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Snag-Free Hose By Peter Natoli I love using dust collection with my orbital sander, but the hose always caught on the edge of my workbench. I fixed this problem by...

Flexible Spray Gun Pickup Tube My HVLP spray gun came equipped with a standard metal fluid-pickup tube. It works fine until I tip my gun to get inside a cabinet....

Longer-Lasting Polyurethane Glue Polyurethane glue is great stuff but has a short shelf life after the bottle is opened. That’s because the humidity in the air inside the bottle causes...

Clandestine Tool Chest By Patrick O’Donnell I transformed this dresser for my daughter, who didn’t like the way her husband’s metal tool chest looked in their apartment. For [...]

Get the Burn Out By Dave Munkittrick Arrgh, another burned cut! Don’t you hate it when this happens? Here’s a fix. Shim out the workpiece with thin cardboard and take...

High-Style Low-Cost TV Cabinet Simple joinery makes it easy to build – plywood makes it inexpensive. By Gary Wentz The striking style of this cabinet was inspired by visits to...

T-track is a versatile product that has many great uses around the shop. It can be attached to the fence of a chop saw, drill press or router table to...

Whether you shop is large or small, mobile bases allow you to get the most out of the space you have. When I need to re-saw some long stock on...

  After pulling the cars out, I used to stretch extension cords all over my garage shop. But with my big feet, I kept tripping over those darned things. One...

  Getting drawer fronts perfectly aligned inside a cabinet is now a lot easier, thanks to Accuride. Its updated 3832 series drawer slides include a clever cam-shaped adjustment device that...

Six separate cordless tools can cost a bundle, but you sure save a lot when you buy them together as a kit. That’s because they all share the same two...

  DeWalt’s new 3 x 21-in. belt sander is a joy to use, whether you’re flattening a panel or scribing a face frame. It has an unusual three-wheel design that...