late Guest Guests June 26, 2018 00:35
    0
    Good advice, practical! There is one BUT. It is better not to use nails at all - this is a prehistoric method of fastening. You need to drill holes for the screws along their entire length. The diameter of the hole should be slightly smaller than the diameter of the screw. It is better to dip the self-tapping screw in melted wax, or in paraffin. In the case of mahogany, this may not work; mahogany is very scratchy and can split even when tightening a lubricated screw. Never screw in a self-tapping screw with a screwdriver!
    1. Ilya
      #9 Ilya Guests June 26, 2018 11:31
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      "... Do not under any circumstances screw in a self-tapping screw with a screwdriver!"
      What... Hammer him, the beast.
  9. Experienced.
    #10 Experienced. Guests 27 June 2018 14:26
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    A good DIYer will not wrap sandpaper around the drill bit to "break" the hole. He should always have at hand a box of drills from 1 to 10 mm (more is possible) in increments of 0.1 mm. Well, this is for those who are constantly making or repairing something.Such a cash register does not take up much space, but it makes the work easier!
  10. yog
    #11 yog Guests 3 July 2018 14:23
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    about “self-tapping screws” with soap - this is ancient advice, like the d...mo of a mammoth, and it is good for Soviet screws, for which you also had to drill a hole.