Thursday, September 27, 2012

15 Tool Tips

1800's Level

Tool Tip#15 -- Hose through a Door -- a decorative and permanent way to route hoses or wires through closed doors

Tool Tip #14 -- New Grit for Sanding Sponges -- reviving the grit on a sanding sponge after its own grit is worn away

Tool Tip #13 -- Miter Gauge Tightening -- using transparent tape to quickly tighten a miter gauge sloppy in its track

Tool Tip #12 -- Grabbing for Arrows -- improving a pencil's handle to unsheath it more easily, not to mention removing more errors

Tool Tip #11 -- Sharpening a Hammer -- using a disc sander to prevent rubber mallets from marring work or skidding

Tool Tip #10 -- The Hulk's Bench Scraper -- plate glass to smooth and flatten bench tops as well as standard glass for use as a wood scraper

Tool Tip #9 -- Securing an Old Favorite -- draw tight latches improve the traditional door slab over sawhorse workbench

Tool Tip #8 -- Easy Fill for Portable Tank -- a double male coupling allows fast filling of a portable air tank through its outlet

Tool Tip #7 -- Sleeves to Shoulders -- using a shelf pin sleeve to reinforce frequently used 1/4" holes in pegboard

Tool Tip #6 -- Replacement Power Cord  -- the appropriate gauge extension cord makes an inexpensive and easily available replacement power cord

Tool Tip #5 -- Magnets in Molded Plastic Cases -- glue in magnets to keep bits, blades, wrenches or whatever handy in your plastic tool cases

Tool Tip #4 -- Extension Cord Hair Band  -- a giant inner tube rubber band nicely cinches an extension cord roll

Tool Tip #3 -- Power from Above -- just because you're working in front of a garage door doesn't mean you can't have a place to plug in a tool

Tool Tip #2 -- Nuts over Tangs -- protecting your hands from the sharp end of a file or rasp with a common electrical item

Tool Tip #1 -- Block Tenderizing -- if it's hard to bend that sanding block to receive sandpaper it may be time for block tenderizing


Thursday, September 13, 2012

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Zen Bench

"Before"  (black walnut courtesy of Shawn Skabelund)
"After"