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   knarf | Jul 19, 2006 12:53pm | #1

   Ever try a foam brush with the foam stripped off?  Makes a great glue spreader.

   How about emory boards as detail sanders?

    

    

    

    

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   TrueGentleman | Jul 20, 2006 12:45am | #6

   I have not tried it yet, but I will thank you!!

   I also Forgot another favorite!!! Rubber bands!!! for clamping small boxes etc...

   Rich

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   philip | Jul 19, 2006 01:53pm | #2

   TG,
   Non woodworking shop tools...here are a couple. Well they were a couple until yesterday when one was sent to the happy mousing grounds by a marauding kiwi driving a car.... The rage remains but the pain has lessened by the arrival of a new recruit-too shy to be photographed just now.These "tools" maintain good humour in the shop and kitchen.
   The other pics show some markers/scribersknife edged and pointed made from darts-cheap .
   Many items fitting your specs are to be found in my shop-these just surfaced from the murky cyber depths.

   Philip Marcou
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   TrueGentleman | Jul 19, 2006 05:11pm | #3

   Excellent idea about the darts! I think I have a few old darts some place and I will be converting them soon.   Sorry to hear about your "guards".  I too have a little solider guarding my shop that appears to spend most of his time in the saw dust....

   Rich

   
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   TrueGentleman | Jul 19, 2006 05:18pm | #4

   Sorry, first Pictures I Posted where bigger then the cat itself!

   Rich

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   philip | Jul 19, 2006 11:17pm | #5

   Definitely a fine figure of a cat! What is his heritage?Mine are Tonkinese-which is Burmese Siamese cross-now a registered breed. The new recruit is a charcoal version of the chef. The chef hates him for now, but I detect a softening up process beginning.Philip Marcou

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   Ricks503 | Jul 21, 2006 12:48am | #7

   I use the Credit cards and similar cards that get sent asking you to apply, as glue spreaders.  I also use the trick of stripping off the foam on used foam brushes for that purpose.  I use cleaned popsicle sticks ( or craft sticks ) for that as well and mixing epoxy, holding finishing nails away from my fingers and other uses.  old baby food jars, 1/2 pint canning jars...  I also like the emery board for tight sanding spots.

   My pocket knife sees a lot of use. An old rolling pin works nicely for applying  veneer.

   1 - measure the board twice, 2 - cut it once, 3 - measure the space where it is supposed to go        4 - get a new board and go back to step 1
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   jazzdogg | Jul 21, 2006 06:41am | #8

   I took a stiff-bladed putty knife, ground a very slight curve across its end, and used a burnishing tool to roll a burr; it's a very functional handled scraper that works well for shaping wood and removing glue.

    

   -Jazzdogg-

   "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." Gil Bailie

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Jul 21, 2006 06:41am | #9

   A large, removable cannister pencil sharpener mounted to a shelf like the one Mrs. Baggett had in her 1st grade class back in 52'. With the cheap pencils made today, you want a point; you get the point quickly!

   :>)

   SARGE.. g-47

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   TrueGentleman | Jul 21, 2006 08:57pm | #12

   Hi Sarge,<!----><!----><!---->

   Thank you for participating in my little discussion.<!----><!---->

   I read somewhere to fill bug holes, you just use the same wood with as the natural hole is in a pencil sharpener like you described, and then tap the sharpened point into the hole, cut off and sand.  Bang no more hole!.  I have not tried it yet and like the natural holes, but it should work<!----><!---->

   Rich<!----><!---->

    

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   Elcoholic | Jul 21, 2006 09:17pm | #13

   Cheap Choo-Choo sander from HF&T with custom pads for sanding large quantities of custom moldings.

   Dead-Blow Hammer for general persuasion and driving bench chisels.

   Dental irrigation syringe for filler and glue injection.

   Playing cards for shims.John O'Connell - JKO Handcrafted Woodworking

   The more things change ...

   We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized.  I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.

   Petronious Arbiter, 210 BC

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   John_D | Jul 26, 2006 12:04am | #17

   My boys call my dead-blow hammer The Persuader.My goal is for my work to outlast me.  Expect my joinery to get simpler as time goes by.

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Jul 22, 2006 06:20am | #15

   That's a clever idea rich, Rich. I bet it would work also....

   Regards...

   SARGE.. g-47

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   stantheman | Jul 21, 2006 07:22pm | #10

   TG

   used auto wiper blade for spreading grain filler

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   TrueGentleman | Jul 21, 2006 08:45pm | #11

   Excellent idea!!! I need to change mine I will keep them to give it a try

   Rich

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   art | Jul 22, 2006 06:06am | #14

   I got a set of five artists brushes at the dollar store. These are the best glue spreaders and if you rinse them after use, they last a long time.  Art 

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   douglas2cats | Jul 22, 2006 06:32am | #16

   The small plastic tubs from I-Cant-Believe-Its-Not-Butter. They're the perfect size for holding small amounts of glue (either in the tub or on the upside-down lid) and dipping the glue brush into. I also use them a lot for wipe-on poly - they hold a decent amount and the opening is a good size for dipping the rag into it. They also work well for temporary small parts holders. If glue or finish dries inside, you just give it a squeeze or two and it flakes right off from the plastic.

    

   If you build it he will come.