Removing Finish Nails

Tim Carter, of http://AsktheBuilder.com, demonstrates 3 easy ways to remove nails from pieces of wood so they can be reused in home projects.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• remove
• removing
• finish
• nails
• nail
• trim
• wood
• old
• hammer
• saw
• crown
• molding
• tim
• carter
• ask
• builder

[headholio]

Cutting toward your hand with the hacksaw! You should know better than that! 

[AsktheBuilder]

@headholio Yes, you're correct. Too bad my wrists tend to bend more one way than the other. It's very awkward to twist my right arm in a counterclockwise motion.

[actorguy6]

after watching this video I have used the linesman pliers method for about a year now.. and i gotta tell ya Tim - works like a charm every time.. in base, casing, jamb, all trims.. thank you for that trick!.. for years I beat the nail through the other side

Tino.

[AsktheBuilder]

Thanks. I forgot who showed me, but she or he was a genius.

[axxman]

The Nail Jack or Nail Hunter beat all these tools because they DIG, grab or grip the nails and pull!

[edbiscocho08]

end cutter also the best tool for removing finish nail

[bacdef]

Hello Tim and thank you for all the videos, I am learning a lot !

One comment here if I may, as I think this might benefit your viewers. One should never, ever, point the operational end of a tool towards one's self. The way you used the hacksaw in this video seemed a bit dangerous to me.

[byhammerandhand]

See "The Extractor" extracting pliers. Arrrgggg.

Now if I could just find the idiots that believe pneumatic nails in furniture joints are a good idea (and if one is good 8 is better).

[AsktheBuilder]

You are most welcome.