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

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  1. Clothes pegs

    Started by Philip Davies, Feb 21, 2021 06:33 AM
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  2. Expanding arbor

    Started by EclecticNeophyte, Feb 28, 2021 12:33 AM
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  3. Hydraulic lift for bike garage

    Started by joshuacates, Oct 21, 2016 12:13 AM
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  4. Head Lifter for 6x26 Enco Knee Mill

    Started by tmate3, Feb 22, 2021 08:52 PM
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  5. Turning small rivets into Bolts

    Started by editor@glue-it.com, Mar 2, 2021 01:05 PM
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  6. Moved: Super Simple Milling Table Vise

    Started by jjr2001, Mar 2, 2021 03:37 PM
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  7. Fixture plate update

    Started by N4NV, Mar 2, 2021 08:57 PM
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  8. Moved: Tool of the Jedi Master....Use the Lathe Luke

    Started by jjr2001, Mar 2, 2021 09:53 AM
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  9. Lightbulb Diy Voltage Regulator Using LM317T

    Started by HandmadeCreativeChannel, Mar 1, 2021 11:56 PM
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  10. Homemade MULTIFUNCTION HYDRAULIC machine

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    Started by orioncons36, Feb 28, 2021 09:15 AM
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  12. CBN grinder - The best for High Speed Steel!

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  14. Make An Electric Scissor Lift Table At Home

    Started by Kwandotechnic, Feb 27, 2021 04:30 AM
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