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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....

Two-Wheel Mobile Base Here’s my quick and cheap solution for making a contractor-style tablesaw mobile. I glued a piece of 2×4 to a 2×6 and added a pair of 2-in....

  Swing-Out Plywood Storage I was looking for a way to keep my small inventory of plywood organized and easy to access. The garage at my town house is small,...

Snow Shovel Dust Pan I’ve tried out a lot of different kinds and sizes of dustpans but I like this child’s snow shovel the best. The long handle means I...

Picture Frames from Scrap I finally found a great use for all those pieces of scrap wood that pile up around my shop: I make simple picture frames out of...

Quick-and-Easy Storage Boxes I finally found a use for all that scrap plywood I've been hanging onto. I made a bunch of small storage boxes with it and a small...

See-Through Chisel Holder Here’s a chisel rack that protects those sharp edges and allows me to see the right chisel for the job at hand. The rack is easy to...

Bench Dog Light With this shop-made bench dog I can put light right where I need it. The dog is just a square chunk of wood with two smaller pieces...

Mobile Tool Cabinet I bought my current house because of the big detached garage, which is perfect for my woodshop. However, when I started remodeling the house I got really...

Convenient Benchtop Protection My workbench is beautiful and I want to keep it that way, so I cover the top with builder’s paper ($7/140-ft. roll at my local home center)...

Air Hose Rack Air tools are great, but the air supply hose is hard to store conveniently. This rack solves this problem, and it’s cheap! All you need is some...

8-ft. Straightedge for $4 Whenever I have to cut down a sheet of plywood I reach for one of my trusty metal stud straightedges.Metal studs are available in different thicknesses...