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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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  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Best Homemade Tool of the Month - $250 monthly award

    Started by Jon, Jul 15, 2024 07:21 PM
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  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: Thousands of homemade tool plans

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  1. Workshop chair - video

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  3. Surface grinder - video

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  5. Forklift attachment for engine crane - video

    Started by Jon, Dec 26, 2023 02:58 PM
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  6. Milling machine from scrap - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 12, 2023 01:28 PM
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  7. Knurling tool - video

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  8. Cool Skeleton knife from a metal file

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  9. A Magnetic Finger

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  10. Tap Wrenches

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  11. Ratcheting screwdriver - video

    Started by Jon, Dec 19, 2023 01:33 PM
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  12. Moved: Adding a Bevel to a Screw

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  13. Best Portable Band Saw Wall Mount Dewalt D28770K

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  14. How To Make a 20 Ton Hydraulic Press

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  15. A Handy Tool To Get A Nut In A Small Space

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  16. Electromagnetic track for cutting steel - video

    Started by Jon, Dec 18, 2023 03:21 PM
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  17. Moved: Helical milling clamps

    Started by Occasional machinist, Dec 20, 2023 01:20 PM
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