finishing tools

3D Printed Workshop Funnels: Flexible Funnels for Paint, Finish and Glue

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A bright home workshop scene, a set of matte charcoal-gray and bright-orange 3D printed funnels in three sizes standing on a wooden workbench

Introduction Every workshop pour goes the same way without a funnel. Paint glugs down the side of the can, finish finds the bench instead of the jar, and glue goes everywhere except into the bottle you are refilling. The funnels most of us own do not help much. There is one, it is the wrong … Read more

3D Printed Painter’s Pyramids: Paint Every Side of a Part Without Waiting

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A bright home workshop scene on a light oak workbench

Introduction Painting a door, a shelf, or a drawer front has a built-in pause that wastes half the session. You finish one side beautifully, and then you wait — because flipping it means laying a wet edge in dust, sticking newspaper to the finish, or balancing the piece on paint-can lids and praying. By the … Read more