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A much needed use for the many Harbor Freight LED flashlights that are given away free is a simple portable spotlight, useful for many shop tasks. Primary benefits are bright light, self contained power, and no heat. I put mine together with a 1” tube cutoff, a weight bar clamp ring, and a $1.57...

Once upon a time I could tell a 6- 32 from an 8-32 screw laying on a bench halfway across the shop. These days I’m lucky to see the bench at all, so I got me one of those thread checkers, and now my spare time task is to sort my fastener collection. If I’m waiting for paint to dry or glue to set...

Just saw the neatest shopmade saw table system on a Craigslist ad. A benchtop unit nests in the corner, it also has a router table built in, and storage bays for in- process work, but the really ingenious thing the guy did was to make the legs folding, and to roll the cabinet about on it’s side...

My latest Craigslist shop tool project.

I’m working on some mods for a bandsaw I picked up recently, and wanted to share with the group how I’m cutting some salvaged bed angle to make the fence system. This stuff is notorious for being difficult to machine, and sawing is no exception. The only sure- fire method is abrasive cutting and...

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