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It's easy to lose screws, nails, and bolts in the carpet when you need them, and then when you find them it's usually by accident with your feet … in the middle of the night.

You don't need anything fancy for a parts dish—it's just a bowl of magnetized steel—but it'll keep all your little metal bits in one place when you're working.

If you tip it over, they won't be going anywhere. Pliers will be some of your most-used tools, and here it pays to fork out the money for a good set that'll last forever. As the saying goes, buy once, cry once. The large tongue-and-groove pliers are what you need for large pipes, such as in plumbing.

The cutting pliers will go through anything, and if you have kids who get toys packaged with those little plastic ties, these'll save your sanity. The slip joint and needle-nose pliers are catch-all tools to save the day.

Dremel has become shorthand for any kind of ultra-portable, plug-in power tool. Of the 30 attachments, there's a wide array of tool heads for grinding, cutting, and carving, and engraving wood, plastic, and metal. Most of those types of jobs around the house call for a Dremel and not anything larger.

Some like the line of Rotozip tools, but I prefer the smaller, more nimble Dremel for most mild jobs. I've used several Dremels, but my favorite bang for the buck is the It has variable speed, which came in handy when mounting new legs to my old couch, and also when cutting and grinding down an axle skewer on my ebike.

Some say it's underpowered, but you'll have no problem cutting through a typical bolt or screw you'd find in the home. I also appreciate the carrying case to keep everything organized, because keeping all the parts loose would be a nightmare.

Make sure you use safety glasses. Protect your eyes from wood dust flying from the electric drill and any caustic chemicals splashing around. Pick up a pair for everyone who may be working in the area at the same time. Caulking guns got fancy in the past decade or two.

Who saw that coming? The predominant type had ratchet designs that would ooze caulk everywhere when you stopped squeezing, and you had to hurriedly unscrew the rod to make it stop. But this smooth-action gun lets you release the trigger, and caulk won't dribble. In the handle, there's a hole that cuts the tip off a new tube of caulk, as well as a puncture tool that unfolds from the barrel to break the seal.

The ratio and padded trigger make squeezing out caulk easier on the hand muscles. I've found it shrinks and therefore cracks less than DAP Alex Plus , although the later is an acceptable replacement if GE is unavailable. The old-school way to smooth caulk is with the tip of your finger, but why cheap out and risk making your work look sloppy?

Caulking is typically highly visible, so make sure it's smooth and even with this caulk tool. It's the best I've ever used. The silicone head can be taken off, rotated, and put back on for three different widths, depending on the width of the caulking bead you're applying.

And because it's silicone, sticky caulk comes right off with no trouble. On the other end, there's a very effective metal scraper for removing old caulk.

Certain jobs will jam up regular scissors—or break them. When I was cutting thick rug pads to place under area rugs, these Wiss shears were the only thing that could finish the job.

They come in handy when you don't have enough room for wire cutters, and they can snip off plastic shipping ties and even cut thin wood shingles. They're made by Crescent, a quality tool company that's been around for generations.

Sometimes a yardstick is too big and unwieldy and you'll need to break out the footlong ruler instead. There's no need to spend big on a ruler, but some of the cheap competitors have wavy edges that make them useless for drawing straight lines on walls. This Westcott has a perfectly straight edge and costs little more than a street taco.

The reviews are correct, though—don't try to remove the barcode sticker. It'll pull off the cork material on the back. No matter. The label doesn't get in the way of using it. You'll get a variety of bits in this kit of 15 1-inch bits and 11 2-inch bits. Not just the usual Phillips and slotted, but hex and Torx bits too.

For all you butterfingers out there, the screw lock sleeve is magnetic, so the bits are less likely to tumble out of your drill and disappear.

DeWalt counts the sleeve and the case as parts 29 and 30, in case you come up short on your mental math. For anything more substantial than a coat hook or picture frame, you should upgrade the hardware used to mount items to your walls.

Screwing brackets directly into wall studs is the most secure method, but due to positioning it may not be an option. Buildings built or renovated in the past 30 years may have metal studs, too, which also removes that option. E-Z Ancors have excellent holding power and can be used for a wide variety of jobs.

These plastic bolts mount into wallboard, and then a metal screw inserted into them splits the end deepest inside the wall, holding it into the wallboard like a fish hook.

You just need a screwdriver to mount them. For the heaviest items, such as televisions, indoor bike racks, and shelves used to hold books, break out the big guns and use toggle bolts.

They're extremely strong, and I've used them in dozens of applications over the years. The downside is that you have to drill a half-inch hole in your wall, which is rather large. But hey, that's what wall putty is for.

Duck, Gorilla, and 3M are good brands. If you don't have a pair already, get yourself some household scissors. Wood cracks as indoor humidity fluctuates with the weather. Left unaddressed, these cracks can widen and spread.

Once it dries, you can touch up the filling with paint, wood stain, or a furniture marker. Grime and grease have a way of defeating common hand soaps and can leave you looking like you just rode into town on the Exxon Valdez.

Its grittiness helps scrub anything off your paws. You don't need to buy spackle until you've got a hole in the wall that needs filling, like when you're moving out or rearranging wall decor.

These all-purpose tips can simplify your DIY jobs and reduce headaches. An old trick is to put a square of masking tape or painter's tape on the wall before hammering a nail into it, as it'll keep the plaster from cracking. Unlike other tapes, these likely won't take your paint off when you remove them.

Whenever you remove screws or bolts to take something apart, put the screws or bolts back into the holes.

That way, when you need to reassemble it, you'll know exactly where they are without having to hunt down loose hardware that—face it—you'll never find. Take lots of photos when you're disassembling anything. I learned this working on cars, but the principle is the same in the home.

Use your phone to photograph each step, and put the pictures in a separate photo album so you can easily find them in the future. When you need to reassemble whatever you just took apart, you'll see exactly where and how everything fits back together.

If you're working on something symmetrical—say, replacing faucets on a two-sink counter or taking apart legs on a table—do one side at a time, rather than taking both apart or putting both together at the same time. If you get stuck, you always have the other side as a point of reference.

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