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jeff47

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53. Because they've always used nails

Tue Jun 24, 2014, 02:08 PM

Jun 2014

Screws used to be significantly more difficult to install, especially if they were long enough to actually do the job. You had to pre-drill to have any chance of installing the screw with a screwdriver.

Meanwhile, nails were very fast and easy to install. So they used nails.

Impact drivers make installing screws trivial, and screws hold better than nails. So it makes sense to switch. But that's not the way it's always been, so there's resistance.

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