when a family was traveling further west there was no one to buy nails from si they would burn their buldings for nails
i have personaly seen sites compleatly free of nails whare a house wasw burned just to retrive them
iron was of valueable
make shure ya are useing the 2 1/2 inch bung not the 3/4" one use 1/4 or larger holes 4 inches appart there will be huge flames but none out of the barel
whare in mo are ya located and ajust ya profile to tell us so we may better help
i am in mo and can help depending on whare ya are and have ya concided joinig bam
record time well mabe started on sunday at 5:30 pm compleated on tuesday at 11:30 pm they are 36" by 48" vinal simulated leather mounted on a temporary stand