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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 $100 weekly prize. Tool tips and tricks should go in the Tool Tips and Tricks subforum.

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  1. Moved: 30/45/90 degree torch plate bevel attachment

    Started by oldtimer, Sep 7, 2017 09:15 AM
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  2. Chuck thread hygiene

    Started by mklotz, Nov 15, 2016 03:12 PM
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  3. Tubing Bender

    Started by Captainleeward, Sep 6, 2014 03:25 PM
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  4. Moved: T-Rex - my towable wood chipper

    Started by ruxu, Jun 14, 2017 01:00 PM
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  5. Moved: My cheap CNC plasma based on a cut40, with THC

    Started by AdrianH, Jul 6, 2017 05:43 PM
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  6. Moved: Metal vise

    Started by Tuomas, Jun 19, 2017 10:00 PM
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  7. Moved: Vernier to Digital height gauge.

    Started by tonyfoale, Apr 16, 2017 07:45 AM
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  8. Moved: Gear repair

    Started by Vyacheslav.Nevolya, Jun 23, 2017 11:34 AM
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  9. Moved: Logan 11" Lathe Carriage Stop

    Started by Catfish, Feb 8, 2014 11:58 AM
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  10. Line boring bar stabilizers

    Started by Frank S, Jul 1, 2017 12:40 PM
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  11. A Diagnostic Tool for Arduino Software

    Started by rgsparber, Jun 20, 2017 08:40 AM
    arduino, debugging, software
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  12. Moved: 3 speed lathe milling attachment

    Started by olderdan, Jun 1, 2017 08:04 AM
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  13. Moved: Tilt Table For Mill Vise

    Started by Harvey Melvin Richards, Aug 23, 2013 09:54 AM
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  14. Tubing straightner

    Started by rebarfab, Dec 19, 2016 08:36 PM
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  15. Make a small boring bar from a scrap carbide insert

    Started by xynudu, Aug 31, 2017 02:03 AM
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  16. Boring/ grooving bar

    Started by Frank S, Aug 18, 2017 01:30 AM
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  17. Table Saw wheels

    Started by Christophe Mineau, May 14, 2017 07:43 AM
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  18. Low profile manual counter

    Started by mklotz, Jun 25, 2017 01:27 PM
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  19. Brake Lathe Restoration

    Started by darkoford, Jul 26, 2017 05:06 PM
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  20. Getting That Last Little Bit of Lotion

    Started by rgsparber, May 5, 2017 07:42 AM
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