Tricks of the Trade
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Quick Squaring Trick
Any time you tip your drill press table off of 90° to bore an angled hole, you’ll need to square the table to the chuck again when you return to normal drilling.
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Pivot Hinge with Magnetic Appeal
Recently, I made a guitar pick box with a pivoting lid.
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CanGun1 Premium Spray Can Tool
CanGun1 is a pistol grip spray can tool that snaps on to standard aerosol spray cans, transforming them into professional style spray guns.
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Two Power Switches Double Your Turning Safety
It bothered me that there was only one power switch on my lathe, and it was mounted on the left end of the machine.
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Scale Speeds Pocket-Hole Spacing
Here’s an easy modification you can make to your Kreg jig to make locating and spacing pocket screw joints even faster.
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Cleaner Drilling with Pivoting Vacuum Jig
I’ve improved dust and chip collection considerably at my drill press using this adjustable jig for my shop vac hose.
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Stronger Threads in MDF with Epoxy
If you work much with MDF, you know that the edges don’t have a great deal of holding power for screws, and it often splits.
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Brush Cleaning Canister
Here’s a very easy way to keep your finishing brush suspended in a cleaning or thinning solution.
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A New Twist on an Old Trick
A thin scrap flexed into a curve is a great way to create templates for drawing arcs.
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Ready-made Glue Wells for Plugs
Brushing or squeezing glue onto the plugs has always been a messy, time-consuming affair.
