On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:56:28 -0500 Fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Craig wrote: > > > What helped the most was pounding on the end of the nail with > > the 2 pound hammer. With that, some of the nails went in just > > fine, but some would not go in and bent over. I drove one > > stack of eight #8 washers completely into the wood. I also got > > carried away and put a bunch of nails in. The half-height wall > > I thought was going to be wobbly isn't. > > Good! > > I have never like the nails much. They are fast, though, > compared to what I prefer. Which is a threaded stud anchor. > Like this one > http://www.confast.com/products/thunderstud-anchor.aspx
When I put in our garage closet, I used anchors which went down into a hole in the concrete. > Using a real hammer drill (like Bosch BullDog) making a 1/4 inch > (7mm) hole is easy, even in old hard concrete. I used a hammer drill to try to drill the holes for the garage closet anchors. Even with a 1/4" starter hole, the hammer drill made little progress after an hour of trying. I had to go to the local rental yard to rent a rotary hammer (the difference in the actual terminology is significant). That was a much larger piece of equipment and did a 1/2" (or was it 5/8"?) hole in about 45 seconds. I had to be careful to not go too deep. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
