
Here's an addition to your sanding equipment that can make your life easier for a small amount of money. Buy a couple of S-hooks at your local hardware store and use them to raise those hanging (usually chain) dining room light fixtures you're always trying to dodge or bonking your head on when you sand.
Thanks to Doug Klewin at Thorp, Wash.-based Halal Hardwoods for his tip. Do you have a Trick of the Trade to share? Email it to WFB.
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