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Scrap wood to nail together? Luxury. Try, "take the nails out of these boards and straighten them, so we can reuse both"
by mindslight 1y ago
Scrap wood to nail together? Luxury. Try, "take the nails out of these boards and straighten them, so we can reuse both"
- dylan604 1y agooh, i had my share of that project too. way back then, i found busy work fun. i think it is the true source of my absolute frustration with busy work now. thanks doc, i think we just made a break through!
- rascul 1y agoDepending on things, manufacturing your own cut nails in your backyard from free scrap metal may be more efficient and significantly easier than pulling nails. It doesn't help much if you want to reuse the lumber, though.
- potato3732842 1y agoMy dad bought exactly one pound of roofing nails when replacing an entire asphalt shingle roof thanks to child labor.
- mindslight 1y agoDid he at least buy new shingles?
- potato3732842 1y agoThey were unused and in the package and they were new to him. They weren't new to the world. And he didn't buy them he bartered for them.