I've seen a tool around here for making nails. I think it was called a fuller I don't remember. I was basically just a long handle with a cup at one end and a hole at the top of the cup to drive a nail through. I've been wanting to make nails and I had a few questions about the tool.

1. How do you make the cup on the end? I thought about forming it around an old ball hitch...

2. Is the hole you drive the nails through tapered?

3. Is there a better tool for nails then the one I am describing?

Drako - Look here :http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/f11/nail-header-plans-7192/
Post # 7 has a detailed view of what they look like from the side. Use the search option at the top of the pages in the forums to search such topics as what your interested in. - JK