Some kind of nail hanger

October 25, 2006 3:04 PM

This: http://www.flickr.com/photos/63024118@N00/279377485/ is a nail hanger of some sort. What is it called and where can I buy some more?
posted by allelopath to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63024118@N00/279377485/
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 3:09 PM on October 25, 2006

Response by poster: oops...thanks.
posted by allelopath at 3:15 PM on October 25, 2006

I believe that's a flooring cleat for a nailer gun. Like these.
posted by justlisa at 3:52 PM on October 25, 2006

Response by poster: I'm not so sure that these are flooring cleats. I can only go by the drawing of the cleats on the box, but my object looks more 3-dimensional, so to speak. I will go find some at the hardware store to confirm/deny this, though. Thanks.
posted by allelopath at 4:15 PM on October 25, 2006

Here is a L-Nail for presumably manual instalation, but the ones made for nail guns have a different shape.
posted by MonkeySaltedNuts at 4:34 PM on October 25, 2006

At the risk of committing the askMe crime of answering the question you didn't ask - if you're looking for that as a hanger, as your word choice seems to indicate, you really don't want to use it as such. While the edges are a wee squared, they're not going to be enough to keep it from rotating in gypsum board if any amount of torque is applied to them. It might hold its rotation in wood but it might not.
posted by phearlez at 11:43 AM on October 26, 2006

Response by poster: >>committing the askMe crime
You have the right to remain silent ...
posted by allelopath at 2:02 PM on October 26, 2006