What's the best tool for extracting these single line staples or whatever they are?
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They do NOT protrude on the other side.
EDIT: I should have mentioned that I WAS able to pry some of them out. It was just super difficult.
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They do NOT protrude on the other side.
EDIT: I should have mentioned that I WAS able to pry some of them out. It was just super difficult.
I'd just grab em with some pliers. Maybe needlenose depending on how small and how the space is.
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I'd just grab em with some pliers. Maybe needlenose depending on how small and how the space is.
They have stubbornly defeated my plier-based efforts
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They have stubbornly defeated my plier-based efforts
Maybe try some vice grips?
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They do NOT protrude on the other side.
EDIT: I should have mentioned that I WAS able to pry some of them out. It was just super difficult.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Looks like cramps, because they look like pairs here. You can only pull them from the other side.
If you can't grab them, lift them up on this side first and push them back a little.
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They do NOT protrude on the other side.
EDIT: I should have mentioned that I WAS able to pry some of them out. It was just super difficult.
Angle grinder will take care of those in seconds!
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They do NOT protrude on the other side.
EDIT: I should have mentioned that I WAS able to pry some of them out. It was just super difficult.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Pair of linesman pliers or needle nose vise grips a block of something to create leverage and use that lever.
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They do NOT protrude on the other side.
EDIT: I should have mentioned that I WAS able to pry some of them out. It was just super difficult.
Aren't they nails? If you don't mind leaving them in the wood you can just break down their outside part.
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They do NOT protrude on the other side.
EDIT: I should have mentioned that I WAS able to pry some of them out. It was just super difficult.
Knock them backwards/through or grind them off.
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Looks like cramps, because they look like pairs here. You can only pull them from the other side.
If you can't grab them, lift them up on this side first and push them back a little.
I think you're right, I encountered these once and ended up breaking them off at the surface because I couldn't pull them through, even with vice grips. That looks like real wood too
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They have stubbornly defeated my plier-based efforts
What if you were to use a hammer also? Like, use it like you would to remove a nail, but put a pair of vice grips right above the claw to keep it from just sliding
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Looks like cramps, because they look like pairs here. You can only pull them from the other side.
If you can't grab them, lift them up on this side first and push them back a little.
I'd call them crown staples. Putting vise grips on the end to keep it straight and tapping it with a hammer can work sometimes to get it through the other side. Pulling it straight through this side will probably damage the wood. Probably pest to just cut them flush and move on.
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They have stubbornly defeated my plier-based efforts
Is it possible that they are brads from a nail gun? Are there tiny marks on the opposite side? Those nails don't have heads you can grip, but you wouldn't be able to pull them through.
If so, you may be able to push them back where they came from using the pliers.
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Aren't they nails? If you don't mind leaving them in the wood you can just break down their outside part.
They seem too thin a gauge to be nails
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Is it possible that they are brads from a nail gun? Are there tiny marks on the opposite side? Those nails don't have heads you can grip, but you wouldn't be able to pull them through.
If so, you may be able to push them back where they came from using the pliers.
There is absolutely no sign of them on the other side
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They seem too thin a gauge to be nails
A nail gun can shoot finish nails that are extremely thin, where the head is barely even visible on the other side, and can be covered up with just a dab of wax so that they vanish completely.
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They do NOT protrude on the other side.
EDIT: I should have mentioned that I WAS able to pry some of them out. It was just super difficult.
Those look like brads to me. They may have been glued brads. I use channel lock pliers to pull them out. The curved jaw gives good leverage.
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Those look like brads to me. They may have been glued brads. I use channel lock pliers to pull them out. The curved jaw gives good leverage.
Brilliant! I actually have exactly this. Cheers!
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They do NOT protrude on the other side.
EDIT: I should have mentioned that I WAS able to pry some of them out. It was just super difficult.
If you don't care about metal in the wood, the you could use a pair of diagonal cutters to snip them flush with the wood rather than try to extract them.
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They do NOT protrude on the other side.
EDIT: I should have mentioned that I WAS able to pry some of them out. It was just super difficult.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I always use end nippers. They look like something a horse farrier would use to trim hooves. They have a round face so you can grab at the base of the nail and rock it back with ease. Nothing I have found beats them for speed and ease of use when you're pulling nails/staples through the back of wood.
If you want to do minimal damage, try backing them out the front side with vice grips like another commenter suggested.
