What's your favorite small accessory or tool?

Tom, where did you find the sanding gizmo's?

I use these miniature Card scrapers on every project.
http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=32672&cat=1,310,41069

https://www.philadelphialuthiertool...mini-card-scraper-set-of-5-2mm-4mm-thickness/


Herb

Gotta be routers...small or large.

One of the tools that I grab the most is a fractional/metric caliper. I have the 6"/15cm one from LV. I'm constantly using it to check thickness, length, or depth. It also tells me whether something is metric or imperial. Imperial/Metric Vernier Calipers - Lee Valley Tools

I'm with Gene. Router. Well, that and a hammer.

My 6'' Lee Valley steel ruler and my machinists small square. I can't think of a project I have done without them. Before I took a fine woodworking course 10 yrs ago I used a 25' measuring tape and a larger type square. They are used for layout and tool set up and the small square is also used to check boards after joining. I have these in my apron all the time.

OK, let me add some essentials I forgot about earlier .

A mechanical pencil, a good eraser, a ruler, and a spiral school notebook, for rough sketches. Then a 1/4" graph notebook for final designs. This is pretty much all I have used for my designs for years.

Thinking about it, knowing the quantity of mistakes I make, my middle finger gets a work out. It's a tool of frustration expression. Doesn't help much, but along with a few choice words, it saves windows from what ever throwable tool that's nearby.

Gene Howe said:

Thinking about it, knowing the quantity of mistakes I make, my middle finger gets a work out. It's a tool of frustration expression. Doesn't help much, but along with a few choice words, it saves windows from what ever throwable tool that's nearby.

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I've got a small stand, with a 2-3" thick top, that I use when tacking my masters down. At times, taking a hammer and just whacking the crap out of it can be very stress relieving.

JOAT said:

I've got a small stand, with a 2-3" thick top, that I use when tacking my masters down. At times, taking a hammer and just whacking the crap out of it can be very stress relieving.

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Thanks. However, I'm afraid that if I laid hands on that hammer, I'd have to go outside to retrieve it. Then fix the window. :surprise:
What I need is not a stress/ frustration/ rage reliever but an intense anger management course.:wink:

Kreg Pocket Hole Jig!!

Gene Howe said:

Thanks. However, I'm afraid that if I laid hands on that hammer, I'd have to go outside to retrieve it. Then fix the window. :surprise:
What I need is not a stress/ frustration/ rage reliever but an intense anger management course.:wink:

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A few years back, I walked into my buddy's shop to help with a project, just as a propane torch bounced off the wall about 4' from the door. He had been heating laminate strips for edging on a countertop with a tight corner radius and had just snapped the fourth or fifth try. Not an auspicious start to the work day..............

As far as small tools, I find the Woodpecker's Delve square to be both useful and handy - the older all-aluminum model.

There's a powertool that uses that type of blocks from Porter Cable, it's called the "profile sander". I think it may be discontinued but there's plenty of them around used on E-bay.


There's also an oscillating tool profile sander head from Integra available that does the same thing to be had for a song (around $12). They're on Amazon.

I'd post the URL's but I'm new here and haven't made 10 posts yet.

Andrew_the_Celt said:

There's a powertool that uses that type of blocks from Porter Cable, it's called the "profile sander". I think it may be discontinued but there's plenty of them around used on E-bay.


There's also an oscillating tool profile sander head from Integra available that does the same thing to be had for a song (around $12). They're on Amazon.

I'd post the URL's but I'm new here and haven't made 10 posts yet.

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that PC model is a joke...
try out a multimaster w/ PSA paper and you'll have something...

See my post Herb if you want a powered version.

You could of course use any of the profiles by hand if you wanted to.

Thanks Stick, I've never tried the PC, just knew it existed. I was thinking of getting one though but I'll check out the multimaster.

Holy smokes, the Multimaster stuff is pricey. For the number of times I'd have a use for it I couldn't justify it.

I usually just make a custom profile hand sanding block as needed from Bondo in the rare instances I need one.