FILENAMES: brushhook.jpg DESCRIPTION: These are pictures of easy to make magnetic hooks. Posted by Mike Graham . The following description was provided: ================================================================= brushhook.txt - this file brushhook.jpg - an image of the two parts, plus the finished product. This extremely simple object was a major brainwave of mine. I have a metal cabinet in which I store paint and painting supplies. I re-use brushes, but I don't agonize over cleaning them, rather I give them a quick wipe and a dunk in varsol and then just re-use the brush in the same colour. This works well for me as long as I remember what colour the brush was used for. At first I'd scratch the colour in the metal band of the brush, but then I got the bright idea of putting hooks inside the cabinet. At first I thought I'd put a sheet of plywood inside that I could put cuphooks in, but that was sub-optimal because the cabinet door had a wide rib down the center, and the plywood would have had a 5/8" airgap behind it, and the brushes would stick out enough that they'd be banging into the stuff stored on the shelves of the cabinet. Then I got the following idea: I have a pile (!) of el-cheapo cabinetry magnets. They have an 1/8" hole in the middle so you can screw them to the wood. I simply used a shorty 1/8" pop-rivet and set the rivet in the hole, but I made sure I didn't set it so hard that the mandrel snapped. Now I had a stiff wire sticking out of the magnet. I just put a bend in the end of the wire to hold the brushes, and it works like *gangbusters*. I am terribly, terribly pleased with them. Takes about 2 minutes to make each one, cheap like borscht, and they each hold three paint brushes effortlessly. I love them! I can hang anything on these things. Beauty. This opens up a lot of avenues for me, and it might be worth thinking about for your shop, too. Mike Graham Dec 1, 2001