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  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Best Homemade Tool of the Month - $250 monthly award

    Started by Jon, Jul 15, 2024 07:21 PM
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  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: Thousands of homemade tool plans

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  1. Basic Saw Clamp Extension

    Started by jdurand, Dec 22, 2019 01:25 PM
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  2. Moved: Removable hoist pendant

    Started by Frank S, Dec 22, 2019 08:49 PM
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  3. Moved: turning

    Started by Salix84, Dec 23, 2019 12:28 PM
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  4. Moved: The Do's and don't of making circular clamps.

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  5. One of those jobs

    Started by thehomeengineer, Dec 21, 2019 09:54 AM
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  6. Lathe Boring Bar Holder

    Started by garage nut, Dec 21, 2019 11:53 PM
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  7. Moved: Homemade Sheet Metal Pressing Tool

    Started by Kwandotechnic, Dec 15, 2019 04:56 AM
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  8. HOW TO MAKE A CHAIN BREAKER FOR MOTORCYCLES

    Started by mariost, Dec 20, 2019 01:01 PM
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  9. Moved: Belt sander with a table grinder

    Started by Made in Garage, Dec 21, 2019 01:32 AM
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  10. Moved: Easy and accurate lathe indexing

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  11. Home made drill powered wood lathe

    Started by Matt Owens, Dec 13, 2019 12:17 PM
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  12. Moved: Roller Box with adjustable in feed for screw cutting

    Started by thehomeengineer, Dec 20, 2019 12:37 PM
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  13. Spark Deflector

    Started by Captainleeward, Dec 20, 2019 02:47 PM
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  14. Moved: Grinding and shaprening a home-made knife

    Started by Matt Owens, Dec 20, 2019 01:36 PM
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