Patent ID: 6128978
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
A combination nail set for recessing a nail head below the surface of a workpiece, comprising:an elongated cylindrical sleeve member having a cylindrical passage therein;a nail set member having a cylindrical center body portion complementary to and slidably disposed for sliding movement within said cylindrical passage;friction means operative between said sleeve member and said center body portion of said nail set member for resisting said sliding movement;a first end portion on one end of said nail set member integral with said center cylindrical body portion and terminating with a first tip portion adapted to engage a nail head of one size;a second end portion on the other end of said nail set member integral with said center cylindrical body portion and terminating with a second tip portion adapted to engage a nail head of another size;guide means formed on and extending radially outwardly of said center body portion;a pair of diametrically opposed, axially extending slots formed in said sleeve member and terminating at the ends thereof with circumferentially extending recesses, said guide means registering with said slots and disposed for sliding movement therewithin and rotatable into said recesses, the axial extent of said slots operatively exposing said first end portion from one end of said sleeve member when said guide means is positioned in one of said recesses while locating said second end within said sleeve member in a first nail set position, and operatively exposing said second end portion from the other end of said sleeve member when said guide means is positioned in the other of said recesses while locating said second end within said sleeve member in a second nail set position, whereby impacting said sleeve member with said nail set member in either of said nail set positions will transfer the impact forces through said guide means axially to said nail set member for recessing the nail head below the surface of the workpiece.