If you can't find the right tool for your job, you may be able to make what you need from household items. Carl Mueller, tool expert and host of DIY Tools & Techniques, offers some recipes for homemade tools: - Use a bench grinder to turn an ordinary screwdriver into a sharp point for making shallow cuts or starting screws (figure A).
- Recycle a broken hacksaw blade by attaching it to two small scraps of wood. Use glue or duct tape to secure the wood, and you've created a miniature saw (figure B).
- To make a sharpening/sanding stone, wrap a piece of sandpaper around a block of wood, and staple in place (figure C).
- To magnetize a screwdriver, rub the shaft of the tool with a magnet (figure D).
- A croquet mallet can act as a hammer for use with wood joints and wood chisels (figure E).
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