NAIL NATURAL WATER CONTENT

NAIL Pointe

Buildings Materials

Syn. with TACK

NAIL DRAWER Pince; Pied-de-ch vre; Pied-de-biche

Equipment and Tools

Syn. with CLAW BAR; NAIL DRIVER; PINCH BAR

NAIL DRIVER Chasse-clou; Enfonce-pointe

Equipment and Tools

1. A sharpened steel drift used to drive nail heads deeper. This tool can also be used to remove nails by hitting them on the spike. Syn. with NAIL PUNCH

2. A hand tool fitted with a hollow handle with a base. A steel piston slides into this handle. One end is equipped with a percussion rod in which the nail head lodges itself. The other end is to be hit by a sledgehammer.

NAIL DRIVER Pied-de-ch vre; Pied-de-biche

Equipment and Tools

A tool in which one end looks like a cranked iron bar. The end of the crooked part is wider a sloping. (Sometimes it has a V-shaped notch and the other end is usually a spike). This tool is mainly used to lift heavy loads off the ground, or to take nails off wooden boards, etc. Syn. with CLAW BAR; NAIL DRAWER; PINCH BAR

NAIL FLOAT Chemin de fer; Nu

Equipment and Tools; Masonry

1. A stonecutter's tool used to scrape on soft or half-hard stones. It is made of a small wooden plane, fitted with fixed and toothed blades of steel. Syn. with FRENCH DRAG. See Figure 1

   

   NAIL FLOAT

   
   Figure 1

2. Syn. with DEVIL FLOAT; REFERENCE.

NAIL PUNCH Chasse-clou

Equipment and Tools

Syn. with NAIL DRIVER

NAIL SET Chasse-pointe

Equipment and Tools

Syn. with BRAD PUNCH;