September 2020 - Page 2 of 2 - www.woodhappiness.com

Nailing a pin to a wooden surface you may think that it's a very easy "thing" , which even a baby can do , but that's not quite accurate . Everything in our "wooden planet" has it's own "secrets" and needs care and attention from us . Even if you are a total woodworking beginner or a more advanced one , you're always learning new methods and ways to do your wooden project . Nailing a pin to a wooden surface isn't so easy as many may think . If you hurry and try to nail it to a very hard wood piece , without the attention it needed , you probably will bent the pin or nail it in a wrong direction . Nailing a pin to a Wooden Surface , needs Confidence . At first you should put the pin in the exact spot you want , with the exact direction you want to be pegged . After that you give a small hit to the "head" of the pin with your hammer , just to stailize the pin . Then you hit strongly the pin with your hammer using the exact ( as possible) center of the hammer , to the direction you want . After the stabilization of the pin , try to hit hard with the center of your hammer till the "end of the road" , but with as less hits as you can !!!!! That's why you hit hard but with high focus . You don't want your pin to go to the wrong direction , or inflect . Give to the pin strong , "confident" and the less appropriate hits , to get the "job" done . If you give your pin many uncertain and unconfident hits the possibilities to inflect it , or go to a wrong direction , are getting high . How you can nail a pin to a Wood's Edge , without Cracking the edge . Take your pin and hit its "nose" with a hammer to make it flat and less sharp and pointed . By doing this when you'll nail your pin , the pin will penetrate the wooden surface , pushing down the wood's fibers , so the wooden piece won't create cracks . If you don't want to hit the pin , take a cutter and cut completely the "nose" of the nail , to make it flat . Then nail it to your wood and you'll see that even if you nail very close to the end of the wood , the wood edge will not get any cracks . I'm sure that you've experienced the very annoying situation , of making a wooden project and when you're about to come to the end , you have a final nailing of a pin . You have done the nailing , and you're about to admire your wooden "masterpiece" but the edge cracks from the edge nailing , "demolishing" your woodworking project for good . Most of the times , you throw away your wood plan completely , while you keep talking these "bad language" . Enjoy your life , and give yourself "tons" of happiness through woodworking activity .