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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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    Started by Jon, Feb 26, 2020 12:27 PM
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  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: Thousands of homemade tool plans

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  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: Best Homemade Tool of the Week - $100 weekly award

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  1. 2x72 belt grinder - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 14, 2022 03:40 PM
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  2. Lathe tailstock threading die holder - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 14, 2022 03:39 PM
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  3. Workbench - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 14, 2022 03:39 PM
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  4. Indicator disc - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 14, 2022 03:38 PM
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  5. Power hacksaw from cordless drill - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 13, 2022 03:15 PM
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  6. Tools made from an engine valve - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 13, 2022 03:14 PM
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  7. Car jack - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 13, 2022 03:14 PM
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  8. Makeshift Vice and Headpiece Stand

    Started by Daturat100r, Oct 25, 2021 07:04 PM
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  9. Desoldering pump - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 2, 2022 03:17 PM
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  10. Maximus clamp - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 12, 2022 03:36 PM
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    Sep 13, 2022, 08:30 AM Go to last post
  11. Quiet compressor - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 8, 2022 02:31 PM
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    Sep 13, 2022, 05:33 AM Go to last post
  12. Lathe part 8

    Started by Budget Built, Sep 12, 2022 10:08 AM
    #diy, #diytools, #homemade, #homemadetools, #metallathe
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    Sep 13, 2022, 03:08 AM Go to last post
  13. 3D printed v-blocks - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 12, 2022 03:36 PM
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  14. Cool Forge

    Started by Budget Built, Sep 10, 2022 05:15 AM
    #budgetbuilt, #diy, #forge, #homemade, #homemadetools
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    Sep 12, 2022, 06:20 PM Go to last post
  15. Toolmaker's mill vise - video

    Started by Jon, Aug 30, 2022 04:52 PM
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  16. Wagon vise - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 9, 2022 02:55 PM
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    Sep 12, 2022, 11:46 AM Go to last post
  17. Magnetic drive for my pantograph pattern torch

    Started by Frank S, Sep 3, 2022 09:27 PM
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  18. Tool boxes

    Started by Bcampbell1989, Aug 26, 2022 06:51 AM
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  19. Metal Bender Broken Vise Restoration [ Full video]

    Started by Metalgeria, Sep 11, 2022 03:36 PM
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