bobgaggle
Well-Known Member
Having never worked west of the Mississippi, I have apparently missed out on a west coast construction trick called swing nailing. Anyone heard of this? When you're building a hollywood flat and want to put in verticals between your toggles, lay the board parallel to the toggle, up against your mark for the edge of the board. Drive in 2 or three staples at an angle, then swing the board up and staple down through the next toggle. I watched the new guy do it today and had to ask him where he learned that trick. He said its pretty standard practice out west.