Try a small piece of wood, about 1/2 the height of the nail, with square edges and a shallow saw kerf cut into its face. Hold the nail in the kerf and set the block on the work surface. Hammer the nail 1/2 of the way in. Remove the block and finish driving the nail in.
In the vinyl siding section of The Home Depot there is a small nail guide commonly called a "pea shooter" for putting nails in hard to reach places. It is a tube/handle with a magnetic tip rod that is struck with a hammer. I recently bought an air compressor and pneumatic brad nailer. I like it much and wish that I had bought it years ago. - Gil Laster, Charlotte, NC Original Message: ------------------------ hammering a nail in? Posted by: "Blake Hardin" Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:50 am (PDT) hey all hows it going? Ok so when i was little i used to mess around with hammering nails in and such but i was wondering how do you guys do it? Like if im just trying to hammer a nail in to a board with a hammer do i hold the nail with my fingers and try to aim for the nail with the hammer? That allot of times will end up being my thumb under the hammer rather than the nail haha. So does your aim just get better with practis or do you have something you can put the nail in to hold it so you wont have to use your fingrs? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
