07-19-2007, 05:36 PM
Oh that's not an issue Andy it's the disparity between the size of the head and the size of the shank- there's so much material in the head, that forming the narrow shank from that much metal can be time consuming. Commercially for hundreds of years now, the technique has been to shear wedges from thick plate steel, the wide portion being forged into the head, the narrow tapering portion into the shank, but it takes a major industrial shear to cut those wedges. For us starting with single dimension stock, the delimna of large and small in the same final piece is a conundrum...
Or are you referring to altering the LeProvo nails because it's my understanding that the real major issue with them is that they're cast and thus weak compared to forged pieces...
Or are you referring to altering the LeProvo nails because it's my understanding that the real major issue with them is that they're cast and thus weak compared to forged pieces...
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