Hex Key Hack – Free High Speed Allen Wrenches
Cut off the L-shaped portion of those free hex key / allen wrench tools you get with furniture to make your own kit. The long and straight portion of each wrench can then be chucked-up like a regular drill bit, making your furniture assembly go about 100 times faster than doing it by hand!
Turn Your Regular Hammer into a Dead Blow Hammer
Don’t leave your next wood project looking like a woodpecker attacked it. Use the soft end of your hammer handle to adjust stubborn pieces of material into place without leaving indents into soft woods. Improvised dead blow hammer!
Chalk Line Snap Like You Have Three Hands
Snapping lines for angles on plywood and other sheet goods usually needs a helper to hold one end of the chalk line. Cut a small kerf out of the point of the cut and insert your chalk line tip into the groove for an instant third hand for snapping lines.
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