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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. Sticky Thread Sticky: 173 Best Homemade Tools eBook - FREE

    Started by Jon, Feb 26, 2020 12:27 PM
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  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: Best Homemade Tool of the Week - $100 weekly award

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  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: Thousands of homemade tool plans

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  1. Face milling cutter - video

    Started by Jon, Jan 7, 2022 05:38 PM
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  2. Dovetailed infill smoothing plane

    Started by Garage workshop, Jul 15, 2015 02:55 AM
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  3. Spring Loaded center finder

    Started by bouboulas, May 13, 2020 10:21 AM
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  4. Sawhorse template, compound angles

    Started by Philip Davies, Jun 20, 2020 12:34 PM
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  5. Moved: auto center punch

    Started by Stevohdee, Dec 4, 2018 03:29 AM
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  6. Moved: VERY EASY TO MAKE WELDING TOOL

    Started by orioncons36, Oct 4, 2020 09:16 AM
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  7. Fullers (pair)

    Started by Philip Davies, Jan 4, 2022 01:52 PM
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  8. Chuck speeder

    Started by mklotz, Sep 5, 2015 09:47 AM
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  9. Installer seals Valves

    Started by Hotz, Jun 25, 2015 06:24 PM
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  10. Poor man boring bar

    Started by rendoman, Apr 28, 2020 12:12 PM
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  11. Waste oil furnace - video

    Started by Jon, Mar 24, 2023 12:18 PM
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  12. Roubo's Winding Sticks - 18th Century Design

    Started by e_m_maker, Jul 29, 2022 03:58 PM
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  13. Moved: Dividing Head (indexer) Version 2.0

    Started by machining 4 all, May 17, 2020 04:18 PM
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  14. Table Saw slotted Hand Wheel no. 2

    Started by Captainleeward, Nov 30, 2015 03:40 PM
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  15. Make a simple metal lathe or mill alignment hammer

    Started by xynudu, Apr 4, 2022 06:03 PM
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  16. Collet rack

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