Thread: Tounge & groove secret nailing

Originally Posted by pepsimax7up

Can anybody explain to me or is it possible to secret nail tounge and groove wall panelling without a nail gun.

Yes. You can buy secret nail clips which fit over the tongue and are nailed to the purlins. The clip is then hidden by the groove mating with the tongue. Cheap as chips at any hardware store.
Cheers

G'day.
It can be done.
Drill and hand nail at 45 deg just above the tongue. Then punch the nail home to allow the next board to fit.
It will be slow going.
Over the christmas break I lined the inside walls of my shed with 80x12mm Select Spotted Gum T&G flooring. One board at a time was slow going as the boards had to be screwed to the tophats and nailed to 70x35mm pine screwed to the columns. Took 2 days to do 9m long by 3 metre high. Looked good when finished. Then painted it all white.

Originally Posted by glock40sw

...I lined the inside walls of my shed with 80x12mm Select Spotted Gum T&G flooring. Took 2 days to do 9m long by 3 metre high. Looked good when finished....... Then painted it all white.

Why???

Originally Posted by Shedhand

Why???

Ditto!

Why???

Thanx Shedhand

Originally Posted by pepsimax7up

Thanx Shedhand

you're welcome.

Originally Posted by Shedhand

Why???

Cause I get sick of looking at hardwood.
See it all day every day.
Besides, The missus wants to have a shadow board for the tools.
And white makes inside the shed brighter.

Originally Posted by glock40sw

Cause I get sick of looking at hardwood.

So, mate. Can we expect to see a monstrous collection of woodwork made of softwood like, um er - say CRAPIATA

Nope. I seen to be doing more and more work in steel and Ali lately.
The only woodwork has been lining the shed and making shelving for same.
Installing drawers and stuff.

BTW...I love my GMC thicknesser, Turns crap pallet timber into usable material in notime.

Originally Posted by glock40sw

Nope. I seen to be doing more and more work in steel and Ali lately.
The only woodwork has been lining the shed and making shelving for same.
Installing drawers and stuff.

BTW...I love my GMC thicknesser, Turns crap pallet timber into usable material in notime.

Yes - but does it thickness boilerplate....?

Did you pay for the Spotted Gum T&G that you painted white?
Why didn't you just line the walls with Gyprock, malamine, or Ply, easier to paint white, and cheaper too i would imagine?

G'day Hornet.
I am a Hardwood flooring manufacturer. That is what I do.
It was all 80x12 T&G that had a slight profile error. The cover width varied by 0.35mm. So it was unable to be sold.
So i got it at no cost.

All the left over timber (approximately 400 L/M) I have given to my neighbour so he can do the same thing in his shed.

As I said before, when you are around Hardwood all day every day, you get sick of seeing it.

Originally Posted by Shedhand

Yes - but does it thickness boilerplate....?

Haven't tried that yet

Originally Posted by glock40sw

It was all 80x12 T&G that had a slight profile error. The cover width varied by 0.35mm. So it was unable to be sold.

As soon as I saw your post I knew it, just knew it even said to the missus, uh oh Trev;s machinist made a BOO BOO, very unusual for you blokes too

Howies at the helm eh?

(funnily enough, I got a blackbutt bedroom floor gained the same way, yankee profile tho )