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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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  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: Thousands of homemade tool plans

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  1. Car jack - video

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  2. Tools made from an engine valve - video

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  3. Power hacksaw from cordless drill - video

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  4. Indicator disc - video

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  5. Workbench - video

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  6. Lathe tailstock threading die holder - video

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  7. 2x72 belt grinder - video

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  8. Bullseye pick - videos

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  9. Glue gun from drill - video

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  10. 3D printed router lift - video

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  11. Toolmaker's mill vise - video

    Started by Jon, Aug 30, 2022 04:52 PM
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  12. Thread copier - video

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  13. Desoldering pump - video

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  14. No-spill oil container - videos

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  15. High resolution machinist jacks - video

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  16. Mini lathe from scrap - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 7, 2022 02:09 PM
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  17. Quiet compressor - video

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  18. Wagon vise - video

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  19. Maximus clamp - video

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  20. 3D printed v-blocks - video

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