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They also created hardened wooden nails and hammered them into wooden planks. That seems like a better example.
by whyenot 5y ago
They also created hardened wooden nails and hammered them into wooden planks. That seems like a better example.
- netcan 5y agoNot an example of the same thing, really. Nails don't need to be that hard. They're typically made from thin mild steel. If it's hard enough to be used as cutlery, demo it like every knife gets demoed. Slice up some tomatoes, chop roots, and see how it holds and edge. If it can still cut 2m slices, it's functional kitchen knife. You can cut a steak with the disposable softwood knives we already have.
- SamBam 5y agoKind of. It took nearly two minutes to drive that skinny main though three skinny boards. A metal brad of the same size would go through that would in 3, maybe 4 whacks. The way they were hitting it looked either like they had never hammered before, or that they were afraid of shattering the nail.
- hn_throwaway_99 5y agoYeah, honestly, I was super interested when I saw the title and read the article, but when I saw both of the videos (the steak cutting one and the nail one), I thought "Are they trying to use these demos to convince people of the inferiority of the wooden products?" In the steak cutting one, the way one little edge piece is cut off looks like a plastic butterknife could have done just as well. Your description of the nail driving one was spot on - that video was downright embarrassing.
- TheSpiceIsLife 5y agoLook at how the person is holding the hammer makes me suspect they've never used one before, or at least never been shown how to use one properly.
- burnished 5y agoI thought you were being mean or exaggerating or something, because after eight or so whacks I thought they had driven it through. Nope. Very delicately handled.