Tricks of the Trade
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Cleaning Band Saw Blades
Chris Marshall has another handy reader tip to share. This time, he uses ordinary cooking spray from his pantry to clean off his grimy band saw blades.
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Setting Spindle Stock
When spindle turning, I like to make a shallow X shaped kerf cut on one end
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Abrasive Stick Sanding Blocks
Like everyone else I have several rarely used abrasive belt cleaner sticks lying around my shop. I found an additional use for them.
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Easier Outlet Plugging
The tools now can be plugged/unplugged with far fewer visits to the floor.
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Aligning Plug Grain
It sometimes is hard to detect the direction of the grain of the wood plug once you remove it from the board.
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Making a Homemade Glue Bottle
Chris Marshall demonstrates a user’s simple (and inexpensive) tip for using one man’s trash as a treasure for dispensing glue in your shop.
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Shoe Polish Filler
If you’re filling nail holes and cracks is previously stained wood try mixing shoe polish with your white filler.
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File Cabinet Storage
A metal file cabinet in your shop it is very useful for many things other than filing.
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Stopping Glue Joint Slippage
A few grains of salt might help keep your joints just a bit sturdier.
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Multi-purpose Shop Paper
Wax paper has many uses throughout the shop.
