CUT NAIL
-GREATER HOLDING
POWER
-ALTERNATE WEDGE-
SHAPED SLICES
-AVOIDS WOOD SPLITTING
WIRE NAIL
-STRONGER FOR DRIVING
-FOR SOFTWOOD
-HAVE SHARP TIP
CLINCH NAIL
-MADE FROM OPEN-HEARTH
WIRE OF BESSEMER STEEL
-POINTED END, MAY BE BENT
OVER EASILY FOR CLINCHING
COMMON WIRE NAIL
-USED ON GEN. CONSTRUCTION
-SLENDER PLAIN SHANK AND
MEDIUM DIAMOND POINT
-USUALLY FOR FRAMING WHERE
FINISH IS NOT IMPORTANT
FINISHING NAIL
-SETS BELOW THE SURFACE OF
THE WOOD
BRAD NAIL
-VERY LIGHT FINISHING NAIL
-USED FOR LIGHT FINISH
CONSTRUCTION AND TO HOLD
MOULDINGS
-SOLD PER BOX INSTEAD OF KILO
BOX NAIL
-THINNER VERSION OF COMMON
WIRE NAIL
-LONG SHANK USUALLY BARBED
OR SMOOTHED
-FOR FRAMING AND BOX MAKING
-REDUCES WOOD SPILITTING
CASING NAIL
-ESSENTIALLY A LARGE
FINISHING NAIL
-COUNTERSUNK HEAD
-USED FOR FLOORING, MATCHED
CEILING AND EXTERIOR &
INTERIOR TRIM
RING SHANKED NAIL
-WITH RING LIKE GROOVES AROUND
THE SHANK FOR INCREADED
HOLDING POWER
METAL LATH NAIL
-FOR SECURING METAL LATH
-SHORT LENGTH WITH WIDE
HEAD
*LATH IS A METAL WIRE
INSTALLED ON WALL BEFORE
PLASTERING
STAPLE NAIL
-U-SHAPED NAIL
-POINTED ON BOTH ENDS
-JOINING OR BINDING THINGS
TOGETHER
ROOFING METAL NAIL
-WITH BARBED OR RINGED
SHANK AND DIAMOND POINT
WITH LARGE FLAT HEAD
-FOR SECURING ROOFING
FELT OR SHINGLES
CONCRETE NAIL
-FLAT COUNTERSUNK HEAD AND
DIAMOND POINT
-USED TO DIRECTLY ATTACH WOOD
TO CONCRETE
MASONRY NAIL
-USED ESPECIALLY FOR FASTENING
TO MASONRY MADE OF HARDENED
STEEL WITH KNURLED OR FLUTED
SHANK
COATED NAIL
-HAVE COATINGS USUALLY TO
KEEP THEM FROM RUSTING
WITH MORE HOLDING POWER
-ALSO CALLED SINKERS
-EX: GALVANIZED NAIL, CEMENT
COATED NAIL, BLUED NAIL
DUPLEX NAIL
-WITH COLLAR FOR EASY
REMOVAL
-USED FOR TEMPORARY
STRUCTURES LIKE FORMWORKS
DRYWALL NAIL
-SHORT COATED NAIL CONSISTING
OF A SERIES OF RING LIKE GROOVE
AROUND THE SHANK
-USED FOR DRYWALLS
-COATED OF BLACK PHOSPHATE TO
PREVENT FROM RUSTING
NAIL CONSTRUCTION METHODS
COUNTERSUNK HEAD
RAISED HEAD
DOMED/ROUND HEAD
TRUSS HEAD
PAN HEAD
HEXAGONAL/SOCKET
MACHINE BOLT
USED FOR HEAVY ASSEMBLIES SUCH AS
ANCHORING TO A POST
STOVE BOLT
USED FOR LIGHT ASSEMBLIES
-ENTIRE SHANK IS THREADED
NOTE: THESE BOLTS ARE USED IF
VIBRATIONS AND MOVEMENTS ARE LESS OF A
CONSIDERATION
CARRIAGE BOLT
BOLT WITH SQUARE COLLAR
PLOW BOLT
BOLT WITH FLAT OR CONCAVE AND THE
UNDERSIDE IS A CONE DESIGNED TO FIT IN A
COUNTERSUNK RECESS
NOTE: THESE BOLTS ARE USED IF VIBRATIONS AND
MOVEMENTS ARE OF A CONSIDERATION AND
COLLARS ARE USED TO PREVENT THE BOLT FROM
TURNING
EYE BOLT
SET BOLT
U-BOLT
TENSION CONTROL BOLT
TOGGLE BOLT
EXPANSION BOLT
TYPES OF EXPANSION BOLT
DYNABOLT - SLEEVE TYPE ANCHOR
KWIKBOLT – WEDGE TYPE ANCHOR
MOLLY BOLT
CHEMICAL BOLT
TURNBUCKLE BOLT
CLEVIS BOLT
FOUNDATION/ ANCHOR BOLT