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| Toilet Paper Tubes for Electrical Cords
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 I take empty toilet paper rolls and cover them with wall paper samples to make "covers" for the cords on our small appliances. If you go to the wall paper stores and ask if they have outdated wall paper sample books, they most likely will give you a few, for free.
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Posted on: 06/06/2006 | 6 Feedback(s) |
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| Storing Single Edged Razor Blades
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Empty film canisters are the perfect size for storing single edge razor blades.
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Posted on: 06/25/2005 | 2 Feedback(s) |
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| Keep Razor Blades in Matchbooks
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Empty matchbooks can be used to store razor blades. Just insert the razor blade into the bottom part of the matchbook. The strike plate can even be used to sharpen the blade in a pinch. Mark the matchbook so you know what's in it.
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Posted on: 06/18/2005 | 0 Feedback(s) |
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| Work Bench Yard Stick
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Nail or glue a yard stick to the front of your workbench for quick measurements. It comes in handy when you need to make a lot of small measurements.
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Posted on: 06/18/2005 | 0 Feedback(s) |
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| A Peg Board To Organize a Workshop
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The best way to organize a workshop is to use a peg board. After you hang an item on the peg board, draw a line around it, that way you won't have to guess what goes where once everything has a place. We also keep screws and such in baby food jars, we nail the jar lids to the wall. It's a real space saver.
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Posted on: 04/29/2005 | 0 Feedback(s) |
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| Work Bench Towel Bar
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I attached a towel bar to the side of my husband's work bench in the garage. This saves him from wasting paper towels and it saves my "good" bathroom towels.
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| Saw Blades in Record Album Covers
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A good place to store saw blades is in unwanted record album covers. If you don't have any record albums just visit garage sales on Sunday when people are closing down their sale. You likely find someone will to give away some records.
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| Looking Through Small Items
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When looking for a small nail, screw, button. pin, etc, in your can or jar of misfits and/or left-overs, be sure to dump them on newspaper, typing paper, or magazine. When finished, just lift, form in a "vee" and pour back in can or jar. Beats picking them up a few at a time.
By Andrew Caldarelli
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Posted on: 04/29/2005 | 0 Feedback(s) |
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| Storing Paint Cans
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Before storing paint, put some paint on the top and side of the can so you can easily see what color it is. If the can is almost empty, transfer it to a smaller container since paint cans take up a lot of shelf space. If you may want to try to recreate the color in the future, write the color information on a piece of paper and tape it to the side of the paint can.
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| Hanging Tools
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If you enough wall space, hang shovels and other garden tools upside down on your walls. For smaller tools you can get a peg board that you can mount on your wall and fit with a variety of pegs and hooks and store tools that you need to have handy.
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