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.
Straighten them out. Cut them leaving no less than 1/4". Then hammer them through the other side. Then use your channel locks to pull them out.
I've saved hundreds of sheets of plywood doing this.
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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 think you said pliers weren’t doing the job. Grab them with vice grips (locking pliers) and use the claw side of a hammer to pull them off like a nail.
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I think you said pliers weren’t doing the job. Grab them with vice grips (locking pliers) and use the claw side of a hammer to pull them off like a nail.
That is smart AF
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There is absolutely no sign of them on the other side
Ok so we know what is not there on the other side.... what is there on the other side?
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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.
This is exactly what I used. Worked perfect.
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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.
Needle nose pliers or dykes
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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.
Use this type of hammer and pull with claw side.
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Ok so we know what is not there on the other side.... what is there on the other side?
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They aren’t at all visible on the front if they are even there. I don’t think they even come through on the front. I’m definitely adding the nippers to my list.
If they really are staples snip one leg off before trying to pull the other through with vice grips or a levering technique others suggested. But how can they be staples with the bar not showing on the other side? Is this panel 2 laminated panels?
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Use this type of hammer and pull with claw side.
wrote last edited by [email protected]yea jam the claw in there and pull the hammer to the side, like you are laying it down against the wood surface. the edge of the claw will grip the softer metal when you tilt it sideways, and the handle of the hammer will act as a lever. one time i shit my pants for no reason
