Carpenter's Trick: Balancing Nails

One of the oldest carpenters tricks out there, it is still one of my favorites.

[randyscrafts]

This is why it takes so long to get a house built.

[mingshey]

I’m a physics teacher and I’m fascinated. Thanks for this food for thought.

[lonestardude]

I'm a mechanic so i can't wait to try this at my bolt bin!

[erinbcynot]

That’s so cool how you made them all balance on each other.

[RockyMountainBlades]

Ooh cool! My dad showed me how to do this when I was 6-7 I thought it was magic

[magicone]

What is the depth of the nail driven in relation to the size of the nails used?

[beemikeme]

With that new knowledge, I can now build a complete house.

[forgetyourlife]

This is what people did on break b4 cell phones.

[kampferlin]

I am going to try that with my SAK's

[freelonmorris]

Never mind that! Get back to work now or you're down the road!!

[jdii]

How completely useless. I can't wait to try it! 😉

[belowful]

i hate to tell this BUT i did this 40 plus years ago :) i was a carpenter then and won many beers on this

[moemensultan]

I am not criticizing and I understand the concept of mass balance and repartition but how does it make this a carpenter's trick do they use something like this in their work . Still cool though . (again, I am trolling) .