[chrissie B]

dose anyone know where i can get a thing that takes out nails from pallets and stuff like that.
hubby says it has a pump thing on the end and i think he said a claw foot.
i know its not a good description, but im sure some one will know where i can get one  
chrissie b

[GrannieAnnie]

Hubby has one Chrissie, its a de-nailer, or a nail puller or they sometimes get called a slide hammer. they use them for taking the nails out of floorboards, but they are not cheap.  his last one was about £30.

Tool Shops over here sell them, but not easy to find.  Here is a link to one website that does them.  Hubby's is the 2nd picture downThe Priory 150

http://www.tool-up.co.uk/shop/diy/scan/se=6277/sf=cat

Good luck!!!

[WG.]

Most pallets are assembled using special one-way nails.  They have got a slight spiral which makes them particularly difficult to extract.

[GrannieAnnie]

ooh, yes, I'd forgotten about that!  I'll have to get Brian to try  his nail puller on a pallet and see how hard it is!!!!!

[chrissie B]

thanks for the links    ifhe is a good hubby he might get one in his stocking fro crimbo , lucky man.
chrissie b

[muntjac]

ferget the puler .i use a small crowbar and strip hundreds of pallets yearly with it, that and a lump hammer and bolster chisel

[chrissie B]

a lump hammer and a bolster chisel wont look very nice in his Christmas stocking  
chrissie b

[mushroom]

dose anyone know where i can get a thing that takes out nails from pallets and stuff like that.
chrissie b

I use a thing called a 'wrecking bar' - basically an oversized crowbar, together with a lump hammer, and lots of swearing  :!:

[noshed]

I've got a 99p crow bar, a hammer and a bolster chisel. They seem to work well. Sometimes my Turkish neighbour helps as well.

[David.]

I can't be bothered getting the nails out and just cut the nails back to the wood with an angle grinder (after dismantling the pallet with a jigsaw and a hand axe) and any bits that aren't good enough for re-use get cut up for kindling.

[weeeed]

Oh boy, I have been wanting to know the answer to the pallets thingy for ages!  I have the pallets (to make the bins) I even bought a hammer with a thingy on the end    from the £1 shop! Last of the big spenders me.  The  pallets look all lost and the nails are still in place. I'm going for the leave in place choice and hope no-one gets lock jaw! :oops:  :roll:  

[GrannieAnnie]

OH usually uses a lump hammer and bolster too!!  He only uses his nail puller for floorboards

[leeky]

I have found through experience that using a pair of crowbars, one either side of the strip and levering it up is a much easier way than trying to hammer or prise a pallet apart with a bolster. So much so I felt stoopid after discovering it after much hammering apart.  :oops:  :?  

[Motivator]

Yes they hard to get out twist nails are a right pain , But with care can  
 be  done.

[andyk]

just  something i was thinking of why not use a punch and drive the nail right through the board it may work but i have yet to start on my pallet work
andy