Where can I get thin nails?

[misterfish]

We have a number of vintage wooden fruit boxes that need a bit of work before being used to make a couple of storage units. These are old and some of the nails are missing or rusted away and I have looked for replacements but without success.

What I want to get are bright round wire nails 40mm long but only 1.8 mm wide but cant find any. Apparently they may be called box nails.

I'm only looking for a few hundred of the nails.

So does anyone know where I can get some of these?

Misterfish

 

[IHc1vtr+]

Are these any good to you ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PANEL-PINS-50 ... 2ed6a900b8

 

[Benchwayze]

Are these any good to you ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PANEL-PINS-50 ... 2ed6a900b8

Thanks IHc.

I shall need a few hundred soon. Saves me a search.
Obliged.
John

 

[StevieB]

I get them from Wickes of all places - they do panel pins in a range of lengths at 1.6mm diameter.

Steve

 

[misterfish]

Thanks but I already have panel pins, what I was looking for are like http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Round-Wi ... g/p/516010 only with a shank of 1.8 mm as the thicher ones tend to split the slats. I'm not sure if what I want is actually available.

If not I will use 40mm brads in my nail gun.

So any more ideas or suggestions.

Misterfish

 

[nanscombe]

Ian't there an old trick of blunting the tip of a nail first to help prevent wood splitting?

I'm sure I've done that a time it two.


Stop Cracken

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Tap the pointed end of the nail with your hammer to flatten the tip a bit. Now you no longer have a sharp tip that will act as a chisel and causes the wood to split. The blunt tip cuts the fibers of the wood and prevents the splitting crack to start. Try it and stop the Crack!
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Failing that how about pre-drilling the holes?

 

[undergroundhunter]

To stop the wood splitting cut the head off one of the nails you want to use, chuck it in a drill and make pilot holes. Just don't go all the way through, only through the thin lats, then hammer nails home. Works every time for me.

Matt

 

[misterfish]

Thanks. I'll have an experimenton the base of one of the boxes and then SWMBO can decide which she likes the best

Misterfish