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What are your favorite tips or tricks? 
What are the most clever problem solutions you've used or seen? 
What are the most unusual problems you've encountered and solved? 
Let's get a permanent topic thread started.
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| Unsure if this is what you are requesting since most of my work involves carpentry but I keep an old tube of lipstick in my toolbox(girlfriend won't miss it...). I do quite a bit of retrofit/remodel work and when installing deadbolts without a jig, the lipstick is indispensable. After the lock has been installed in the door, it is time to drill for the corresponding hole in the frame -- I simply mark the end of the bolt with the lipstick, close the door and turn the locking mechanism several times. This leaves a very legible mark that is centered for the receiver. Drill the appropriate size hole, cut out for the strike plate and you're done in no time. I'm certain that this trick could be used in the retrofit electrical end of remodeling. This is but one of many hundreds of 'jobbing' tricks that I utilize to efficiently complete my work. Sometimes, necessity is a mother...
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Your trick about using the lipstick on the end of the deadbolt to mark a door jamb for drilling was definitely the kind of stuff I was hoping for. I've tried something vaguely similar in the past, but it didn't work nearly as well as lipstick will
This concept could be used in electrical work sometime, I'm sure (altho I can't think of an example right now). Besides, I still do carpentry as well as electrical work for some of my clients [anything to survive in this economy], including hanging new doors and installing locks, etc. Thanks for the great tip!
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