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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

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  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: Thousands of homemade tool plans

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  1. Moved: Calculating the radius of a circular segment

    Started by mklotz, May 27, 2018 10:57 AM
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  2. Stepping off a polygon

    Started by mklotz, May 20, 2018 02:52 PM
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  3. Moved: DIY transit from junk

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  4. Rattle your calipers

    Started by mklotz, May 3, 2018 11:00 AM
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  5. Moved: Pantograph

    Started by mklotz, Jun 16, 2018 02:38 PM
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  6. Moved: How it all got started

    Started by mklotz, Mar 19, 2018 01:15 PM
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  7. Moved: T-handle for Allen wrenches

    Started by mklotz, Jul 4, 2018 03:27 PM
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  8. Moved: Collet inserts for square stock

    Started by mklotz, Jul 16, 2018 04:09 PM
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  9. Moved: Demagnetizers

    Started by mklotz, Mar 17, 2018 12:04 PM
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  10. Moved: Electronic diode tester

    Started by mklotz, Jul 6, 2018 10:21 AM
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  11. In praise of split cotters

    Started by mklotz, Jun 8, 2018 12:21 PM
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  12. Moved: Tap holders

    Started by mklotz, Aug 31, 2015 12:31 PM
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  13. Moved: Steam-driven computer

    Started by mklotz, Apr 2, 2018 08:22 AM
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  14. Tiny thread checker

    Started by mklotz, Mar 23, 2018 11:44 AM
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  15. Moved: Cheap worm gear assemblies

    Started by mklotz, Jun 2, 2018 09:43 AM
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  16. Mini bench block ring saver

    Started by mklotz, Jul 17, 2018 02:46 PM
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  17. Improvised tangent bar

    Started by mklotz, Jun 15, 2018 11:33 AM
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  18. Moved: Simplifying the measurement of bores

    Started by mklotz, May 1, 2018 12:47 PM
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  19. Moved: Improved clamps for third hand

    Started by mklotz, Jun 14, 2018 09:34 AM
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  20. Customizing a Unimat

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