Locknail

Formed galvanised steel connectors ideal for joining wall plates in timber wall frames on-site using a standard carpenters hammer, engineered designed trusses and splicing of timber beams. General connections such as reinforcing boxes and bolted joints. End protection of scaffold planks.

Locknails require no special equipment and can be applied on-site.

APPLICATION

Applying the Locknail is very simple as no special pressing equipment is needed.

The Locknail's teeth can be driven into a piece of timber using a normal carpenter's hammer on-site by tradespersons, home owners and builders.

Locknails are suitable for all softwoods and some unseasoned hardwood timbers. (Difficulty maybe experienced when driving into seasoned hardwood and some unseasoned hardwood timber).

Step1.
Position the Locknail central to where the two pieces of timber meet.


Step 2.
Using a hammer, drive the protruding teeth into the timber. For butt joining, turn the timber over and repeat the process on the other side.


The locknail teeth should now be embedded securely into the timber, subsequently joining the two seperate pieces of timber together
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DESIGN

In timber joint design, nails within 6mm of timber edges or within 12mm of timber ends are regarded as ineffective. As the nail rows in the Locknail are 32mm apart, all nails, fixed symmetrically over the joint (3mm tolerance) are effective.

More information is contained in the PDF below.

For more information Contact Multinail
 

Downloads

• Locknail (Australia) (475 KB PDF)