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slide hammer nail removal #22175 01/07/10 03:59 AM
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Someone on some forum clued me in on removing nails from pole barn (Morton building) sheetmetal without damaging the sheetmetal by using a slide hammer and fork attachment. I cannot find such an attachment commercially for sale. I was hoping to, in order to save me the trouble of making one and going through any "design revisions". Anyone able to help here with a commercially available attachment for my slide hammer or with a pic of one they made that works? Just trying to save myself some time and work.

Re: slide hammer nail removal [Re: brad_bb] #22176 01/07/10 12:25 PM
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Can you grip the heads with a set of vice grips? If so these can be screwed on the end of the slide hammer, which also makes a nice pin puller.

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Re: slide hammer nail removal [Re: TIMBEAL] #22177 01/07/10 03:06 PM
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I want to get one of those in addition, but I know those are available. They came up on a peg removal topic. On Morton building nails that hold the sheet metal (nails with a rubber gasket washer), you need a cats paw or similar tool to displace the rubber and get under the nail head to pull it. Straight vice grips would not be able to grab the head until it was out a ways. Even then, it would likely crush or deform the flat head, making it more difficult to grip and pull. So the attachment will be like a cats paw or wonderbar type split fork.

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Time to adapt.

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Re: slide hammer nail removal [Re: TIMBEAL] #22189 01/08/10 05:25 PM
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I'm sure you can find one of these on fleabay or like for a few bucks smile :




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Re: slide hammer nail removal [Re: frwinks] #22191 01/08/10 07:28 PM
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I have one of those, but it would not work because the foot would press into the sheet metal. Even if you put a wood block under it, it will still dent it. Actually that type of puller doesn't work well on the ring shank pole barn type nails. You need more of a shock to get them loose. Also the tips of that tool will tend to deform the head of the sheet metal nail due to the force required. In the past I used a cats paw type with a block of wood behind it, but it still ends up denting the rib of the sheet metal for those nails on the rib.

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Brad, weld a cats paw onto the slid hammer.

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Re: slide hammer nail removal [Re: TIMBEAL] #22201 01/09/10 07:10 AM
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Yep, already workin on it. Will supply pic if it works ok.

Re: slide hammer nail removal [Re: brad_bb] #22207 01/10/10 12:10 PM
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You'll also find that this setup is a super way to pull pegs. (with a small structural screw driven into their ends) Well worth the fab time.


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Re: slide hammer nail removal [Re: Will Truax] #22214 01/10/10 10:50 PM
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I very much recommend the VG sliding hammer/dent puller for pulling pegs. It pulls directly out unlike the pinch bar. Pre drilled, they must be, and screwed with the stubborn ones.

Tim

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