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		<title>Temporarily Magnetise Your Screwdriver For Fumble-Free Repairs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re tinkering, especially on a project with tiny screws, it can be intensely frustrating to have a screw disappear into the carpet or inside your project. Temporarily magnetise your screwdriver with this simple trick.
Instructables user Larry SDonald found that magnetised screw drivers were handy, but they have the downside of being unsuitable for working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make A Lost Screw Finder From A Blank Media Spindle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Rae Trover</dc:creator>
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Even folks with steady of hands can lose an important screw while assembling a project. To find your missing pieces, the DIY mavens at Make share how to turn a CD spindle into a vacuum attachment to round up lost parts.
To create this quicker-picker-upper attachment you&#8217;ll need a few pieces of PVC pipe, an empty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mod Your Lantern-Style Flashlights To Use A Rechargeable Battery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Rae Trover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Big, bulky lantern-style flashlights are super easy to find when the power goes out, but the batteries they require can be draining on the wallet. This small modification lets it work with a rechargeable battery to ease the cost.
Lantern style flashlights are a handy thing to have around the home, and stashed away in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Prevent Split Boards</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/how-to-prevent-split-boards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Rae Trover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A split board can ruin a woodworking project if you&#8217;re down to your last piece. Stave off splits and weekend project frustrations with this super simple and quick trick.
Photo by meddygarnet
You normally have two options when you&#8217;re trying to avoid splitting in a woodworking project. If you&#8217;re using screws, drilling a pilot hole is always [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magnetic Knife Strip Keeps Drillbits Handy And Organised</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/magnetic-knife-strip-keeps-drillbits-handy-and-organised/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarahrae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organising your home garage or workshop isn&#8217;t always as efficient or affordable as it appears to be. Try repurposing a magnetic knife strip to keep small bits in line.
The hardest things to keep organised in your garage/workshop are the things you use most often. Screwdrivers and drill bits fall into that category around our home, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paper Fix Binds Your Papers Without Staples</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not a fan of paper clips? Wish your stapler had an infinite supply of staples? The Paper Fix is a stapler-substitute that binds paper together using just the paper itself.
Years ago I had a Japanese student who would turn in his papers &#8220;stapled&#8221; by a tiny perforation in the corner of the pile with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pick The Right Screws And Nails For The Job At Hand</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/pick-the-right-screws-and-nails-for-the-job-at-hand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/pick-the-right-screws-and-nails-for-the-job-at-hand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a contractor, the charts and usage tips here will be old hat to you. For the rest of us, this chart helps make knowing which nail or screw to use less of a hit-or-miss prospect.
Unless you&#8217;re 12 and building a tree fort from stuff you scrounged from the back of your dad&#8217;s workshop, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn About Different Screw Types</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/01/learn_about_different_screw_types-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/01/learn_about_different_screw_types-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an entire world beyond slotted and Phillips head screws. Learn your screw types and a whole lot more about the history of screws.

For each screw drive type, from ancient Slot through to space-age Lox we present a quick view of the screw head, the drive name, a picture of the appropriate drive bit, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rev up your Allen key</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/07/rev_up_your_allen_key/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever purchased any furniture from Ikea (or similar mass-market retailers), you&#8217;ll be familiar with the trials and tribulations of the S-shaped Allen keys (known by our US brethren as hex keys) supplied with many items to screw them together. Nate at Ikea Hacker came up with a way to simplify the process of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIY Leatherman Compact Keychain</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/diy_leatherman_compact_keychain-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of users at web site EDCForums have tweaked their Leatherman (and Leatherman-like) multi-tools into the ultimate multi-key tools. The process appears to involve grinding the edges off your regular keys then bolting them in place of a few or all of the regular tools (you can mix and match keys and screwdrivers if [...]]]></description>
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