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Holding Small Parts While Finishing or Painting

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I needed to paint 200+ small dowels and needed some way to hold them. I ask the question in the toy makers forum and got a lot of good suggestions. The problem with these suggestions were that they only work well if your making one toy and only need to hold a few parts. I needed a much better solution that would work for lots of parts. I finally concluded that I needed something that worked perfectly for the parts I was making. It had to be cheap and easy to make. The part is exhaust pipes for my Hot Rod Freaky Fords . These are 1 inch long dowels that are glued into 1/4 inch deep holes. They need to be painted and leave enough pare wood for gluing. The first thing I came up with was this. Plywood Jig For Holding Small Parts Plywood Jig For Holding  Wooden Toy Car Parts While Painting - Exhaust Pipes for Hot Rod Freaky Fords Drying I just grabbed a piece of plywood that I had already and went to work. After I started painting I soon discovered that not only wa