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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoDoesn’t that depend on the application?
minus-squareSordid@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·10 months agoI can’t think of an application where a nail is better. Sure, sometimes a nail will do, but that doesn’t make the nail better, just cheaper.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoFor framing a house a nail is absolutely better. As the house settles, wood shrinks, and the frame flexes in storms or quakes the nails allow the wood to move instead of causing things to warp and break.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoTIL. I thought it was just about speed and cost.
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoTIL. Thank you, internet stranger.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoAnywhere that you need greater shear or flexibility, nails are preferable.
Doesn’t that depend on the application?
I can’t think of an application where a nail is better. Sure, sometimes a nail will do, but that doesn’t make the nail better, just cheaper.
For framing a house a nail is absolutely better. As the house settles, wood shrinks, and the frame flexes in storms or quakes the nails allow the wood to move instead of causing things to warp and break.
TIL. I thought it was just about speed and cost.
TIL. Thank you, internet stranger.
Anywhere that you need greater shear or flexibility, nails are preferable.