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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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  1. Safely turning eccentrics with 3jaw chuck

    Started by mklotz, Apr 9, 2021 09:21 AM
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  2. A machinist's plumb bob

    Started by mklotz, Sep 5, 2015 09:27 AM
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  3. How to turn ogives

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  6. Big beam compass

    Started by mklotz, Jun 23, 2022 11:23 AM
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  7. Moved: Vickers machine gun

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  8. Moved: Stuck CO2 cartridge puller

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  9. Moved: How to make a dividing plate

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  10. Moved: Accurate angles without a sinebar

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  11. Moved: Interleaved drill size chart

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  12. Measure taper angle with two spheres

    Started by mklotz, Apr 20, 2021 08:49 AM
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  13. Marking out tool

    Started by mklotz, Sep 3, 2015 03:20 PM
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  14. Sorting tray

    Started by mklotz, Sep 14, 2015 12:26 PM
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  15. Magnetic chisel sheaths

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  17. Another pool noodle application

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  18. Titivating a miniature chop saw

    Started by mklotz, May 8, 2021 02:13 PM
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  19. Moved: How to solve circular segments

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  20. Moved: How to solve any triangle

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