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 My first experiment took me about three hours. My first experiment took me about three hours.
 The second one took me around two. The second one took me around two.
 +It is quite a long process if you want to keep the board in good shape.
  
 ===Operations=== ===Operations===
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   * In my opinion, the crowbar is more powerful than the broomstick. With the crowbar, you can slip in very thin spaces between the boards, whereas with the broomstick, you can only act between relatively distant boards. The crowbar also leaves more freedom on the orientation of the force, which can be important with thin boards. See next bullet point.   * In my opinion, the crowbar is more powerful than the broomstick. With the crowbar, you can slip in very thin spaces between the boards, whereas with the broomstick, you can only act between relatively distant boards. The crowbar also leaves more freedom on the orientation of the force, which can be important with thin boards. See next bullet point.
   * When unhooking one board from another, prefer to aplly the force in a direction parallel to the boards'fibers. Doing otherwise may induce cracks in your boards, especially around knives.   * When unhooking one board from another, prefer to aplly the force in a direction parallel to the boards'fibers. Doing otherwise may induce cracks in your boards, especially around knives.
 +  * I try also to reuse the nails as much as possible. It can become quite tricky and time-consuming to remove them without twisting them too much. I will look for ways to untwist them quickly and easily and [[:michka/know-hows/untwisting_nails|eventually write about it too]].
  
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