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Prepare Test Fixtures

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Prepare two identical wooden test fixtures. Each fixture consists of two vertical pieces of wood (appearing to be OSB or plywood) and a horizontal wood block (appearing to be dimensional lumber) secured between them. One fixture will use ring shank nails, and the other will use structural screws. Position a hydraulic bottle jack beneath each horizontal wood block, ensuring it is centered and ready to apply upward force.

Goal: Assemble and position the test apparatus.

Tools and materials

  • Hydraulic Bottle Jack Husky — Applying upward force to the wood block
  • Wood Blocks — The horizontal piece subjected to shear force
  • Wood Pieces — Constructing the vertical supports of the test fixtures
  • Ring Shank Nails — Fastening the wood block in one test fixture
  • Structural Screws — Fastening the wood block in the second test fixture

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All right, today's test is going to be a sheer test. We got structural screws and we got ring shank nails. Let's see what happens. The nails all bent and the block was easily sliding up. The screws didn't really bend and there was more of a

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