Rolling X-acto Knives: Simply wrap a rubber band around your knives a couple of times and they won't roll around. Rolling/twisting them can also help you "get a grip"

Connie Baird, Arizona

Rolling X-acto Knives: Just a quick thought for the problem of rolling Xacto knives and tools: a friend sent me some tools with thin strips of suede leather glued around the handles. It wasn't thick enough to be bulky, and did not roll any more.

Paulette in Indiana

Rolling Xacto knife: For those of us who have a problem with their exacto knives rolling off the table - I bought one at Michaels that has a "soft foam like" covering that is soft on the grip AND has ridges so it doesn't roll!!! They are a few dollars more, but worth every penny!

Patty Johnson

Runaway Xacto's: For those of you having problems with your Xacto's rolling away...I had some wedge-shaped make-up sponges from the local beauty supply. They are about two inches long, so I cut one in half, sliced into it with the blade of the knife, and slid the square down to the other end of the knife. It is soft, so it doesn't bother me should my hand touch it (but it usually doesn't), it doesn't come off, keeps the darn thing on the table, and I have a bunch of sponges to use for other mini and/or crafting projects.

Deena

Xacto Knives: Cover your x-acto blade handles and other tools with Polymer clay. Make them slightly oval. They won't roll off the table and they are pretty as well. Also never any doubt who they belong to at meetings, classes etc.

Flo

X-acto storage: I keep one of those triangular plastic things on my x-acto's -- and no accidents so far. My DH's insulin pens come in plastic trays, divided into 5 shallow compartments. I keep a 6" ruler in one compartment, an x-acto in a second, a stylus in a third, a small pair of tweezers in a fourth, and whatever else I happen to think of in the fifth.

Janet in Baltimore

Xacto Knives: To prevent rolling X-Acto knives just tape a round tooth pick along the upper part of the handle with masking tape. Go for the ones which you turn the back of the knife handle to tighten in the blade. Much safer to install and remove blades. The regular alum. knife handle with the front collet can lock the blade in so that you need pliers to remove the blade. To sharpen X-Acto blades, glue a piece of 600 wet or dry sand paper to a piece of 1/4' plywood about two inches wide by three inches long. On the other side of the plywood glue a piece of leather (smooth side to the wood). Apply 3 in 1 oil to the sandpaper and sharpen the blade, Strop it on the leather. Once the blade is new, you can keep the edge on it by stropping it on the leather. If too dull, sharpen on paper with oil then strop on leather. CAUTION; If you wear bifocals or are wearing head band magnifier be really careful when reaching for the knife on the table. It appears where it really isn't and you can misgrab it.

Bill Hudson, Eugene, Oregon

Attaching sheets of plastic ceiling(looks like a tin ceiling) to mahogany: In reply to Mary Kay's question, just don't use hot glue. I used it on the tin ceiling in my kitchen, thinking it was the only solution, and of course sections of the tin melted.

Cece

Glue for tin ceiling: I used the plastic sheets of tin ceiling and used clear silicone glue. You can also use white glue.

Fannye

Glue for tin ceiling: I use "Extra Thick 484 Tacky Multipurpose Decorator Glue by BOND. I think any extra Thick tacky will work. Mine is in a pink 4 oz container with auqa color lid. I found it at our miniature shop. I use this glue for all plastic flooring and ceiling sheets. Also for the plastic stone/brick sheets. These panels take acrylic paint very well too, so they can be embellished.

Diane in SFBA