Trying to put a piece of string through a small hole? Try dipping it in super glue and it will dry to a stiff point!

Need clamps for gluing miniature pieces? Spring clip clothespins work quite well and the “jaw” ends may be shaped, rounded, pointed, etc. as needed to fit your purpose.

Easy Mixing: It can be messy mixing adhesives, like two part epoxy, powdered glues, dry putty, etc. They are just another opportunity to ruin my clothes, stain my hands and generally make a mess of my workbench. Now we do our mixing without any fuss or mess. Put the ingredients in a small plastic sandwich bad and “squish” it until well mixed. Then, snip off the corner of the bag and squeeze out what you need. Different materials and different uses may require a larger or smaller ‘snip’, but the technique definitely works and I thank you…It’s simple and effective!
As an add-on, I discovered that some ‘thick’ materials are difficult to squeeze from the bag.  I solved this by placing a 1″ diameter dowel near the top of the bag and rolling up the bag on the dowel to gain some leverage.

Money Making & Saving Tip: We tried to use every bit of wood that we could by taking scraps from big projects to make smaller projects, using those scraps for cut out small animals, shapes, and figures that we threw in a bin and sold by the piece or handfull and then bagged those scraps and sold them as kindling wood for a ‘buck a grocery bag’!