Tips
Twenty-four tip notes written for SA maker leads who need Tuesday to hold.
Lerato Mokoena
Start with a tray that fits the pegboard, not a catalogue that fits the brochure.
Sipho Ndlovu
Name the span and the pad before you buy another F clamp.
Pieter van Wyk
A marking knife beat a blunt pencil on every repair bay we visited this year.
Pieter van Wyk
Speed without a square is just clean scrap.
Sipho Ndlovu
Highveld afternoons shrink open time. Write it on the clamp card.
Jacques Botha
Force does not fix a dull tooth. Kerf honesty does.
Lerato Mokoena
A hook that stays on the bench beats a fancy vice you never clamp.
Jacques Botha
Log the first wander. Bit life cards are not decoration.
Amina Hassan
Pilot holes save faces when the brief is already late.
Chloe Naidoo
Map the screw before the panel leaves for site.
Jacques Botha
Impact drivers need a torque cue, not bravado.
Sipho Ndlovu
Sanding a dull edge just makes pretty dust.
Sipho Ndlovu
Read the grain, then choose the plane.
Amina Hassan
If glasses leave the peg, the shed is already late.
Amina Hassan
Polish on dust is a Friday tax you pay twice.
Chloe Naidoo
A stick with honest marks beats a phone photo in bright sun.
Chloe Naidoo
Cabinets forgive many things. Out of square is not one.
Jacques Botha
Skip a grit and swirl marks move in for the weekend.
Jacques Botha
Charge before load-shedding, not during the hole.
Amina Hassan
Muffs first, then the sander. Neighbours remember.
Lerato Mokoena
Name the drawer before you fill it.
Lerato Mokoena
Fifteen minutes of labels beats Monday hunting.
Pieter van Wyk
Plan glue-ups and charges around the schedule, not against it.
Amina Hassan
School sheds need return rituals more than new toys.
