Use a Miter Saw Stand for Effortless Planing

Although most hobby DIY-ers could get involved in planing longboards, this is normally reserved for professional contractors and woodworkers. But if you do decide to stretch your DIY fingers and give this a go, you might want to give this nifty hack a go. That's because this can make planing so much easier, without having to constantly check the infeed and the outfeed during this very complicated and time-consuming process.

By laying your wooden board on a miter saw stand, you can let the miter saw stand do the hard work for you. After all, the board itself will do the infeed and the outfeed for you.

Use Pliers to Make a Hands-Free Light

One of the greatest tools you could have in a toolbox is a torch! This thing will come in handy all the time and sometimes when you least expect it. But the one disadvantage of a torch is that you need to sacrifice one hand to hold onto it at all times. At least, that was the case before you learned this awesome DIY hack, as hands-free torches now exist.

Create a hands-free torch by sliding the torch into the mouth of a pair of pliers. Then, hold the handles in place using rubber bands, and lean the whole thing on the surface of your choice.

Use Wood to Make a Longer Chuck Key

People who do DIY as a hobby probably don't use a chuck key, but contractors and professionals who use machinery on a regular basis will definitely use this tool. It's used to tighten and loosen gear systems in machinery, and while they do the job, they're often incredibly hard to use. That's because their handles are often incredibly small and fiddly. But what if we told you that they don't have to be?

It's super easy to use some wood to make your chuck key longer, as you just need to make sure that the original key fits snuggly into a hole you drill into the wood.

Use Your Strength to Keep Your Can Opener Safe

Although we're thankful for the strong nature of a paint pot lid, this can be annoying when you're trying to open it. And while some people have their own ways to open a pot of paint, a can opener will always come in handy. This tool has literally been designed for this purpose, so why wouldn't you use it? Well, some people don't use it because this small tool is very easy to lose!

Don't worry about ever losing this opener again, though. Either use brute force or another tool to make a slight opening in the loop of the can opener, and simply hook it onto your paint pot.

Use a Square to Draw a Circle

In the DIY world, circles are notoriously difficult to perfect. Although it's easy to find tools that can help you perfect straight lines or shapes with straight lines in them, it's hard to find tools that can help you perfect a circle. But in a strange turn of events that doesn't seem to make sense, you can actually use a square tool to draw a circle if you want to!

Simply mark your diameter points and place nails on either side of this diameter, place a pencil in the corner of the square, and then rotate it around the nails.

Use a Magnet to Keep Screws in Place

Anyone who does DIY will know that trying to keep small screws in place while attempting to screw it in is sometimes impossible. The screw always seems to fall out of place, and you're constantly battling with the small size. But there is a way to avoid this entirely! In fact, one of the best ways to keep your screws in place is to use a magnet, and you can even magnetize your screwdriver.

To magnetize your screwdriver, all you need to do is hold a magnet against it for about five minutes. After that, it should be able to pick up and hold onto screws with ease.

Use a Drill to Make a Cleaning Brush

Although DIY projects can be messy, it's important to always take time to not only clean up the things you make but also to clean the area you've made it in. And while you could spend hours on your hands and knees brushing the floor clean, you could save so much time by using a handy tool in your toolbox to your advantage. Yes, all you need is a drill!

Simply take a brush head and attach it to the head of a drill bit, and turn the drill on. By doing this, you'll be done in no time at all.