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One of the best bench mods I ever did was to permanently attach my benchmate articulated 3rd hand to my bench. It folds neatly out of the way and is always on call when I need it, without taking up valuable bench top real estate.

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I have seen a lot of these, but this one appears to the most well thought out and documented. With photgraphs of individual parts, the stores they came from, how to do it of course, and all for under a $100. You can link to the full article HERE , or from the image.

I have been finding trade related tips in the darndest places latey, namely popular online blogs. Here is one that struck me as particularly usefull. It explains a technique for removing a ring from a swollen finger without having to cut the ring itself. I am actually pretty excited to see if this works (Im sure it does), but I think there will be a number of customers who will be relieved that there is another way. Even though ring cutters are very safe, I can’t help but notice the looks of concern on the customers faces when doing the cutting. Any way here is the link to the original post.
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