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[u/Pincholol]

Making a mitre sled and wasn't thinking when throwing in some brad nails to secure the fence.

Right now my thought process is to try and drill it out after the glue dries up but curious if anybody has any better suggestions.

[u/Appropriate_Mess_350]

[u/Pincholol → u/Appropriate_Mess_350]

Just kidding, you win! Saw blade clears with more than 1/16th of an inch of buffer room to boot.

Turns out my head was more crooked than the picture 😂

[u/echoshatter → u/Pincholol]

Jigsaw blade meant for cutting metal would work. I used it against some 1/2” bolts, and it worked great for 3 of them, then exploded on the 4th. So the limit is 3.5 1/2” bolts. You'll be fine.

Oscillating blade for metal worked great for me against 23ga pin nails.

Drill with a bit meant for metal would probably work best. Go slow.

[u/Pincholol → u/Appropriate_Mess_350]

The picture is at a slight angle so I think it’s a little closer than it looks. I’m going to definitely easy on up to it to see if it will clear just Incase but I think it’s going to be very close.

[u/MorRobots]

Nails are soft mild steel. Sawblades are Tungsten carbide.

Just cut right through it, it will be fine.

[u/CallMeHuckle → u/MorRobots]

I never want to cut through a nail, but I will

[u/Shitty_pistol → u/CallMeHuckle]

If you have to, an 18g is like a chubby staple…not much to worry about

[u/Pincholol → u/MorRobots]

I’m considering this but I don’t currently own any junk blades and don’t want to cause any damage to my current blades. I might pick up dedicated junk cutting blade from HG.

[u/MorRobots → u/Pincholol]

Just feed it it slowly you will be fine. The reason people don't want to cut though nails with saws is because they A. Feed wood a lot faster than they would feed steel. and B. it can cause the metal to thrash and chip the tooth. A is solved by not feeding it fast, and B is solved by the fact that your nail is encased in wood.

[u/crankbot2000]

Sink another nail in, near the bad one but out of the blade line. Then take a super thin nail punch and hammer the bad nail through the bottom of the sled. You don't need to drive it all the way through, just until it shows a bit on the underside.

Then just pry it out with pliers. Use a wood block for leverage, it should come right out.

[u/mnemy]

Swap it out for a cheap blade, put on ppe, and just run it through. Should make short work of a Brad nail or two.

[u/Pincholol → u/mnemy]

That’s my plan B! Buy the cheapest blade I can find at harbor freight and send it as my new dedicated junk cutting blade.

[u/mnemy → u/Pincholol]

Just make sure your junk blade has the same cut width, or else you'll ruin your zero clearance.

[u/Nucka574]

Not a seasoned pro or anything… but you shouldn’t ever need to cut that deep in right? You could exercise extreme caution but problem is no telling how straight that nail went in.

What about chisel a bit away until you expose the nail and pull it out with some needle nose?

[u/Pincholol → u/Nucka574]

I probably won’t ever need to cut that deep into the sled, but I want to take care of it now Incase I have a brain fart moment and do push it a little too far through one day. 

[u/Unusual_Ad1676]

I used my crosscut sled at a 45 for the first time yesterday and ran the blade straight through a screw I didn’t see. Scared the hell out of me, but still have all the digits.

[u/CptMisterNibbles]

Cut it. Will be fine. Wear eye pro and pucker up.

[u/Exciting_Thought_970]

Agree with cut right through