{"id":3217,"date":"2014-11-23T04:50:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T09:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/?p=3217"},"modified":"2014-11-23T04:58:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T09:58:25","slug":"still-more-simple-shop-tips-and-conveniences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/23\/still-more-simple-shop-tips-and-conveniences\/","title":{"rendered":"Still more simple shop tips and conveniences"},"content":{"rendered":"

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More quick tips to bring the total to 65 in eight posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Placing and removing heavy boards while reaching overhead to high lumber racks is a danger<\/strong> we do not need. I feel a lot safer on the large platform<\/strong> of this very lightweight stepladder<\/a>. With a platform height of 21″, it folds flat for storage, securely locks into its open position, and has a top crossbar that you can hold on to. It now comes with a tool tray at the top and taller models are also available.<\/p>\n

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Tongue depressors<\/a> can be handy glue applicators<\/strong> but only if the rounded ends are sawn flat. It is easy to clamp a bunch together and saw the ends square or, if you like, at an angle. When I need a narrower applicator, it is easy to split one lengthwise with my fingers. For smaller work, the craft picks<\/a> are good. For small, multiple joints like dovetails, glue up goes faster<\/strong> by filling up one of these little cups<\/a> with glue and withdrawing blobs rather than repeatedly fussing with the glue bottle.<\/p>\n

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For vacuuming furniture parts between grits while hand sanding, as well as for certain other intermittent vacuuming tasks<\/strong>, I got tired of over and over reaching for the switch on the shop vac. Now I love this rig<\/a> made by FastCap<\/a>. The receiver plugs into the outlet and receives the shop vac plug. The small remote\u00a0with an unobtrusive yellow button\u00a0slips into a hook-and-loop collar<\/strong> that can be secured anywhere you prefer near the vac nozzle. The shop vac main unit stays out of the way and the work goes faster.<\/p>\n

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Most slick varnished wooden tool handles make no sense and are a pain. The hockey stick handle wrap<\/strong> is an excellent remedy, demonstrated here<\/a> by a real hockey guy. For tool handles, I found it better to precede the raised helical wrap with a base flat layer. The cloth friction tape<\/a> that I’ve mentioned in other posts works well for this. He saws, he scores!<\/p>\n

When you don’t want friction, this spray beeswax<\/a> is a pleasant, natural alternative and very handy to apply. Thanks to saw maker extraordinaire Mark Harrell of Bad Axe Toolworks<\/a> for this idea.<\/p>\n

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Woodworkers need to cut things besides wood, often fairly heavy things like brass shim stock, cork sheet, plastics, and so on. A tough pair of scissors<\/strong> with one lightly serrated blade<\/strong> manages this work without being overwhelmed and slipping like kitchen scissors with smooth blades, and are still fine for light work. These by Fiskars are old but Wiss model #W912<\/a> appears similar.<\/p>\n

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Remember, 65 quick tips<\/strong> in 8 posts can be found in one place<\/a>, via the Series Topics<\/a> link list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More quick tips to bring the total to 65 in eight posts. Placing and removing heavy boards while reaching overhead to high lumber racks is a danger we do not need. I feel a lot safer on the large platform of this very lightweight stepladder. With a platform height of 21″, it folds flat for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-3217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools-and-shop","tag-quick-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3217"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3236,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3217\/revisions\/3236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}