No-Scratch Metal Bucket
Adding a plywood bottom keeps floors safe from scratches when using a bucket as a tool caddy.
I build and install custom cabinets, and when I visit a house, I carry my tools in empty steel buckets (the catalyzed lacquer I use comes in them). To prevent them from scraping the floor, I cut out a circle of 3/4-in. plywood and screw the bucket to the plywood with 9/16-in. panhead screws from the inside, as shown in the drawing. This same approach works with plastic buckets.
—Peter Kasper, Des Moines, Iowa
Edited and Illustrated by Charles Miller
From Fine Homebuilding #289
