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Colour Code Your Tools To Easily Locate The Required Size

It can be hard to tell the difference between a 3/16″ and 1/4″ spanner, and it’s even harder when you’re underneath a car or up on a ladder. Instructables user bfk has a simple solution: paint them different colours.


Hack Your Toolbag For First Order Retrievablility

Mythbusters host Adam Savage is known for his scissor-lift toolbox, where any tool can be easily picked up without moving other tools around. Instructables user The Engineer As Hero shows how this concept can be applied to a standard zippered toolbag by adding wood and PVC organisers.


Gift Guide: DIY Gear

Buying for a DIY fanatic can be tricky, since they’ll often make the things they want for themselves and they already own all the obvious tools. Here are some of our favourite DIY-friendly gift ideas.


DIY Penetrating Oil Helps Remove Rusty Metal Parts

WD-40 is a penetrating oil that is useful for helping free rusted parts and stop squeaking doors. You can purchase a can of it at any hardware store, but you can also make your own in a pinch if you have access to acetone and automatic transmission fluid made from dextron/mercron.


DIY Jack Stand Holder Frees Your Garage Floor

If you work on your own car, you may have jack stands and a floor jack for raising your vehicle. Get them off your garage floor when you’re not using them by building a simple wall-mounted holder using plywood and two PVC fittings.


Stain PVC Pipes To Match Your Project

PVC is a useful material for DIY enthusiasts, but it usually only comes in white or grey/black. If you want your wine rack or laptop stand to fit in with your room’s decor, you can stain it whatever colour you like using a just a couple of items.


Use Tape To Drill The Right Holes In Tricky Fixtures

Ever had to hang a fixture like a towel rack where the screws are hidden and hard to hang? Home ownership blog The Harpster Home shows off a simple tape trick to help you drill the holes right.


Cool Down Your Hot Glue Gun With A Dimmer Switch

Hot glue guns are great at joining most materials together easily and sturdily ,but if you’re using very sensitive materials, the heat of the hot glue can damage the material. If you encounter this problem, you can wire a standard light dimmer switch to control the temperature of the glue.


The Gerber Shard Is A Multipurpose DIY Tool That Fits On Your Keychain

The Gerber Shard hooks onto your keychain and provides several tools any DIYer needs on a regular basis. You get a two-sized flathead and one philips head screwdriver, bottle opener, wire stripper, lanyard hole, and a pry bar in one tiny tool.


DIY Magnetic Tool Holder Keeps Your Workbench Clean And Organised

If you tend to misplace your spanners and screwdrivers, this magnetic rack by Instructables user DoDo729 might be up your alley. Best of all, it doesn’t take much effort to make.


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