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TIPS TECHNIQUES Quick Tips ■ If you don't protect your hands when staining, they'll end up the same color as the project. Although plastic gloves keep your hands clean, they don't come free. But my "gloves" don't cost a penny. I just slip my hand into the plastic bag that the newspaper came in, see photo. Stanley Rulapaugh Phoenix, Arizona ■ This hand countersink is ideal if you're working with metal — or if you only have a few holes to countersink in wood. The countersink bit is attached to a dowel that's shaped to provide a comfortable grip. To secure the bit, the shank is epoxied in a hole in the end of the dowel. Robert Adams Newark, Neiv Jersey Shop-Made Clamp ■When assembling a large cabinet recently, I ran short of pipe clamps. But rather than buy more clamps, I made my own. What's unusual about these clamps is how the pressure is applied. Instead of tightening a threaded screw, a simple wood wedge is tapped between the clamp and the project. ^ The clamps are easy to make. Each one consists of a long, wood rail with two clamp heads, see drawing. Note: Just cut the rail to whatever length you need. A fixed clamp head is screwed to one end of the rail. And to accommodate different size projects, an adjustable clamp head is positioned along the length of the rail. To make this work, you'll need to drill a series of holes in the rail. These holes accept a pin that's glued into a hole in the ADJUSTABLE CLAMP HEAP (2" x &") NOTE: ALL PIECES EXCEPT PIN ARE MADE FROM 3/4"-THICK STOCK #3 x 1!4" Fh WOODSCREW RAIL J2" x CUSTOM LENGTH) adjustable clamp head. (I used a dowel for the pin.) In use, this pin allows the adjustable clamp head to pivot as you tap in the wedge, see detail. The farther you tap in the wedge, the more pressure it applies against the workpiece. Peter M. Rath Alamogordo, New Mexico I * mm* Send in Your Tips To share your original tips and solutions to problems you've faced, send them to: ShopNotes, Attn.: Readers' Tips, 2200 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50312. (Or if it's easier, FAX them to us at: 515-282-6741.) We'll pay up to $200 depending on the published length. Please include a daytime phone number so we can call you if we have any questions. W -■.-*--• - : * " . • f* 'W Plane Hanger ■ When my bench gets cluttered, the plans I'm using often get buried under tools and dust. But screwing a steel shelf standard to the wall and adding a magnetic clip solves that problem, see photo. Now I just hang up the plans in full view. R. B. Rimes Vienna, Ohio No. 41 ShopNotes 5 |
