Sherry Lee
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
I just 'inherited' what looks like a million 3/4 x 20 "wire brads". They are so fine! I can't imagine what I'd use them for.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
What would one use 3/4x20 wire brads for?
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Baer Charlton
SPFG, Supreme Picture Framing God
<font size=5>Sweeze gun</font>
Puppyraiser
PFG, Picture Framing God
That's why you inherited them! You will use a dozen or so in your life, and then they will be passed on to the next person. We have a couple of boxes of this sort of stuff, inherited when we bought the store. We use one or two now and then. There will be plenty for the next guy...
I think Baer meant squeeze gun. That's what I would use them for. I would cut the heads off to assemble something between 2 pieces of glass.
Ah, finally, a translator steps forward.
Who would've thought it would be a Texan?
I think United still sells 19ga nails.
Other that for fitting purposes prior to todays fitting points, I used 19ga nails for joining very thin mouldings (3/8" - 1/2")......also prior to v nailers.
Other that for fitting purposes prior to todays fitting points, I used 19ga nails for joining very thin mouldings (3/8" - 1/2")......also prior to v nailers.
Bob Doyle
SPFG, Supreme Picture Framing God
The previous owner used to use them for nailing frame corners together. Predrill and tap them in. I went through a ton of them before I bought the v-nailer.
preservator
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
The work well in a brad pusher.
Hugh
Hugh
Rogatory
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
Ah, finally, a translator steps forward.
Who would've thought it would be a Texan?
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Dave
SPFG, Supreme Picture Framing God
My grandfather must have planned on being in business for a very long time when he started framing in 1911. I still have seven huge boxes half full of various sizes of brads. The "ship to" address on the boxes dates back to a location we were in prior to 1930. I also "inherited" vast quantities of screw eyes and other assorted hanging hardware...some of it brass!
I'm amazed that there are still so many brads, because we've always used brads instead of point guns for fitting and I still join frames the same way my grandfather did...you guessed it...BRADS!
Although I now operate as a one man show, at one time back in the sixties our framing department had gross sales of almost $ 700,000 one year and had six full-time and several part-time framers...so it's not like they weren't being used.
The half filled boxes of brads are so heavy they're difficult to lift and must weigh around 30-50 lbs. each.
Hope my grand-kids appreciate them too...
Dave Makielski
I'm amazed that there are still so many brads, because we've always used brads instead of point guns for fitting and I still join frames the same way my grandfather did...you guessed it...BRADS!
Although I now operate as a one man show, at one time back in the sixties our framing department had gross sales of almost $ 700,000 one year and had six full-time and several part-time framers...so it's not like they weren't being used.
The half filled boxes of brads are so heavy they're difficult to lift and must weigh around 30-50 lbs. each.
Hope my grand-kids appreciate them too...
Dave Makielski
Well Dave they work well as boat anchors also!~LOL
Sherry
You can also take & cut the fingers off a latex rubber glove and fill it!~ Use them as wieghts to hold down posters!~
How about throwing them in the road in front of your store to get customers to stop!~
Maybe you can put them in a jar and see if people can guess how many is in it!~ Who ever guesses gets a credit for all the framing they had done over the last 12 months!~
Put together alot of small frames!~
Donate them to local high school or jr high wood shop!~ (If they still have one)
Change your diet and eat nails for breakfast!~ But if you do be sure to use a stool softner also!~ It is the exit that will kill you!~
Sherry
You can also take & cut the fingers off a latex rubber glove and fill it!~ Use them as wieghts to hold down posters!~
How about throwing them in the road in front of your store to get customers to stop!~
Maybe you can put them in a jar and see if people can guess how many is in it!~ Who ever guesses gets a credit for all the framing they had done over the last 12 months!~
Put together alot of small frames!~
Donate them to local high school or jr high wood shop!~ (If they still have one)
Change your diet and eat nails for breakfast!~ But if you do be sure to use a stool softner also!~ It is the exit that will kill you!~
Sherry Lee
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
Well.......
"Sweeze Gun" = I looked that up on the internet. I'd copy/paste it here, but since it had a 'x rating' I opted out. I think I'll vote for a typo as well and run with "Squeeze Gun".
"Brad Pusher" = That's what I originally thought, but they are SO fine, I'd be afraid they would eventually 'tear' through most any substrate.
"Nailing corners" = dainty frames, for sure!
"Place them in a jar for a contest" = Well.....from one Buckeye to another, I'll pass on this one 'cause I'm NOT counting them as I fill a jar!
"Pass them to the next framer" = CONSIDER IT DONE!!
THANKS ALL!!
"Sweeze Gun" = I looked that up on the internet. I'd copy/paste it here, but since it had a 'x rating' I opted out. I think I'll vote for a typo as well and run with "Squeeze Gun".
"Brad Pusher" = That's what I originally thought, but they are SO fine, I'd be afraid they would eventually 'tear' through most any substrate.
"Nailing corners" = dainty frames, for sure!
"Place them in a jar for a contest" = Well.....from one Buckeye to another, I'll pass on this one 'cause I'm NOT counting them as I fill a jar!
"Pass them to the next framer" = CONSIDER IT DONE!!
THANKS ALL!!
Dave
SPFG, Supreme Picture Framing God
Mr. Cook...
You have one warped sense of humor...been sniffing the ox gall again, heh?
Now the age old question...did your humor come from working in the picture framing industry or the art material industry? Kinda the chicken or the egg problem.
Knowing who you hang out with in both industries makes me question if both industries didn't combine and form a new brand of humor! ...
... Kind of like a new strain of Swine Flu.
Don't blame me, my friend, I carry nothing contagious!
Dave Makielski
You have one warped sense of humor...been sniffing the ox gall again, heh?
Now the age old question...did your humor come from working in the picture framing industry or the art material industry? Kinda the chicken or the egg problem.
Knowing who you hang out with in both industries makes me question if both industries didn't combine and form a new brand of humor! ...
... Kind of like a new strain of Swine Flu.
Don't blame me, my friend, I carry nothing contagious!
Dave Makielski
Dave LOL
Dave everyone knows that the chicken came first and that the egg was God's revenge!~
Actually I think it was from sniffin' too much rose dore an you know what that is made from!~
Dave everyone knows that the chicken came first and that the egg was God's revenge!~
Actually I think it was from sniffin' too much rose dore an you know what that is made from!~
RevBev
True Grumbler
You'll use them to join all those fillets you should be showing much more often than you probably do....
Sherry Lee
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
Good thought "RevBev"! BIG fillets!!......go for the gold!
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Dermot
Guest
If you know of any taxidermist they might buy them from you they use them to stick parts back together ………..for example eyes…….
Science teachers use them to demonstrate magnetic propertied ……..
You could think about creating some sort of art from them…
Encase them in acrylic to make paper weights……
Special needs centres use them to teach string and brad (nail) art
People who hand build dolls houses use that size brad….
Science teachers use them to demonstrate magnetic propertied ……..
You could think about creating some sort of art from them…
Encase them in acrylic to make paper weights……
Special needs centres use them to teach string and brad (nail) art
People who hand build dolls houses use that size brad….