Countersink (woodworking)

Countersink for nails of different sizes and a center punch (right)

application

A countersink (also known as a nail driver ) is a tool used to drive the head of a nail into the surface of wood so that it doesn't protrude from the surface.

The countersink is similar to the punch , but has no point, but is flat or slightly concave at the front end to accommodate the nail head.

Another method with a similar goal, especially for harder materials, is countersinking .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Theodor Krauth and Franz Sales Meyer: Das Schreinerbuch Ⅰ.Die Bausschreinerei Ⅰ Volume: Text , Verlag von EA Seemann, Leipzig 1899, Reprint Edition "Libri rari" Th. Schäfer GmbH, Hanover 1981, page 35