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Default "non-shop" stuff that's useful in the shop


Drinking straw - for blowing sawdust out of dowel holes and other
crevices.
Q-tips - for applying glue in dowel holes and such.
Golf tees - for caning chairs, though these may be considered standard
for this application.
Medical needle holders or Stat - for delicate and/or specialized needle
nose plier
applications.
Clip board
Bullentin board
Post-It note pad

***Paper Drapes - For any of you that have connections to hospital
personell, especially someone in the surgery department: some
sterilized surgical tools and trays, prior to use in surgery, are
wrapped in special paper drapes. These drapes are double ply, are
water proof (to a point), are 4' X 4' (can be opened to single ply 4' X
8' ; These drapes (blue in color) are tough and cloth-like, excellent
moisture barriers (paint, varnish, solvents), can be used for resting
clean work on, drapery for doing finish work and for finished work,
reusable for years (dry rot is evident after 2 yrs). The surgical
teams discard these drapes prior to surgery, after they unwrap the
tools/trays for use in surgery....they are not reusable for sterile
applications. Ask your hospital connection person to inquire at the
surgery desk/staff about collecting a trash bag of these drapes for
you. It's not usually an imposition for a Circulator (surgical team
member) to collect these for someone.

Sonny