Holding the Brace
posted in General |I crawled under the desk, my trusty craftsman cordless drill/screwdriver in my hand. In the other hand I held a small brass l-brace, and in my mouth, two small screws. Carefully, I placed the brace in what appeared to be the right position, held a screw to drill into the board, and started driving the screw in. Naturally, I screwed it in crooked, the screw slipped to the side and fell to the floor. I looked down, then removed the second screw from my mouth, placing it in the gouge left by the first one. I drilled it in, and learned that because of awkward placement (the brace was too high up on the board for the bottom of the desk surface ), I’d have to redo the whole process. I sighed, and backed out of the desk.
Don’t tell anyone, but then I reached over for my wife’s scrapbooking materials. I took a glue dot™ and stuck it to the back of the L-brace, then slid it into position. I drilled a couple of pilot holes, and then put the screws to it. Worked like a charm. I suppose I could have taken out the gluedots after the holes were drilled, but what purpose would that serve?
I tell ya, scrapbooking tools just aren’t manly enough. Hard to imagine a carpenter walking around with a bundle of glue dots ™ on his belt. But maybe a real craftsman wouldn’t need glue dots. 
