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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: 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. Milling Attachment, Making Dovetails Slides

    Started by Metalgeria, Jul 23, 2022 06:03 AM
    dovetails, milling attachments
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  2. Great tool to protect your car from robbing

    Started by Metalgeria, Jul 27, 2022 03:51 PM
    anti-robbing, car security
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    Jul 28, 2022, 04:40 AM Go to last post
  3. Making a Steel Pillow Block Bearings

    Started by Metalgeria, Nov 28, 2022 09:40 AM
    pillow block bearings
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  4. Moved: Broken Metal Bender Restoration

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  5. Making a new Vise for the Flat Iron Bender

    Started by Metalgeria, Sep 7, 2022 02:02 PM
    broken vise, flat iron bender
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  6. Turning Hydraulic Forklift to Electric Forklift

    Started by Metalgeria, Jan 6, 2023 11:39 AM
    forklift
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  7. Making quick Release for the Hydraulic Jack

    Started by Metalgeria, Nov 14, 2022 10:50 AM
    hydraulic jack, quick release
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  8. Metal Bender Broken Vise Restoration [ Full video]

    Started by Metalgeria, Sep 11, 2022 03:36 PM
    metal bender, restoration
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  9. Angle Plate video 1 of 4

    Started by MetalWorks, Jun 6, 2019 03:38 PM
    angle plate
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  10. Fiberglass insulation hole cutter

    Started by metric_taper, Nov 29, 2019 06:34 PM
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  11. Improving a printed circuit board vise

    Started by metric_taper, Jul 11, 2018 09:09 PM
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    Jul 12, 2018, 06:37 AM Go to last post
  12. Wheel puller

    Started by metric_taper, Dec 27, 2023 07:50 PM
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