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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

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  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: Thousands of homemade tool plans

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  1. Indexing finger for tool and cutter grinder - video

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  7. Self squaring locking table saw fence - video

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  9. Moved: Making Plasma Cutting & Circle Track

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  10. ER32 COLLET RACK

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  11. Hose crimping machine - video

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  12. Single-bit axe modified to be a 'Maul'

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