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My idea here seems excessively crude, but it's the first thing that occurred: Seems cumbersome and probably sloppy, but you see where I'm going. Basically trying to build a small chop-saw base with a clamp to hold the MM. The base needs to be small and portable. Any good ideas?

I have a Fein MultiMaster (like a Dremel Multi-Max or Rockwell SoniCrafter)... ...which I find very handy for remodeling projects on houses. I use it mostly as a plunge saw. It usually gets carried even when other saws stay in the shop due to size. The other day I was having to cut some...

Search your Lowe's for Skil 100-Piece Drill Bit Set Item #: 176028 | Model #: 45102 for $10.

I should do that. Thanks for the motivation.

AND, it's a theft preventative. Who wants to steal your grimy tools?

No, I don't think a variable-tooth will help much with thinwall...the larger teeth in the variable blade will still hang up in the thin material. You really do need to change to a fine tooth blade when cutting thinwall...try it, and you will see a big difference. Sorry it is a pain, but that's...

Here's the kit, so far. I count 14 chemicals + brushes, rags, sponges, gloves, etc. At this point I'm using Boston Brown Bottles for their chemical resistance. THey're double-bucketed (a smaller bucket is in the larger bucket), and packed with sponges and rags between them, to keep them...

Significantly updated. Post got so long it now spreads from post #1 to post #11.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00931875000P

On sale 20% "off," as in "hacked off with a light saber." I KNOW you do not have one of these in your auto toolkit. http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ec0a/

I find the locking tabs on the Harf boxes painful to operate. The Plano boxes open respectably with no pain. My love is unrequited. Still OOS at my local store.

Wow, great suggestions, thanks! This is why we ask the great oracle of Garage Journal before proceeding! But can you refill, have you tried it? Are you certain you'd have a leakproof seal after prying off the cap?

I need to carry small amounts of solvents with me to jobsites. About 4 ounces would be good--lighter and safer than carrying a whole gallon or even a quart. I've never found acetone, lacquer thinner, mineral spirits, denatured alcohol, etc, sold in cans that small. I would gladly transfer to...

In So calif, $20.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390511696346 And if you don't like that deal, here's the goofiest "semi-automatic" screwdriver ever, also on sale, hyped with a slick "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" ad where husband and wife (?) go around driving screws into the walls of their house...

Slightly OT to just shout out that I LOVE Plano boxes. Out of stock at any nearby HDs for me. I always mill out the rigid dividers that I don't want, to get custom boxes. Soooo much better than the boxes sold at HarF.

I own this machine and it has done well by me, but you do need to set it up--it's a bit kit-like, not "ready to go out of the box." There was a chorus of protest from my machine shop friends when I bought it ("It's too small!" "It's Chinese!") but the research kept showing it was a competent...

I don't travel to the exotic locales that you do, but I am all too familiar with "projectus interruptus" when you're not carrying that one specialty tool you need or, much more often the case for me, the need for uncarried hardware arises. This sets up the perpetual dilemma: Carry light and risk...

Working on that. The research and the list kind of ran away from me, and now the list is much longer than the current contents of the bucket. Looking for good, chemical proof, smaller bottles. Maybe a pint or a cup each. I think they are called 'reagent bottles.' Suggestions welcomed. (What can...

OK, new and updated list, 1/15. Remember I could be wrong--I'm known more for my good looks than my intellect-- so verify with your own research.