Shop Tip

[Bob Noles]

I got tired of mis-placing my pencil everytime I go to mark or measure something especially at the table or miter saw and then having it get knocked off and breaking the point. Just no good place to put it down and out of harm's way...... and no..... I'm not wearing one of those aprons Already read the thread on that one

While in the borg the other night I was killing some time and ran up on some sticky magnetic tape strips about 1/4" wide or so. It was priced around $2 so I figured.... what the heck.... I'll get a roll and see what I can use it for, one of those staple items that looked nice to have on hand.

When I got home and was putting away my find out in the shop, I got to thinking about my pencil delima and a little light came on. I grabbed my nearest pencil and cut a little piece of the sticky magnetic tape off the roll and tacked it to the side of the pencil. Oh man.... problem solved That rascal will stick anywhere there is metal now. I went wild and used the whole roll (I have a lot of pencils ). Good excuse for me to go back to the borg and buy some backup stock of the tape.

This may not be new to some, but I wanted to pass it along in case there are others out there that have this problem.