Pull a Nail Using the Nail Jack or Nail Hunter

Reuse wood that would otherwise be sent to the landfill. The Nail Jack and Nail Hunter are tools that accelerate fastener removal from walls, floors, lumber, roofs and other surfaces clean and efficiently saving you a lot of time and aggravation. These tools give you the option of pulling fasteners from the front or back of wood.

Steps

 * 1)   Place the nose end of the tool up to the fastener you are removing.
 * 2)   Squeeze handles to close nose end around fastener.
 * 3)   Continue to squeeze the handles as you push them down using the fulcrum action to lift nail.
 * 4)   Repeat steps until the fastener is removed from the wood.
 * 5)   Reuse the wood for what ever tickles your fancy with out it going to the landfill, saving perfectly milled lumber and trees!

Tips

 * If you are working with an embedded nail:
 * Place the nose end of the tool around the nail and use a hammer to tap the opposite end.
 * Once the nose is properly positioned in the wood squeeze the handles and pull.
 * Now that the head of the nail is above the surface follow the steps above or below.
 * You can also use the back end of the tools to extract fasteners:
 * Bring the back of the tool up to the fastener.
 * Squeeze the handles around the fastener.
 * Still squeezing the handles pull them up to use the leverage of the fulcrum action to lift the nail.
 * Depending on the length of the fastener repeat as necessary.
 * Reuse that perfectly good piece of lumber.

Warnings

 * Pulling nails, staples, and brads can become addicting with these tools.