Roller Stand Built Out Of Angle Iron And Sq. Tubing

Roller Stand Built Out Of Angle Iron And Sq. Tubing FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 33-5-36 Steve Litchy, Blomkest, Minn.: "I built this roller stand out of angle iron and sq. tubing. I use it with my drill press and table saw when handling long material. Similar commercial roller stands sell for $20 to $30. I got the roller free from my school. It was the wrong size for another roller stand so they didn't need it any more." Ollie Maier, San Marcos, Texas: "On small chains where even a 1/4-in. hook is too large, I take a cut link from a somewhat larger chain that's still small enough to fit in one of the links. I put the cut link in the vise and close one half onto the chain, leaving the other half to hook into whatever link is necessary to secure something. It also works well to use such a chain in combination with a bungee strap. "To come up with an inexpensive but effective fire starter for a fireplace or brush pile, I simply tie an old sock in knots as tight as I can and soak it in a little diesel fuel or starting fluid. The sock will burn for several minutes which is enough to start most pieces of wood, even if they're wet. "I own a number of cordless tools (five drills, three saws, a caulking gun, and all of them have different voltages (12, 14.4, 18, and 24). I use a different color can of spray paint for each tool to mark the tool, the batteries, and the charger so I know at a glance where everything belongs. Otherwise the batteries and chargers are all black which makes them hard to tell apart. "I had been using a small chain to keep my larger tubular gates open or closed, until I discovered an easier method that also saves on the gate's hinges. To keep the gate from sagging, I screwed the post part of a screw hinge into a post at both the open and closed position of the gate - just slightly higher than the bottom of the gate - for the open end of the tubular gate to rest on. The hinge holds the gate so well that I no longer needed to chain it."

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