Shortcut/Tip January 12, 1999: Takes a Nail to Remove a Nail When repairing old chairs, you sometimes find joints that have been pinned with a brad or other thin nail. It's a problem to free the pin without damaging the wood. File or grind the point of another nail flat and punch the imbedded one through. When the pin emerges on the other side, pull it out with nippers.

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