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TIPS AND TECHNIQUES #& x Vz" Fh woodscrew #& x 21/2" woodscrew 2" x 9" PVC PIPE A When working in tight places, Bob Lee of Miami, FL uses a simple trick to thread a nut on a bolt. He carpet-tapes the nut to his finger. A It's easy for Chris Glowacki of West Des Moines, IA to tote boards from the lumberyard. He bundles them together with "cling wrap." A To keep short dowel plugs from rolling off his band saw table, Keith Mulford of Arlington Hts., IL "corrals" them with a strip of duct tape. Dust Pick-Up Caulking Tube Storage the body. To keep the clamps from slipping off, I drilled a hole in each one and attached it with a screw. Jim Vasi Williamsville, New York ■ I usually have several tubes of caulking lying around the shop. But I can't always find the one I need. To keep the caulking tubes handy, I made a simple storage rack. All it takes is a piece of plywood and some short lengths of PVC pipe. The plywood serves as a back. And the pieces of pipe act as storage compartments for the tubes, see drawing. I cut a "window" in each piece of pipe. This lets me see the tube I need at a glance. To make sure the tubes stay put, the pieces of pipe mount to the back at a slight angle. Two screws (a short one and a long one) secure each pipe to the back. The long rew also keeps the caulking tube >m falling out of the lower end of e pipe. Daniel L. O'Neal Shrewsbury, Missouri Send is! Your Shop Tips To share your original shop tips to problems you've faced, send them to: ShopNotes, Attn.: Readers' Tips, 2200 Grand Avenue, 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. up close to the spinning workpiece, see photo at right. Basically it consists of two parts: a body that supports the hose and a post (dowel) that fits into the casting for the tool rest, see drawing. To quickly position the hose on the body, there's a V-shaped groove in the top edge. And the post is glued into a hole drilled in the bottom edge of the body. The vacuum hose is held in place by a pair of automotive hose clamps that wrap around the curved ends of post (1" x 1" dowel) body (3" x 6") □ Whenever I sand a workpiece on the lathe, my shop gets filled with a cloud of wood dust. To prevent this, I made a simple dust pick-up that holds the hose on my shop vacuum v-groove Quick Tips No. 46 ShopNotes 5 |
