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how many nails do you count?

hvtrimguy | Posted in General Discussion on November 30, 2006 07:18am

Pulled apart some closet cleats in a house when I installed a closet system. How many nails do you count in this cleat? and it still didn’t grab the drywall well. go figure.

“it aint the work I mind,
It’s the feeling of falling further behind.”

Bozini Latini

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  1. User avater
    IMERC | Nov 30, 2006 07:19am | #1

    with that size of a picture we'll never know..

     

    Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming

    WOW!!! What a Ride!

    Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

    1. DonCanDo | Nov 30, 2006 01:36pm | #10

      with that size of a picture we'll never know..

      I just realized something.  Assuming you have a high speed connection (I have DSL) you can right-click on the picture and choose "open in new window".  IE will automatically re-size the picture to fit the screen.  At least you don't have to scroll to see the whole thing.

      Of course, for those on dialup... never mind.

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        IMERC | Nov 30, 2006 02:17pm | #11

        wireless..

        worse than dial up... 

        Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

        WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

        Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

        1. McPlumb | Nov 30, 2006 06:23pm | #12

          Uless it's Verizon, my dialup gave me a speed of 1.2kbps this morning  it took an hour and a half to get decent hookup.

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            IMERC | Nov 30, 2006 06:27pm | #13

            T Mobile... 0.8kb 

            Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

            WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

            Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

      2. splintergroupie | Dec 01, 2006 12:12am | #14

        Thanks for that tip, Don! I have 'real' wireless (not IMERC's phone connection) so speed isn't a huge problem, but i used to save to desktop and open in Irfanview to view in full - and i'd have to want to see it really bad to do that.

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          IMERC | Dec 01, 2006 12:28am | #16

          this is wireless.... 

          Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

          WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

          Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

          1. splintergroupie | Dec 01, 2006 12:34am | #17

            I'm confused..i thought you meant you were connecting through a Verizon cell phone...? S'cuse my bafflement...just got my first cell phone.I have a teeny antennae mounted on my house looking at a tower on the mountain a couple miles away that feeds my computer...are we talking about the same thing?

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            IMERC | Dec 01, 2006 12:51am | #18

            this lap top has a T-Moblie gizzmo in it.. works pretty much the same as the system you have....  only the antenna is built into the lap top...

            wish it had an external jack for an antenna..

            here in the mountains I get a very weak signal (35-40% strength) producing some dismal results..

            in town it's a regular barn burner..

            tried several of the outfits and this is the only one that would work here...

            now go see if you understand what I said about yur puppy.. 

            Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

            WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

            Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

          3. splintergroupie | Dec 01, 2006 01:34am | #19

            I'm learning all kinds of new stuff today, i am. (I had to google 'leader leashes' and find a harness before i knew how to answer the other!)

          4. diamond_dodes | Dec 01, 2006 06:10am | #23

            You can get USB antenna and signal boosters.

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            IMERC | Dec 01, 2006 11:40am | #27

            tell me more.. 

            Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

            WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

            Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

      3. dustinf | Dec 01, 2006 03:59pm | #30

        If you hold the 'shift' key when you click on the attachment it will do the same thing. Bawitdaba da bang da bang diggy, diggy, diggy shake the boogie said up jump the boogie.

  2. woodman54 | Nov 30, 2006 07:26am | #2

    The answer is 17 but I could hardly see them because the picture was so small, repost it at least 80 mb next time.

    1. hvtrimguy | Dec 01, 2006 06:07am | #21

      How do you re-size a picture? I was all happy I figured out how to add an attatchment. Just like everything else, you think you have it figured out and then there's something else to deal with."it aint the work I mind,
      It's the feeling of falling further behind."Bozini Latini

      1. rez | Dec 01, 2006 05:55pm | #31

        Greetings Boz,

        http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=24441.1

        is an old thread here on Breaktime that includes a lot of data on posting pics and the Irfanview download.

        Dialup patrons of the forum cannot download real large files or will take excessive time.

        Two things are necessary to assist the dialups with your photos. Making sure that the set file association is set to jpgs if you are using the Irfanview system.

        The other is to keep the KB picture size to preferably 50 to 75 KBs or at least under 100KBs.

        Don't know if the Irfanview system is still a free download or not, tho'.

         

         

      2. woodman54 | Dec 02, 2006 12:07am | #37

        I resize photos using Photoshop and also can alter the photo any way I want to. But I not figured out nor have I tried to post any pictures on BT. I guess I should try because I have some nice photos of my work I would like to show off.

  3. try50772 | Nov 30, 2006 07:27am | #3

    17, Should have added some Piffin screws...

  4. rez | Nov 30, 2006 07:37am | #4

     View Image

     

     

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    zak | Nov 30, 2006 07:41am | #5

    Resized picture.

    Just keep puttin more nails in the same place, you'll hit something.

    zak

    Edit: Dangit rez, you beat me to the punch.

    "When we build, let us think that we build forever.  Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone." --John Ruskin

    "so it goes"

     



    Edited 11/29/2006 11:44 pm by zak

  6. xosder11 | Nov 30, 2006 07:47am | #6

    I thought I'd seen everything, and then I saw a rafter that was nailed to a valley with so many nails that each head was overlapping another.  The framer must have emptied his magazine and then reloaded.  I wish I had a pic.

    1. sharpblade | Nov 30, 2006 07:59am | #7

      musta been using a fully automatic nailer.

    2. TGNY | Dec 01, 2006 06:09am | #22

      "The framer must have emptied his magazine and then reloaded"Sounds like an NYC cop.

      1. xosder11 | Dec 01, 2006 08:00am | #25

        "Sounds like an NYC cop."

        Honestly...when I saw it, a vision passed through my mind like from the movies, where the framer in some fit of rage is just relentlesly unleashing the fury on the thing. Then one of his buddies has to run over and restrain him yelling, "thats enough man!  it's had enough!"

        1. TGNY | Dec 01, 2006 09:58am | #26

          That was in reference to the police shooting last week where a cop unloaded 31 bullets on an unarmed trio in a car. He emptied a 16 round clip and reloaded and did it again.

          1. xosder11 | Dec 01, 2006 06:23pm | #32

            That is a really sad thing. I was not intending making light of that incident. Diddn't realize he reloaded. It was the guy's wedding day if I'm not mistaken.

          2. TGNY | Dec 01, 2006 06:32pm | #33

            Yes that is correct. No you didn't make light of it, just the phrase you used regarding the nail gun is the same phrase that has been on the news. I don't like second guessing a police officers actions, but this is a sad case.

        2. DonCanDo | Dec 01, 2006 12:28pm | #28

          "thats enough man!  it's had enough!"

           Now that's funny!  I LOLLed.  But I'm sure we all use a few more nails than we used to when we had to bang 'em in with a hammer.  They're "what the heck" nails.  As in, "hmm, that should be plenty of nails... ahh, what the heck".

  7. alrightythen | Nov 30, 2006 08:12am | #8

    here's one

    View Image



    Edited 11/30/2006 12:14 am ET by alrightythen

  8. Danno | Nov 30, 2006 09:23am | #9

    The problem was he didn't use big enough nails--needed some 16 penny! Like the former owner of my house who put quarter round trim on windows and didn't miter or cope the inside corners. I went to replace it and found he'd used 12 penny Ardox about every four inches and construction adhesive!

    1. TGNY | Dec 01, 2006 06:11am | #24

      Ardox, as in the Canadian type of nail?

      1. Danno | Dec 01, 2006 02:42pm | #29

        Yeah, the spiral shanked nails that are hard to pull. He used finish nails, so I had to pull them with vice grips.

  9. Jer | Dec 01, 2006 12:27am | #15

    I'll bet if they had shot one more nail....just oooonnnnneee morrrre littttle nail...it would'a grabbed on fine to something.

    What do you think?

    1. hvtrimguy | Dec 01, 2006 06:05am | #20

      I'm thinking the drywall could have been removed via the perforated lines left by the nails."it aint the work I mind,
      It's the feeling of falling further behind."Bozini Latini

  10. pickings | Dec 01, 2006 07:23pm | #34

    Guy could have gotten away w/ using only 10 or 12 if he had the smarts to "toe-nail" em at an angle.

    BTW....the definition of absurdity is trying the same thing over and over while expecting a different result.

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      Sphere | Dec 01, 2006 08:36pm | #35

      You mis-quoted Albert. Shame on you.

      Tssk.

      Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

      I have irriatable Vowel syndrome.

      1. pickings | Dec 01, 2006 11:00pm | #36

        Fine........take my doggy treat back.

        The idea surely did apply in this instance though..........

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