Pencil Lubricant.
R.B. Himes of Vienna, Ohio, seldom has a can of dry lubricant handy. But he always has a pencil in his apron pocket. If he notices the miter gauge in his table saw sticking a little, he blows out the sawdust and scribbles on the sides and bottom of the miter gauge slot. The graphite keeps things sliding freely.
PVC Supports.
To support a workpiece while gluing or finishing, Dave Youngren of Clovis, California, uses 3/4" PVC pipe with a tee fitting on the ends to keep the pipe from rolling. The supports are inexpensive to make and can be easily cleaned off when they get too messy.
Non-Stick Clamps.
Jack Kreinbring of La Crosse, Wisconsin, got tired of glue getting all over his handscrew clamps and leaving a sticky mess. To stop this problem he used contact adhesive to glue some small pieces of laminate to the jaw faces. They make cleanup a breeze.
