Thought you guys might be interested in this. I picked up a junk slide hammer at a flea market.


It set around for awhile until on one of the other forums I saw a guy using something similar. I used a cheap Chinese set of locking pliers, a coupler nut to make the end interchangeable.


I have a ton of nails that I have pulled from my bostich gun, they were actually in a can headed to the scrap yard when I saved them for this.


Anyhow, I hit the low spots for a split second with a mig, and then feed the sharp tip of the nail into the puddle. I then just clamp on and slide the hammer, it actually worked better than I thought it would.


The nice thing about the visegrips is you can make and clamp to other attachments. And fwiw the nails are a one time use unless you sharpen the tips back up. It takes to much heat to stick them when the are blunt.

 

Dang, that's pretty smart!

 

Great idea!

Reps for sharing...

 

Sounds like it works better than the ones you have to drill a hole and screw the end in. I've never had much luck with the screw type. Interchangeable heads too, cool beans man.

 

nice deal there

 

Rednecks think a like. I've done the same thing with your setup before. I had to pull this flat spot out of the fender but didn't want to just pull the edge out with a slide hammer so I did this and put a ratchet strap on it and tightened it a little at a time to pull the fender out.. whatever works

 

Great stuff here!

Thanks for the tips

 

 

Can't wait to try that on the back corner of my panel truck. Great Idea. I use crowbars with vice grips welded into the curve to pull nails in beams, but never thought of this one! I even have a yard sale screw tip slide hammer so I might do this tomorrow!