How I Get Old Nails to Hold Again in Old Wood | Engels Coach Shop
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- The goal in this shepherd's wagon restoration is to use original wood and fixtures whenever possible. This kitchen cupboard is mostly there, but falling apart so I'm going to reuse everything I can to hold it together again. Thanks for coming along!
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I always thought I pulled and reused nails because I was cheap. Now I know that I do it to preserve history.
You mean everyone doesn't do that?
Preserving your dignity at the same time...
Even new nails the same size would be loose in that old dried out wood.
@@gbwildlifeuk8269 The glue he uses would prevent that adding the toothpick fills the loose holes...I do it with wooden Qtips and it worked great. Think outside your box.
I don't comprehend how a nail head (the only part seen after re-insertion) can "preserve history." Sorry guys. It just doesn't make sense to me. I would call it being miserly (not a criticism, just penny-pinching).
Clever way to reuse nails ..another great idea to stick in my mental tool box...
Thank you for posting 👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸
I learn so many neat tricks watching you work. Please keep making these videos for a long long time!
Nice restoration. Sometimes is nicer to keep old wood.
The toothpicks are genius. I fix a lot of old hive boxes and will be trying that trick instead of making more holes!
Gotta love that wonder bar
thanks for sharing
History preserved, originality retained, functionality restored, mission achieved, satisfaction guaranteed. Congratulations
@dwansbo , You nailed it . Pun intended
Yes, but for how long until its a mass of fully rotten boards and not the half rotten boards they are now
I watched a documentary about the Oseberg ship restorations some time ago, preservation of the brittle wood with solidifying solutions and so on. This work gives sort of same knd of vibes, archeologist preserving the decaying history of sheep herders, some probably desendants of those Oseberg vikings.👍😊
I,ve used toothpicks to tighten screws, but never thought about using them on nails. THAK YOU!!
I have used match sticks for screws too, also not thought to use them for screws.
Ditto
Thak yew two
I also, have made use of the toothpick, the glue was something I had never considered. Thank you for this tip and so many others!
You do a great job in editing to get the background music just the right volume without it being intrusive nor distracting.😊
Looks great and is probably going to look better when you’re done.😉👍
Good restoration.
The Master Craftsman demonstrated, professionally, the fine art of restoring a vintage treasure of national heritage, recycling and using the same original materials. This is , definitely, a workmanship of preservation national arts😊
Idea for glue in cracks vacuum cleaner from the other side works great
Amazing work. NOT a resoration, but a preservation. The care taken to keep it all looking old and worn is an art.
Good work, I enjoy watching everything you do.
Honorable mention for using both ends of the toothpick. I tend to use splinters; both for picking teeth and filling up rotten holes.
you have an amaizing assortment of tools makes me jealous , i see a large amount of old spreaders and old english farm equipment when i go in the country but the young always throw them out , but i use some of your tricks also and some my dad taught me like cutting the point off a nail so it didn,t split the wood and i have a tool for getting buried nails out and a few other weird and wonderful things but no one wants to know about them anymore i think that,s what makes your show so interesting . all the best terry
Nice preservation and video too!❤
Along time ago when I was a pinball repairman we used toothpicks and glue to fill in holes where screws and posts had come loose on the playfield. Great to see that it works for nails too. Before that I spent 3 summers working up Rock Creek in Red Lodge in the old pea cannery (all the way from Minnesota). I love the beauty of the area.
Thanks for sharing. I really wish all the old wood was scraped. But I’m not paying the bills. : )
You'd never know you'd fixed it up, which was the whole point. Excellent as ever. Cheers
great tip with toothpicks!❤
In larger holes, bamboo chop sticks work well too.
They say it isn't possible, but Dave has managed to shine sh_t.
When filling a crack with glue, use a shop vac on the other side to pull the glue into the crack.
Great suggestion , tried it on an old greenhouse I rebuilt . Works a treat 👍🏴
The magician is at it again. Thank you for allowing me to follow along! God Bless you and Mrs. Engels.
Good save !!!
Tooth picks for nails and match sticks for screws.
Works a treat.
Great idea!
G'day,
Well done !
I've used Toothpicks & Glue to
Re-Sleeve the Bore of countless Wooden Holes in which
Screws have been overtightened, and cut them too oversized for the Screw's Thread to ever again, otherwise, bite into....; but I've rarely done the stunt on
Old Nails in loose tired Holes, and never on anything half as dilapidated as that old
Pantry...
An inspirational Video, indeed !
Thanks for posting it.
Have a good one,
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
Well done, again!
I use bamboo skewers instead of toothpicks.
They are fatter, longer, and far stronger.
Wonderful!
AMAZING! A person could easily believe that cabinet hadn't had anything wrong with it!
The materials and technology for restoring vintage arts is in abundance. But , really, what missing is the will and intention.
I appreciate you
Toothpick shims! Great idea! I suspect that flaking white paint inside the old cabinet is white lead pigment. I hear it adds sweetness to whatever it is added to! Thanks for another great video!
Thanks Dave. You're an antidote to the modern World. 🇬🇧🇬🇧
My dad was a carpenter and he taut me the toothpick trick many years ago. Works for screws, too. It was great to see it here. a real pleasent memory
I like to use wood kitchen matches
I’m just starting to repair my Grandfathers wooden tool box from the 20’s or 30’s and this video is exactly what I needed for techniques. Thanks!
Your making great progress on the two vehicles you have going. Fun to see the contrast of the desired outcomes.
Good for 100 years more
Cool...been doing the toothpick thing for years....
Dave, I'd trust your rebuilt 'solid' Over most of today's new home construction. Your work on this cabinet would, even under use, outlast most of today's basic home structures.
Good enough is good enough for a static display piece.
Curious to see the stove and how it’s secured. 👍
I enjoy watching the way you restore the pieces, and how you reassemble them to their original form. I also enjoy the background music. Stay safe.
А надо мной смеялись, когда я говорил, что в отверстия от гвоздей можно вставить зубочистки😄. Как всегда, отличная работа, Дейв! Я рад тому, что ты используешь старое дерево в этом видео.
In those days nothing was fancy is just had to function, I've been to similar situations and survived and I miss it sometimes.
Thanks Dave
Really enjoyed the work you do
thank you
And that is how you make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.. Well done my friend..
Going very well thanks
Those are some pretty good tricks for recovering stability. Here for historical purposes, but you never know when someone will be happy to know these tricks because they're making do with what they've got.
Hard to nail 'em when ya got old wood !
Thank you Dave. I have enjoyed your channel for a long time!
Thank you for watching!
Great job Dave, liked the way you used the toothpick to fatten the hole. That does preserve the pantry or cupboard for the sheepherders wagon. You did an excellent job really. Thanks for sharing with us. Fred.
I have never used toothpicks before for reinforcing screw or nail holes but have used wooden matches before which have always worked quite well.
Clever use of wood glue and toothpicks to use the old boards and nails.
How you piece this stuff back together really fascinates me. Thank you for sharing.
Matchsticks (large and small) work great on loose screw holes. Toothpicks are birch -- pretty hard -- but matchsticks tend to be softer aspen, poplar, and even spruce, and handle screw teeth better.
Здраствуй у нас как говорят ломать не строить а так все хорошо получается что сказать хорошего здоровья успехов вам Нижний Новгород Юра
The pros: Keeps the look, fun to do, and savings. Con: lead based paint.
Reminds me of the “lipstick on a pig” deal, but it’s very neat the way you kept the old appearances, but greatly strengthened the remains! Kudos!
😂 remains is about right. I'm really struggling to understand this project, its a lot of work and no doubt money for something that may look pretty and original but is intrinsically rotten.
Love the toothpick trick. Use it all the time! Sometimes, we use matchsticks without the ends! Wonderful work you sure do!!
Looken good, stay safe and we'll see you next time.
Lotsa little tips and tricks in this restoration. I've used golf tees when I had them, whittled plugs and such for screws, it never occurred to me to use a wood filler stick for a wallowed out nail hole. With pneumatic nail guns and now cordless it was rarely needed to redo a nail hole. An appropriately sized wood dowel and old school pencil sharpener makes great screw hole plugs quickly. Thanks Dave.
Ive had a few long and deep checks in mesquite that I needed to glue shut much like you are doing here. The real long and deep ones I found using the ol shop vac on the back side really helped draw glue way down and in some cases through the crack and glued up nicely.
Cheers, Dave. I've used toothpicks since I was in high school and none of my work has ever loosened up!
Very good work Dave! Thanks!
That really turned out nicer than I thought it would. Thanks for sharing, have a great weekend. Charles
I can really appreciate the matching and reuse of the weathered boards. I also like to see the use of C clamps on almost all your work. I have some and use them sometimes, but the newer squeeze clamps sure are handy and quick. Thanks for the video.
I have collected a wide variety of clamps for woodworking. Screw clamps ("C" clamps and "F" style clamps) sometimes loosen up under vibration, as when using a saber saw, and they get looser as the glue squeezes out, but you can apply more pressure. Spring clamps stay tight as the glue squeezes out, but the amount of pressure is very limited, not adjustable, unless you add a thicker pad under them. Bar clamps are great for more pressure, but awkward in many applications. Squeeze clamps also apply a limited amount of pressure, but they are handy for getting things stabilized. The clamps I use the most are the Jorgensen pattern "F" style, which are quickly adjustable, but have screws for good pressure, and are available in many useful lengths, depths and weights. The most important thing I know about clamps is that you never have too many!
My dad worked as a carpenter in the late 40's and early 50's before he joined the Navy. He hung doors and installed windows. He taught me the tooth pick trick just a few years ago when I needed it. I wish I had known it a long time ago. I'm glad to see you doing it too.
I use kitchen match sticks (with the heads broken off) instead of toothpicks if the holes are too big. 💖🌞🌵😷
Cheers happy Friday!
Your way of making it work is very good I like it. The adventure continues. Have fun.
Great idea for the toothpicks.
A great historical piece. Preserving what you can is the goal. Nobody would visit a museum to see a color xerox copy of the Mona Lisa...Would they? Great work Dave!
Hi Dave and Diane ☺, nice simple way to fill up those nail holes, and I guess we missed the old nail straightening,lol. Thanks for another interesting video, stay safe, best wishe's to you and Diane, Stuart and Megan UK.
More great work from a master Craftsman
Great job on the cabinet rebuild. I have used wooden matches to help firm up oversized screw holes before but really like the toothpick in the nail hole trick. Thank you for sharing with us.
For those who don't know, replacing a small section of rotten or damaged wood with new wood without replacing the entire board is commonly called a "dutchman". I think the Dutch were known as very thrifty carpenters.
A dutchman is a dovetail reinforcemant of a crack or split
Many trades use that term in various ways.
Very nice,great video.continue on doing what you do best.👍👍👍😎😎😎
I have never thought of using toothpicks, but I have used match sticks many times.
Once again memorized by your skill levels....wow .
I appreciate you sharing your vast restoration skills with us.
I'm just a tinkerer, but darn it, I learn something every time I watch these videos!
I appreciate your range of talents , skills , from the precision wagon wheel to nailing together albeit with care and attention, a shepherds parlour . Fascinatyas always 👍🇬🇧
You did a good job with the cabinet. Toothpicks do work well, thanks Dave.
I use disposable poly plastic syringes to inject glue into tight cracks. Trin the tip to suit the crack size. I Use Tightbond II usually.
You're well past Master. This looks to me to be an advancement in Wabi-sabi, using weathered wood to restore something. I'm sure the Smithsonian will be learning from this.
An old dog learned a new trick. Toothpicks with glue on them. Thanks !!
This is an early model of a modern day overlander.
All that wood glue should last a few more decades!
Like a dedicated physician healing a broken body.
Often people with no experience in carpentry, joinery etc, have a false sense of right, wrong, and what are shortcuts. There is a book that I love which was written in the mid 19th century titled " The Joiner and Cabinet Maker". It is written to give potential joinery apprentices a glimpse of the trade. What is invaluable is the description of tasks the apprentice has to do, along with the progression of jobs he's tasked with doing. In one tasking he is made to straighten bent nails, nails were pricey for the time, another task was to make a packing crates which needed to be clinch nailed, and that is relevant to this series. While the process isn't exactly the same it is done for the same reason and accomplishes the same job. It's done to fulfill the necessity of using a nail to hold a thin board to a thin board, a nail that is too short to protrude when driven through two 3/4 inch boards has very little holding power, however a longer nail driven through both, then bent (clinched)over has exponentially more holding power, clinching is typically thought to have the nail bent like a staple so the point goes into the wood, it isn't a requirement. When bent so that the point enters the wood it helps to deal with splitting, a problem that happened traditionally with cut nails, with round nails splitting is less of a problem. It also keeps the tip of the nail from catching on things.
The point is that sometimes a carpenters "trick" might seem like a cheapskate shortcut when it infact is the historically true, right, and proper way to do it. And sometimes it's purely educational. If an apprentice carpenter doesn't like straightening nails then that apprentice will be better motivated to not bend them in the first place!
Thanks for bringing us along! Nice episode!
I rebuilt old kitchens. The wood wouldn't be the best. You sir make it look so easy. Thank you.