wjmwoodcraft

Insect repellent spray for the zillions of spiders, plus the occasional scorpions & centepedes in my shop

Wasp & hornet repellent - also works on carpenter bees

Fire Ant insecticide

Water bowls for my hound dogs who hang out in the shop

Dehumidifer (hey, I'm in GA!)

Paper towels & dispenser

Dremel tool & bits for small detail work

Cell phone to call my wife upstairs (when I need a 3rd hand, and it's also smart to keep one handy in case of an accident in the shop)

Empty kitty-litter buckets w/ lids for storing clean shop rags

Metal popcorn tin (large size) w/ a tight-fitting lid w/ some water in the bottom for dirty rags until they're disposed of properly

Smoke & Carbon Monoxide detectors, plus extra batteries

Fire extinguisher for both chemical and regular fires

Vented bucket of rusty iron & steel incl old hinges, bolts, nails, steel wool, etc. plus vinegar to ebonize white oak

Distilled & filtered water to make my own water-based stains

Touch up paint brushes type used in scale model-making

Q tips for applying glue in dowel holes

Playing cards for temp. shimming fences, jigs, etc

Duct-taped bricks for weights when doing certain glue-ups

Magnetized mechanics pick-up tool on a wand to find tiny screws, etc under the bench

Flashlight (@ the floor level) if the above technique fails

Bungie cords

Permanent markers to write down the wood type on the end of rough-sawn lumber

Paper-mate 'Sharp Writer' mechanical pencils - have a very fine point & reasonable durable lead, and they're inexpensive, too

Colored chalk to temp mark lumber

Home-made trammel using a paint stirrer w/ a sheetrock screw in one end, and a hole for a pencil in the other

Rubber finger tip protector when using X-acto knives, razor blades, and when sanding very small parts

Toothpicks for applying CA

Old shot glass used as an open dispensor when working w/ CA

Accelerator to instantly bond CA

Wooden block w/ a blind hole - use a Forstner bit - to hold small bottles of glue, paint, or stain- won't tip over on bench or on a project

Masking tape (blue painter's type) to hold miters closed, and also to prevent glue from getting on parts being glued together - such as inside of a cabinet or a bookcase

Empty veggie, soup, or coffee cans to store polyurethane glue bottles upside down, so that the air in the bottle is at the bottom, and not at the top

Rubber bands for misc lightweight clamping operations

Clothes pins to hold small parts for gluing & painting

Rubber gloves (w/out powder) for holding part being spray painted

Zip-lock sandwich bags to organize small parts together - also write what they're for on a paper and stick it inside the bag

Soldering hold down T-shaped pin to clear the plugged-up nozzles in glue bottles

Wire nuts to seal the end of opened tubes of caulk

Manila folders in a filing cabinet or metal box, for sketches, drawings, details, & plans - sorted by project

Coffee stirrers snatched from Starbucks for mixing 2-part epoxies, small bottles of stains & paints, and for motise glue-ups

Tooth brushes for dusting off saw dust prior to glue-ups of small parts

Another old tooth brush for applying glue - esp on edges

Food dehydrator for speeding up drying times of enamel painted pieces - 8 hrs instead of a week or more

Bandaids for the inevitable