2. Using alcohol on a glue line is a great way to clean up excess epoxy, if you do it before it cures.
3. If you find that your chalk line is smudging and becoming unreadable try spraying it with hairspray.
4. A plywood block with a saw kerf in the top edge makes a handy scraper rack.
5. Need to copy something but out of transfer paper? Use a soft lead pencil to shade over the lines of your drawing on the back of the paper. Then tape your pattern to your workpiece and retrace.
These are just a few tips that I picked up over this past week. They come from a variety of sources including books, magazines, newsletters, online and some from personal experience.
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