What are your handiest gadgets?
There have been several threads lately discussing which woodworking hand tools are essential for a basic shop. I thought about that today when I was working on a rabbet and reached for a small setup block that I use to make sure the edge of the blade on my rabbet plane is flush with the side of the plane. Specifically, what I thought about was those little tools and gadgets that I use without even thinking about them. I got the setup block a couple of years ago when I bought an old machinist's tool chest. I bought it primarily because it had several sets of calipers and dividers, but it also had some little things that since I've used a lot -- including a couple of small setup blocks and a small straightedge. (The straightedge is sort of interesting because it has an Atkins etch on it.) So I wondered about the sorts of little tools and such that others find handy, things that you might not even think of if you made a list of your essential woodworking tools.