Best cheapest tools / gizmo that you couldn't live without

[transatlantic]

Coffee stirrers nicked from Costa. Perfect for mixing and applying epoxy (snap in half and you get two), and a good excuse to get a coffee.

Also drinking straws - pinch the end and they're great for scraping glue from inside corner edges.

And these : BQLZR A Pack Of 4 Countersink Drill Bit W/ Quick Change Hex Shank #6 #8 #10 #12 Screw Size https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LITNRIO/ ... dyb90MY90Q

So much easier to use when you want to drill pilot holes for countersink screws

I just ordered some of those. They best not be sh*te!!!

 

[MattRoberts]

Indeed - otherwise you could be £2.21 out of pocket!

 

[transatlantic]

Indeed - otherwise you could be £2.21 out of pocket!

Thats enough for 2, maybe 3 snickers! ...

 

[MikeJhn]

The plastic basins from Sainsburys steak and kidney puddings are ideal for mixing epoxy, let the epoxy set and it will peel off, epoxy does not stick to this type of plastic, eat the S&K pudding first. :lol:

Mike

 

[Doingupthehouse]

Helix pencil sharpener. Got fed up losing small sharpeners. Hard to lose this! Can now get pencils sharp enough to use in my Incra rules. £8.99 on the Bay.

Simon

 

[YorkshireMartin]

A £6 "Ring" branded LED pen torch. Has a magnet on the clip and very bright white LED's. Gets used for all sorts. Need to find another as a spare but screwfix stopped doing em.

 

[SteveF]

Kreg Multi-Mark

a tad expensive but so handy

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Multi-Mark-Mul ... B003ARSYRG

Steve

 

[Blockplane]

Cheap plastic chopping boards.
Can be quickly cut to size on bandsaw as and when required.
Use them for bits of jigs, especially when I need a flat surface which glue won't stick to, as clamping cauls, packing pieces, etc , etc.

 

[timbo614]

Couldn't be without my Stanley knife. The original non-retractable type with larger blades. Marking, cutting sheets etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc. oh and whittling. I have one in every tool box ( 9 at last count!).

It sharpens pencils too!