Tricks of the Trade
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Easier Nail Setting
The pilot hole helps to stabilize the nails which may wobble at first.
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Fix Slipping Clamp Pads
Chris Marshall demonstrates how a simply modification can stop clamp pads from slipping and improve the grip of your trigger clamps.
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Quick Clean-up after Staining
The greatest hand cleaner isn’t in the garage, it’s in the kitchen.
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Positioning Your Outlets
I thought having a 4′ long multi-outlet strip on the wall behind my work surface would be the bees knees for the first workbench I built.
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Smoother Tool Surfaces
To obtain a smooth easy-gliding surface on my table saw, jointer, thicknesser etc., I use a few puffs of graphite powder – works like a charm!
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Setting Up Narrow Rip Cuts with Drill Bits
Chris Marshall demonstrates a simple trick for setting up your table saw rip fence for narrow cuts. He uses drill bits as indexed spacers.
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A Delicious Way to Reduce Lamp Glare
I have a Craftsman 12″ band saw, and the bulb in the worklight protrudes past the end of the lamp, and it was reflecting off my glasses.
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Chamfering Dowels with a Pencil Sharpener
Chris Marshall’s latest look at a reader’s trick has him bringing a pencil sharpener out of the classroom and into the workshop.
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Another Band Saw Cleaning Idea
The idea of oven cleaner for saw blades works, however it also cleans out the glue or material that holds the carbide together.
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Another Use for Wax Paper
I keep a roll of wax paper in my shop and when I glue something that will rest on my bench to dry.
