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Tip: How to resize a washer.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #205 Jan 1980 (v.30#1) pg. 108

Tip: Use your hot melt glue gun to attach a washer to a nut prior to installing on a bolt.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #291 Sep 1988 (v.38#7) pg. 112

Tip: How to make your own rubber washers in various sizes.
HOMEOWNER Oct 1985 (v.10#8) pg. 19

Shopsheet. Illustrated chart giving the AN number for five nut styles, three washer styles, and one cotter pin designed to fit AN3, AN4, and AN6 bolts.
KITPLANES Apr 1997 (v.14#4) pg. 67

Tip: Use test tube stoppers as replacements for old "spud washers".
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Dec 1981 (v.9#12) pg. 282

Tip on how to grind an assortment of washers down to the same diameter.
POPULAR MECHANICS Feb 1972 (v.137#2) pg. 162

Tips on making large or odd-size washers using hole saws.
POPULAR MECHANICS Feb 1986 (v.163#2) pg. 156

Making copper washers out of copper plumbing material.
SKINNED KNUCKLES #263 Jun 1998 (v.22#11) pg. 25

Making rubber or fiber washers. Steel tubing is fashioned into punch tools for cutting custom-sized washers.
SPORT AVIATION Sep 1988 (v.37#9) pg. 29

Tip on making washers from scrap leather.
WOODWORK #17 Sep-Oct 1992 pg. 8

Tip: How to cut thin washers from plastic using a hand auger.
WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL Sep-Oct 1981 (v.5#5) pg. 36

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