November 21, 2009
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Retrieving Screws From Tight Spots

We have all been there. Flashlight in mouth, head down, arms greased up so they can both squeeze into the locker. You are attempting to place a screw into a bracket before the blood rushes to your head. You have one screw left. Left hand on bracket, right hand on screwdriver with index finger holding the screwhead tight on the driver. Then...the screw falls into the bottom of the locker, just under that lip at the bottom where no one can reach. Here's what to do: Get your shop vac, slip a lightweight sock over the hose, turn it on, and hold it over the abyss where the screw has fallen. Presto . . . you now have the screw held tight against the sock.

– Martha Trammell

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