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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: Lathe Boring Head

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  2. Moved: 1919 Model 20 AJS restoration

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  3. Simple Water-butt Filter

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  4. Moved: TipLap style tool sharpener

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  5. Moved: Lathe milling table

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  6. Moved: 1919 AJS 750cc V Twin Restoration

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  7. Moved: Simple Auto Retract Thread Cutting

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  8. Morse taper ejection

    Started by olderdan, Nov 8, 2022 11:33 AM
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  9. Moved: 1919 AJS Rebuild

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  10. Moved: Top slide alternative

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  11. Classic bike oil filter

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  12. Heavy duty saddle stop.

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  13. Moved: AJS Restoration

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  14. Moved: Set over tailstock centre

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  15. Circular Gasket Cutter

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  17. Moved: Quick change buffing wheel arbours.

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  18. Moved: Small toolpost live spindle

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  19. Moved: Optical measuring experiment.

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  20. Swarf Puffer

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