The Smart Home Handyman

 So there you are.  You have a worktable or bench that has plenty of 3/4 inch holes for bench dogs. Bench dogs are great.  They keep things blocked in and provide support or resistance when you need to push on a tool or piece of material. Bench dogs are a great support. Bench dog holes are usually about 3/4th inch diameter and usually form a complete grid on a worktable or section of a table.  This makes using bench dogs able to support a wide variety of shapes and sizes of materials while you work on them. A bench dog hole is usually 3/4" and goes all the way through. But sometimes you need more than a brace or support for your material.  Sometimes you need a clamp.  Now, you can buy horizontal clamps that fit into bench dog holes.  If you got the money anyway because these are not the least expensive things you'll find. But, you still want a clamp that can be used inside the space of the table and not just at the edges.  I have a trick that works great and is much less expen

 What's the drill? There are drills and there are drivers.  Then there are drill/drivers.  There are different kinds of drills for different purposes.  Regular drills, hammer drills, and so on.  Then there are drivers.  Impact drivers, drill/drivers, and others.  What's the difference between a drill and a driver?  It's interesting that you should ask. A regular drill with a keyless chuck Impact driver   Hammer drill With a keyed chuck Drill/driver with keyless chuck Originally, people used a regular drill as a driver by simply changing the bit from a drill bit to a screwdriver style bit.  It was a driver bit powered by a drill and that was that.  But then, some one got a great idea and created the clutch on a drill, essentially creating the drill/driver combo tool. Why is it a drill (or not)? It really is the clutch that makes the difference.  It's what allows the power of the drill to be more controlled so as to not overpower the screws being driven.  This engages whe