Hammer A Nail Safely

@sueznewz2 (10409)

• Alicante, Spain

13 Feb 16

Yeah .... me too.... Lol's

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Margaret Mwangi

@Missmwngi (12915)

• Nairobi, Kenya

13 Feb 16

I also let someone else do it ha haa That moment you have to hide behind the feminine nature so as not to do it

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

@AbbyGreenhill I am pretty good in using a hammer, my grandfather was a carpenter, I started early.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

13 Feb 16

Such simple tips yet I would never have thought of them! Thanks Anna.

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

I hope they can be useful, I like to work with wood, but I fear all the time to hit my fingers.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

13 Feb 16

@LadyDuck I don't do it very often, but mashed fingers are not nice so I will remember your tips.

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Jeanne Marie

@Jeanniemaries (8237)

• United States

14 Feb 16

@LadyDuck I don't think I've hit my thumb or finger more than one or two times in my life. I don't hammer a lot but it seems to happen when the hammer slides off the nail not when it's missed completely. I tap lightly until it's in pretty good and then a couple of good solid whacks seems to work for me.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (51045)

• Canada

13 Feb 16

Those are both good suggestions, but I have an even better one. Just let somebody else do it! That is how I hammer things in.

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

@Juliaacv I love too much working with the wood, I use hammer and nails all the time. Even if I want to hang a picture, I know that it's better that I do it, if I want the job done immediately.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

13 Feb 16

@Juliaacv Brilliant Julia

, I'm all for that too

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@sueznewz2 (10409)

• Alicante, Spain

13 Feb 16

Yeahh I'm with you on that one.... I'm all for equality etc.... but ... sometimes... just let the menfolk do it.... lol's

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@sueznewz2 (10409)

• Alicante, Spain

13 Feb 16

that's a good idea.... I don't use a hammer very often .... but will keep this in mind... but Like @AbbyGreenhill and @Juliaacv I'll probably ask a man to do it...

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

When I want a job done, I usually want it done the same day... not after months, so I do it.

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AbbyGreenhill

@AbbyGreenhill (45494)

• United States

13 Feb 16

I can do it, but that's 'his job' if he is within shouting distance.

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@sueznewz2 (10409)

• Alicante, Spain

13 Feb 16

@LadyDuck oohhhh good point ... @LadyDuck....

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AtypicalRussian

@TypicalRussian (747)

• Budennovsk, Russian Federation

13 Feb 16

Here is what i found here, but i prefer to use "pliers" to hold a nail at the beginning.

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

This is also a cool idea, if you have the right size of comb.

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Michael Liriano

@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14351)

• West Haven, Connecticut

13 Feb 16

I hate hammering, I prefer to drill. I have hit my thumb soo many times trying to hammer nails on the wall to put up picture frames and mirrors

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

This is why I use the cardboard, I hate to hit my fingers with the hammer.

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Michael Liriano

@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14351)

• West Haven, Connecticut

13 Feb 16

@LadyDuck il try that next time I have to nail something to the wall lol

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Feb 16

I simply hold the nail and hit it with a hammer. If the hammer hits my fingers then it is no big deal, I have done sillier things in the past so I just accept it.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Feb 16

@LadyDuck Many things can be painful Anna, but pain subsides so it is easy to ignore it and carry on.

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

@Asylum I believe that you are better than I am in this technique. I feel the pain.

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

Ouch! If you miss the nail and hit your fingers it can be pretty painful.

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Oshy

@TiarasOceanView (70022)

• United States

13 Feb 16

Luckily I was married to a carpenter but not lucky in other ways lolz

But he showed me how to properly hammer a nail and ever since then I am an expert.

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Oshy

@TiarasOceanView (70022)

• United States

13 Feb 16

@LadyDuck Yes we must still employ caution Anna. A long line in the family of carpenters, it must come natural to you. The main thing I learned was to keep the nail straight and only a few hammers to it necessary if you are hammering deliberate and efficient.

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

@TiarasOceanView Yes, those are the important rules, if the nail it's not straight it bends.

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

Both my grandfathers were carpenters, I learned pretty young how to properly hammer a nail, but I prefer to keep my fingers safe.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54187)

• Louisville, Kentucky

13 Feb 16

I never thought of doing something like that. Great suggestions! I have hit many a finger before hammering.

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

I have also hit my fingers several times, I had to remember the tips of my grandfather.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54187)

• Louisville, Kentucky

14 Feb 16

@LadyDuck He gave some really great tips on saving those fingers.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111938)

• United States

13 Feb 16

very seldom use a hammer and nail. If I had a hammer.A good title. Thank you for the information.MY hammering is gone.

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

I remember the song "If I had a hammer" by Pete Seeger. I prefer to play safe, I do not like to hurt my fingers.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

13 Feb 16

I'm good at hammering. I don't use any devices like you've described here. I start carefully and hit the nail only some millimetres into the wall. When it sticks, I use more force and the nail is in.

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

I have tried to hammer nails in the wall of our atomic shelter, but I had to give up. I think I will try with a small drill first.

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

14 Feb 16

@JamesHxstatic For all the individual houses and apartment complex in Switzerland it was mandatory to have an atomic shelter until 5 years ago. Now you can pay an annual tax for a public shelter and avoid to built this pricey room, but once you have built one, you cannot get rid of it. I remember I wrote a post about this in Bubblews.

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

14 Feb 16

@LadyDuck You have an atomic shelter? That would an interesting discussion.

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23404)

• United Kingdom

13 Feb 16

Good ideas Anna although I liked the suggestion in your third paragraph of using an e nail.

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

I like the idea of an e nail, virtual work is so much better than real hard work.

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PaintsOnSlate

@PainsOnSlate (21852)

• Canada

13 Feb 16

Cool idea, I handle a hammer and nails like a pro, but in another life I was a wood worker.

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

Both my grandfathers were carpenters, I suppose that it is in my genes to love to work with wood. I have no problems working with a hammer, but I love to feel my finger safe.

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

13 Feb 16

The clothespin idea is excellent @LadyDuck .

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

Thank you Nanette, I have hit my fingers sometimes.

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

13 Feb 16

@nanette64 This is the reason why I use those little helps, I get very easily distracted when I work outside and then I hit my fingers.

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

13 Feb 16

@LadyDuck I will remember it for next time. I had to put up a 4'x8' sheet of MDF on the side of the donkeys shelter and smacked my fingers. Owwwie-oomie!!

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (37350)

• Toccoa, Georgia

13 Feb 16

That is good information. Reading this reminds me of a time when I bashed my index finger with a hammer (hitting a nail for a picture to be hung). My nail was black and blue for a month as it healed.

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Tracey Hash

@thash1979 (33)

• Akron, Indiana

13 Feb 16

I would have never thought to use a clothes pin! What a great way to avoid not hitting your fingers. I will have to suggest this to my hubby, seeming how he is more "dangerous" than I am. I tend to be the one fixing everything in our house rather than him. Sometimes, being a woman, you just have to do it yourself in order to get it done right away or even the right way!

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@LadyDuck (471272)

• Switzerland

14 Feb 16

Hitting a nail with a hammer is very painful and it takes ages to heal. If you have to nail something not too hard, it's not a big problem, but when you have to hang a picture in a wall, the wall can be pretty hard and it requires force.

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