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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. Miniature barbecue smoker - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 13, 2023 02:52 PM
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  5. Pin chamfer tool - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 20, 2023 02:22 PM
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  6. Drill press from hand drill - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 20, 2023 02:34 PM
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  7. Moved: Make your own concrete vibrating poker

    Started by Cazual Haze, Sep 16, 2023 12:45 PM
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  8. Crystal Hand Power Drill. Homemade

    Started by My MiniCrafts, Sep 23, 2023 12:40 PM
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  9. Cheap Peristaltic Pump for Mill Cutting Fluid

    Started by nova_robotics, Sep 23, 2023 01:45 PM
    coolant, mill, peristaltic, pump
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  10. Powder Coating Oven DIY

    Started by Andrii Pysarenko, Sep 24, 2023 02:46 AM
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  11. homemade Locomotive Work Bench

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  12. WELDER THIRD HAND FOR BENCH VISE

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  13. Flush Chisel build

    Started by Make Things, Sep 26, 2023 02:06 PM
    chisel, diy, flush, joints
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    Sep 27, 2023, 05:25 AM Go to last post
  14. 40-ton hydraulic press brake - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 8, 2023 02:02 PM
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  15. Moved: DIY Tilt Vice For The Milling Machine

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