The best cheap widget?

[rsser]

Mine's a combo twist drill with short flutes and the shaft cut like a rat-tailed file.

Incredibly handy for widening holes in metal plates like door latch striker plates (when drought and rain have doors going up and down like yo-yos).

What's yours?

[artme]

Weardjagetit???

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

My Jobmate folding work table.

Ridiculously cheap - and far from the best quality - but I honestly don't know how I worked for so many years without one! :think:

[rsser]

Weardjagetit???

Can't recall ... not made of cheese so it's lasted for years.

[Scribbly Gum]

The Telegraph Point Toolworks amazing multi-chisel. Cost nothing and does everything.
See here:
http://www.woodworkforums.com/f152/new-tool-gloat-potential-tool-envy-77924/

:U:U:U:U:U

[rsser]

:2tsup:

[joe greiner]

Mine's a combo twist drill with short flutes and the shaft cut like a rat-tailed file.

Incredibly handy for widening holes in metal plates like door latch striker plates (when drought and rain have doors going up and down like yo-yos).

What's yours?
Sounds somewhat like a RotoZip bit. Also fits Dremel (1/8" shank).

Might not be my best cheap widget, but I agree - very handy.

Cheers,
Joe

[Christopha]

Milk crates! Combined with cable ties and the like you have benches, scaffold, shelving, saw stools etc etc. Wonderful things and quite reasonably priced. ;)

[joe greiner]

Salvaged food containers, e.g. peanut butter jars, for misc. hardware. Cost = zero.

Salvaged plastic buckets (4-5 gallons), for larger portable storage. Also cost = zero. Either roadside orphans, or from "hazardous" waste facility.

Cheers,
Joe

[tea lady]

Purple flower handled screw driver that has 2 sizes of both phillips head and slot. Even HUbby use to dive into my tool box to borrow it. After saying "whydjabuythatthing? ":doh::D Often the only tool he could find cos everything else lost in the shed. :rolleyes:

[underfoot]

Those silicone cooking spatulas (from $2 shops) ...chop the handles off and use for flexible sanding blocks..
and thanks for the heads up about milk crates and cable ties Christopha :2tsup: ....cable ties hadn't been invented when I last used milk crates for furniture.

[Cliff Rogers]

Bottle opener. :2tsup:

[underfoot]

Bottle open :2tsup:
..a bit early isn't it Cliff?

[Cliff Rogers]

Yup, left off the er. :doh:

Only on my first coffee. :D

[Grumpy John]

The spindles from bulk CD/DVD cases. Screw 'em to the wall and slide your 100/125 mm cut off wheels and flap disks on 'em :2tsup:.

[rsser]

Nifty.

Arthur, pic of my widget is attached.

1/4" shank.

[Cliff Rogers]

...pic of my widget is attached.

1/4" shank.
Still cold in Melbourne is it? :D

[A Duke]

Mine came as a pair one for metal and one for wood.
Regards

[rsser]

Still cold in Melbourne is it? :D

The only ripostes that spring to mind aren't suitable for posting here :D

Thanks A Duke; not seen the wood version.

[artme]

Thanx Ern!!:2tsup:

I'll keep an eye out.

[Cliff Rogers]

the only ripostes that spring to mind aren't suitable for posting here
Not after you have posted a pic of your 1/4" widget. :p

[hughie]

mines a mini enertia sander [ random orbital sander for the kiwis:U] small head 20-25mm ideal for getting in to smaller vessels or under lips/edges 'n stuff like that

[rsser]

Are they the same hughie?

This is for turning obviously.

Doesn't exist without a pic ;-}

[hughie]

:) yeah, awright, here you go.