Houghton123

On a lot of plaster, the finish coat maintains its strength long after the scratch and brown coats have gotten flaky. This tip proposes to remove that strength by chewing out a divot, increasing the chance of cracking in the process, AND has a worker making washers that you can buy at about $5/100 (how many workers could make 4-500 of those an hour, to justify the wages?).

Get plaster washers. There was a time when there was only one major source (Charles Street Supply in Massachusetts, making them since 1948), but Googling "plaster washers" brought me dozens of possible sources, and also dozens of online discussions of these marvelous little devices - so it's not like they're unknown.

I'm puzzled why the editors thought this was a good video to put up for viewing? It seems kind of like a discussion of how to make your own nails out of wire.

I'm a weekend worrier, and haven't even considered titanium. I AM very aware of the effect of the wrong hammer on the body, though - I've got a steel-tube-handled hammer, purchased when I did sheet metal work for a bit, that I reserve for demolition only. My nail-driving hammers all have wood handles to absorb shock.

When I'm trying to drive a 16d nail into the dry framing of our house during a remodel, though, I still feel it in my elbow at the end of the day.