Standard Wire Nails and Spikes
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Size, length, wire gage, and approximate number per pound Common Flooring Fence Casing, Smooth size length Nails Brads Nails & Barbed Box gage #/lb. gage #/lb. gage #/lb. gage #/lb. 2d 1 " 15 876 15.5 1010 3d 1.25 14 568 14.5 635 4d 1.5 12.5 316 14 473 5d 1.75 12.5 271 10 142 14 406 6d 2 " 11.5 181 11 157 10 124 12.5 236 7d 2.25 11.5 161 11 139 9 92 12.5 210 8d 2.5 10.3 106 10 99 9 82 11.5 145 9d 2.75 10.3 96 10 90 8 62 11.5 132 10d 3 " 9 69 9 69 7 50 10.5 94 12d 3.25 9 64 8 54 6 40 10.5 87 16d 3.5 8 49 7 43 5 30 10 71 20d 4 " 6 31 6 31 4 23 9 52 30d 4.5 5 24 9 46 40d 5 " 4 18 8 35 50d 5.5 3 16 60d 6 " 2 11 Size, length, wire gage, and approximate number per pound Finishing Hinge Nails, Hinge Nails, Clinch size length Nails Heavy Light Nails gage #/lb gage #/lb gage #/lb gage #/lb 2d 1 " 16.5 1351 14 710 3d 1.25 15.5 807 13 429 4d 1.5 15 584 3 50 6 82 12 274 5d 1.75 15 500 3 38 6 62 12 235 6d 2 " 13.5 309 3 30 6 50 11 157 7d 2.25 13 238 00 12 6 25 11 139 8d 2.5 12.5 189 00 11 3 23 10 99 9d 2.75 12.5 172 00 10 3 22 10 90 10d 3 " 11.5 121 00 9 3 19 9 69 12d 3.25 11.5 113 9 62 16d 3.5 11 90 8 49 20d 4 " 10 62 7 37 Size, length, wire gage, and approximate number per pound Barbed Car Barbed Car Boat Nails Boat Nails Slating size length Nails, Hvy Nails, Light Heavy Light Nails gage #/lb gage #/lb gage #/lb gage #/lb gage #/lb 2d 1 " 12 411 3d 1.25 10.5 225 4d 1.5 10 165 12 274 1/4 44 3/16 82 10.5 187 5d 1.75 9 118 10 142 10 142 6d 2 " 9 103 10 124 1/4 32 3/16 62 9 103 7d 2.25 8 76 9 92 8d 2.5 8 69 9 82 1/4 26 3/16 50 9d 2.75 7 54 8 62 10d 3 " 7 50 8 57 3/8 14 1/4 22 12d 3.25 6 42 7 50 3/8 13 1/4 20 16d 3.5 6 35 7 43 3/8 12 1/4 18 20d 4 " 5 16 6 31 3/8 10 1/4 16 30d 4.5 5 24 6 28 40d 5 " 4 18 5 21 50d 5.5 3 15 4 17 60d 6 " 3 13 4 15 Spikes size length gage #/lb 10d 3 " 6 41 12d 3.25 6 38 16d 3.5 5 30 20d 4 " 4 23 30d 4.5 3 17 40d 5 " 2 13 50d 5.5 1 10 60d 6 " 1 8 7 " 00 7 8 " 00 6 9 " 0 5 10 " 3/8 4 12 " 3/8 3
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