I think everyone needs to experience having a "shiner" shoot into your finger while holding a workpiece. "The only true source of knowledge is experience"
That was an excellent explanation, thanks! I've watched a few explanations of this concept but none that explained it quite as well. Way to Go! Just to clarify, from a newbie -- if the nail head direction is parallel to the bottom piece (and also parallel to the wood grain in your example piece of bottom wood), you have a greater chance of shining because the nail can be deflected from the wood grain. However if you nail perpendicular to the bottom piece and thus the wood grain, the nail will likely straddle the wood grain rather than be deflected? So then if the grain of the bottom piece is perpendicular to the orientation of the wood piece itself (i.e. in your setup, the wood grain of your bottom piece is rotated 90 degrees - I forget what type of cut that would be called - would it change how the nail gun should be oriented? Is the orientation of the gun dependent on the orientation of the whole bottom piece or just it's grain? I realize it's been awhile since you posted this, so an answer from anyone else would be appreciated. I'm a newbie and want to get it right! :) Thanks all! - Fawn
Great visual and explanation! Literally this tip saved Christmas 🤣🙏🏼
So glad!
Incredible tip. I luckily stumbled upon this video looking into another issue. But this has been plaguing me with my recent project!
You were the only one I've seen that "Nailed" the correct way to do it.
of course! it's the simple solutions that matter. thanks for posting this
I knew there was a cure. Thanks for the tip
Hopefully I can remember this, don't use a brad nailer that often, but it is a great tip!
Thanks for the tip sir💥👊🏻
Any time brother! Thank you for the support! 👊🏼
Great tip! It works
Simple tricks but effective :)
I think everyone needs to experience having a "shiner" shoot into your finger while holding a workpiece.
"The only true source of knowledge is experience"
That was an excellent explanation, thanks! I've watched a few explanations of this concept but none that explained it quite as well. Way to Go! Just to clarify, from a newbie -- if the nail head direction is parallel to the bottom piece (and also parallel to the wood grain in your example piece of bottom wood), you have a greater chance of shining because the nail can be deflected from the wood grain. However if you nail perpendicular to the bottom piece and thus the wood grain, the nail will likely straddle the wood grain rather than be deflected? So then if the grain of the bottom piece is perpendicular to the orientation of the wood piece itself (i.e. in your setup, the wood grain of your bottom piece is rotated 90 degrees - I forget what type of cut that would be called - would it change how the nail gun should be oriented? Is the orientation of the gun dependent on the orientation of the whole bottom piece or just it's grain?
I realize it's been awhile since you posted this, so an answer from anyone else would be appreciated. I'm a newbie and want to get it right! :) Thanks all! - Fawn
Also, I suppose you have to take into account other conditions of the wood grain, like knots and other wood anamolies?