Below are some of the ingenius tips offered by passionate woodworkers in our community. Check out some cool tips for drilling, clamping, and dust collection.
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| Socket Depth Gauge. Daniel Brandner of Eleva, WI didn’t have the right depth gauge and instead chose to use a metal socket. The socket served as a stop, while the position of the drill bit in the chuck fine-tuned the depth. |
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| Pocket Hole Dowels. Dan Martin of Galena, OH came up with a good way of keeping his pocket screw holes aligned during assembly. Clamping a dowel through the pilot hole helps to keep the workpieces butted properly together as he drives in the pocket screws. |
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| Coordinated Dust Collection. Mark Hopkins of Des Moines, IA, uses a splitter on his automated vacuum, allowing him to attach both a 5" sander and detail sander to the same vacuum and swap as needed. |
If you have an original shop tip, we would like to hear from you and will consider publishing your tip in one or more of our publications. So jump online and go to:SubmitWoodsmithTips.com!
You’ll be able to tell us all about your tip and upload your photos and drawings. You can also mail your tips to “Woodsmith Tips” at the editorial address shown on page 2. We will pay up to $200 if we publish your tip.
