According to their manufacturers` best count, there are as many as 5,000 varieties of nails (assuming a 1-inch and a 1 1/4-inch common nail, for example, count as different varieties). Most of us ...

1. When driving brads, finishing nails an inch long or less, it's not easy to get them started with your fingers in the way. A better approach is to cut a narrow slot in a piece of cardboard that's ...

CLEMSON -- Clemson University civil engineering alumnus Ed Sutt, a fastening engineer with Bostitch, has designed a nail that could save thousands of lives and homes in the event of a hurricane or ...