Everyone who reads my blog knows that I am obsessive about two things: Reuse of wood and pulling nails! The two go "hand in hand" naturally because in this wonderful new paradigm people are getting very aggressive about doing just that! It is one of the few no-brainers of this part of the 21st Century that it is mindnumbing to bulldoze wood into the landfill when we know that through responsible deconstruction most of this wood could easily find new purpose in a completely new project. Fortunately, we are seeing more and more programs across the country to repurpose and reuse perfectly good wood.
I know that it has been difficult for decades to get the fasteners out of wood, and that it has been shown in numerous studies that "clearing" the wood of nails, staples, brads and other fasteners costs up to forty percent of the time (and therefore the budget) of these processes. Many new battery powered and air powered tools have been introduced that help, and now I can announce that Nail Jack Tools has entered the fray with its new drop forged "Nail Jack Pro". This tool is for the professionals and the great news is, no batteries and no air compressors needed. We will be available in stores and on the web with this model by the Fall of this year. Check the video!
This is a tool that withstands one of the ultimate tests in the field, and that it for dismantling pallets!
Stay tuned, we are really excited. Now, I have been asked by many of my friends (and family members) "what's the big deal?" I am happy to explain. Nail pulling has had quite a big gap in it for many years. The glaring omission to this issue of how to pull a nail is "How do we pull one that is "at" or "below" the surface of the wood? The answer is using a pliers-like design with the ability to DIG by tapping the pliers near the head to drive the tips of the tool into the wood. "But Mike, a cat's paw does that!" Aah, but can you a. GRIP or GRAB the nail, especially if it's headless? (No) b. Can you bring the tips close together to damage less wood at the entry point? (No, the widest point of a cat's paw because of its "static" design is at the tips, so that it has to damage the wood the most to get down to where the "V" will grip (?) the nail.
This is why I began an almost eight year odyssey to patent and design the Nail Jack family of nail pullers! We will not stop our quest to get better and better, but folks, I think the Nail Jack Pro rocks! I can't wait to send this industrial version "into the field" for further critique! Just think of the speed and efficiency of demolition with a 20-inch version of this tool!
