In article om,
"Too_Many_Tools" wrote:

I would be interested in hearing what items fellow home shop owners
find in thrift stores and dollar stores that end up being useful in the
home shop environment.

Thanks in advance.

TMT

I'm very dependent on two items I bought at the thrift store - don't
think I spent more than $5.00 combined.

The first is a very large canning pot that I use to boil roughed bowls
of the 12"ish size. It's one of those blue speckled enamel jobs with a
lid. I think the price of $2 is still on the lid.

The second item is a 3"ish deep teflon coated fryer. I drop old candles
and crayons in to melt and use it to dip green wood that I may not get
to soon enough. Works like a champ and is much quicker and better at
sealing - and waaay less expensive - than the Anchorseal type products.
Everytime I look at the $3.00 Sharpie-d price on the lid it just makes
me feel all good and warm and nifty inside.

--
Owen Lowe

Northwest Woodturners
Pacific Northwest Woodturning Guild
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Tips fer Turnin': Place a sign, easily seen as you switch on your lathe, warning you to remove any and all rings from your fingers. Called degloving, extended hardware can grab your ring and rip it off your finger. A pic for the strong of stomach: www.itim.nsw.gov.au/go/objectid/2A3AC703-1321-1C29-70B067DC88E16BFC/index.cfm

Besides, rings can easily mar the surface of a turning as you check for finished smoothness.