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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

    Started by Jon, Jul 29, 2017 02:49 PM
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  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: Thousands of homemade tool plans

    Started by Jon, Feb 26, 2020 12:29 PM
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  1. Moved: V Step Angle Plate

    Started by rossbotics, Mar 18, 2018 02:20 PM
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  2. Barbecue Steak Turner

    Started by Frontier Forge, Mar 25, 2019 07:17 AM
    blacksmith, blacksmithing, forge work, forged, forging
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  3. Drill press safety lock down clamp - video

    Started by Jon, May 16, 2023 03:33 PM
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  4. Bead Roller Handle Replacement

    Started by Captainleeward, Feb 19, 2020 06:31 PM
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  5. Moved: Welders third.. clamp thingy.

    Started by Tuomas, Dec 2, 2018 02:16 AM
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  6. Mini balcony crane - video

    Started by Jon, Apr 3, 2023 02:17 PM
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  7. Circle marker - video

    Started by Jon, Feb 25, 2022 02:55 PM
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  8. Moved: Hole center spacing gage

    Started by mklotz, Oct 2, 2015 11:32 AM
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  9. Making a Mini Disc Sander

    Started by Foxtrot_, Feb 14, 2019 05:12 AM
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  10. Build Your own Belt Grinder!

    Started by Marsh, Jan 14, 2022 09:25 AM
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  11. My HomemadeTools.net Status...

    Started by kbalch, Apr 13, 2016 01:09 PM
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  12. Moved: Organizer for drills and threading tools

    Started by Vyacheslav.Nevolya, May 27, 2017 07:33 AM
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  13. Moved: Kreg Jig base

    Started by earz, Feb 19, 2016 08:53 AM
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  14. Tractors (videos)

    Started by kbalch, Dec 20, 2015 04:46 PM
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  15. DIY Grinder Or Vise Stand Welding Project

    Started by 57moto, Jun 30, 2019 10:43 AM
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  16. Lathe toolpost grinder - video

    Started by Jon, Aug 8, 2022 05:04 PM
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