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Wood or rubber mallets are a good choice.

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A coping saw.

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During construction, drop forging removes more air bubbles. This means there are fewer weak spots.

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A basin wrench is a tool designed especially for that.

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Use a pair of needle-nose pliers, which are good for this task as well as gripping small items, precision work, cutting wire or bending wire to wrap a terminal. The jaws and cutting blades meet evenly. If you hold them up to the light, you should not be able to see any diagonal chinks of light coming though.

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Use a bolt extractor kit. It has a self-tapping head that will insert into the bolt. You can then use a power drill to turn the bolt extractor and remove the bolt.

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Yes, the higher the number of points, the finer the cut.

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• For small holes that are less than 1 ½” inches in diameter, use a spade bit (also called a paddle bit) with your cordless drill. It has a distinct tip that anchors the bit into the center of the circle, then uses a wider diameter to drill out the size of circle you need.

• For holes between 1”-8”, use a hole saw. These are literally metal circles that have a drill bit attached to the top and have sharp teeth around the bottom edge.

• For large holes, use a jig. These attach to your saw. (When it’s attached to a saber saw, it becomes a “jigsaw.” But you can also attach jigs to routers or roto zips.) Then it attaches to the piece of wood and allows your saw to move around it in a circular pattern.

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• You can make regular sheets of sandpaper or emery paper last longer and work better by backing them with tape.
• The tape gives each sandpaper sheet more body and helps to keep it from tearing or creasing while you are working. A few pieces of masking tape on the back of a regular sheet of sandpaper will increase the life of the paper two to three times.
• Use regular sandpaper to smooth the sharp edges of cut glass, ceramic tile, porcelain, etc.
• Wrap a piece of fine sandpaper around a scrap piece of wood. A short piece of 1x2 lumber makes an ideal block for sanding these types of cut materials.
• Rub the sandpaper sheet along the edge of the glass evenly and smoothly.
• As the cutting edge of the sandpaper is worn away, rotate the sheet of paper on the block to provide a new surface until the sheet is used up.
• Sanding irregular and uneven surfaces can sometimes be a problem. Corners and grooves can be extremely difficult to reach with a flat piece of sandpaper.
• For sanding irregular edges of table tops, chair legs, etc., use a deck of cards as the sanding block (see image).
• The cards and sandpaper will adjust to the contour of the surface you are sanding. This makes a sanding block that is quite flexible, yet provides a firm base for holding the sandpaper against a curved surface.
• Use old record covers to hold various grades of sandpaper (see image). They keep the sandpaper clean and orderly.
• Old record covers also enable you to determine the grit of the paper quickly and easily, since the texture and grit show through the holes.

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To check it, place it on a level surface, then flip it over. Both readings should be identical.

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