A Hint to Housekeepers.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 April 1910, Page 4

A Hint to Housekeepers.

HOW TO DRIVE A NAIL. "It takes an apprentice a full year to learn it'lutt ho does not know how to drive a nail," says an expert carpenter, according to "Popular Science Sit'tings." "When once ho has realised this, it is only a matter of a few minutes to learn how it should bo done. The commonest mistake is the belief that a hard blow with the hammer is moro effective than several little taps, and the learner is inclined to admire the ma.il who drives the nail in with one blow. This is where ho is wrong; four of five blows are much be titer than one. The reason is that one hard blow inevitably makes the nail rebound, ever so slightly, it is true, but enough to make it hold less firmly than it would if driven in gradually. The nail may bo driven almost all itiho way with one blow, but several lighter taps are necessary to finish the job. Another thing," continued the old carpenter, "the beginner generally tries 'to drive his nails as perpendicularly as possible. This is another error, for a nail driven a little diagonally holds the parts together much more firmly Mian one driven perpendicularly, for hard blows inevitably displace the surfaces that are to be held together." «—————