Hints and tips that some may not have heard of.

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41 Don’t confuse Manual with Hand-tool.

Boys and Girls,   While I hate reading, I’ve always found an instruction manual a useful tool in the workshop… as a last resort.   Ever since I can...

42 Saving SWMBO's Knife Block

Boys and Girls,   How often have you heard that Honey please from SWMBO about replacing that worn out old knife block that was getting a tad tatter...

43 Kept in the Dark.

Boys and Girls,   If you happen to have a workshop with windows facing the street this may be a handy tip for you.  If you often leave your lights...

44 Trimming Trimmer’s trimmer.

Boys and Girls,   I’ve never been a fan of the bump control system on brush cutters/line-trimmers.  I have kitted mine out with one of these gizmo...

45 I See the Light

Boys and Girls,   Downtown Churchill happens to suffer a disproportionate amount of blackouts and a generous amount of brownouts that has compelle...

46 Watching SketchUp animation from 3D Warehouse "Picture" in a thread.

Boys and Girls, If you happen to have a moment of weakness and wish to view the scenes of any SketchUp 3D Warehouse model presented in a Craftisia...

47 Safer Stop-Block for my Mico-Mark mini tablesaw sled.

[image.png] Boys and Girls,   I was tossing up whether to make this a project, hint blog or just append to my Micro-Mark Sled.  However, after cons...

48 Does your drill kick back out of spite?

Boys and Girls,   I can handle all the abuse yazall like to toss at me about my penchant for  Fe$tool stuff [-2023-04_0013890.png] however, it's ni...

49 Defrosting Your Ice Maker.

[IMG_3939.png]    Boys and Girls,   Yazall know I like to spin a yarn [Spin a Yarn.png] so let me tell you about the chilling tale of my Samsung fr...

50 Crank Up your Tracks.

Boys and Girls, This is another of my “Operational Tips” posted on LJ, that I managed to drag across a while back before the ban.  May be of som...