I use a lot of steel wool for rubbing out finishes. Like many woodworkers, I buy the stuff in rolls. Rather than stashing it in a cabinet, I hang it from the ceiling joists on a simple shop-made bracket screwed together from wood scraps and a section of old broom handle. It’s the easiest thing in the world to simply pull down the amount that I need, and trim it off with scissors.
—Howard Hirsch, Malvern, Pennsylvania
