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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: 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. Chip Shield for the Sherline mill

    Started by jjr2001, Jun 3, 2018 12:39 PM
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  2. Moved: Fast Change Rocker Tool Post Holders for the Lathe QCTP

    Started by jjr2001, Apr 27, 2018 07:41 PM
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  3. Moved: Two Sets of Parallels from one set. Milling vise accessory

    Started by jjr2001, Apr 27, 2018 07:08 PM
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  4. Moved: Work Holding Chuck For The Mill...Chuck Mods....V fixture

    Started by jjr2001, May 27, 2018 07:21 AM
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  5. Offset Tail Stock Center From Plans

    Started by jjr2001, Sep 29, 2018 04:39 PM
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  6. MT0 to 3/8-24 Morse taper arbor from scrap

    Started by jjr2001, Sep 29, 2018 05:12 PM
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  7. Sherline 2000 Milling Vise Accessories

    Started by jjr2001, Mar 2, 2018 06:30 AM
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  8. Sherline 2000 Mill MT1 Tool Extractor

    Started by jjr2001, Mar 2, 2018 11:03 AM
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  9. Moved: Offset tool bit holder for the lathe

    Started by jjr2001, Oct 1, 2018 06:13 PM
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  10. Moved: Rotary Table to Chuck Threaded Adapter

    Started by jjr2001, Sep 29, 2018 05:29 PM
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  11. Sherline Lathe Ball Head DRO stand with brass base

    Started by jjr2001, Apr 23, 2018 10:56 AM
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  12. Cheap Through Hole Lap

    Started by jjr2001, May 27, 2018 07:39 AM
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  13. Moved: Smoke Eater (Air cleaner) for the bench

    Started by jjr2001, May 15, 2018 09:24 PM
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  14. Boring Bar Tool Post for Sherline Lathe

    Started by jjr2001, Apr 27, 2018 07:21 PM
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  15. Rear Tool Post Spacer Block Sherline Lathe

    Started by jjr2001, Apr 27, 2018 07:27 PM
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  16. Moved: Cheap Thin Parallels

    Started by jjr2001, May 27, 2018 05:56 PM
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  17. Moved: New Shop Ready for Action

    Started by jjr2001, Apr 27, 2018 08:03 PM
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  18. Moved: Sight Adjustment Press or Small Screw Driven Press

    Started by jjr2001, Apr 18, 2018 04:42 PM
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