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    Talk about homemade tools and ideas for homemade tools in this forum. If you post any of your homemade tools, they'll be automatically added to the HomemadeTools.net directory of homemade tools, and credited to your username. The best tools are awarded a $250 monthly prize. Tool tips and tricks should go in the Tool Tips and Tricks subforum.

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      Post your tool tips and tricks in here. The best tips are awarded a $100 prize. Videos and images of your tool tips are nice, but not necessary.

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    Best Homemade Tools

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    The best homemade tools built by our members are featured in this subforum.

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    General tool and shop talk. Ideas, pics, videos, builds, discussions, and jokes about tools and DIY.

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      Videos and GIFs of interesting or unusual machines in action.

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      Cars, trucks, motorcycles, wheels/tires, and various kinds of wheeled vehicles. Excludes trains, heavy equipment, wheeled tools, and tracked vehicles.

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    Tool Restorations

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    Talk about tool restoration in this forum, and post any tools that you've restored or are restoring, or any good tool restorations you find on the internet.

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    Download tool plans for sale, or sell your tool plans.

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    1. Tool plans authors can discuss creating and selling plans here.

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    For general non-tool, non-tech discussion.

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    For anything that's homemade, but isn't a tool.

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    You can practice posting on the forum in here. Try out posting pictures, videos, or anything else.

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