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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: 173 Best Homemade Tools eBook - FREE

    Started by Jon, Feb 26, 2020 12:27 PM
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  2. 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: Storing Ratchet Straps for Quick Deployment

    Started by rgsparber, Mar 19, 2020 05:13 PM
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  2. Moved: Story of the little discarded beat up Vee block

    Started by thehomeengineer, Mar 1, 2018 03:21 PM
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  3. Straddle Knurler

    Started by jgedde, Oct 16, 2012 07:48 PM
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  4. Straight Knurling Tool

    Started by rossbotics, Aug 28, 2016 07:18 AM
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  5. Lightbulb Straight shank drill chuck arbor

    Started by craig9, Apr 12, 2020 01:27 AM
    drill chuck, drill chuck arbor, milling machine, parallel shank, straight shank
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  6. Moved: straightening and re forming a copper line

    Started by Frank S, Nov 16, 2020 09:43 PM
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  7. Straightening Plates For The Knifemaker

    Started by JKeetonKnives, May 8, 2020 06:23 AM
    bladesmith, knifemaker, knifemaking, plates, quench
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  8. Strap clamps & T nuts

    Started by bouboulas, Apr 30, 2020 11:32 PM
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  9. Strap tool, filter tool

    Started by dtech, Jan 16, 2017 03:57 PM
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  10. Moved: Stretch that drill bit

    Started by Frank S, Mar 3, 2016 10:15 PM
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  11. Strikealight

    Started by Philip Davies, Feb 14, 2022 10:04 AM
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  12. Moved: Striking Anvil and leg vise combo

    Started by benny_chapman, Aug 15, 2018 05:43 PM
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  13. striking plate for earth clamp on arc welder

    Started by brightspark, Jan 23, 2013 01:46 PM
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  14. Striking Saw

    Started by CedarSlayer, Oct 13, 2014 04:41 PM
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  15. String action gauge

    Started by Christophe Mineau, Dec 25, 2014 01:27 PM
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  16. Moved: String dispenser - from masonry drill bit

    Started by Philip Davies, Aug 18, 2019 05:41 AM
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  17. String Winder, pepper mill style

    Started by Christophe Mineau, Nov 13, 2014 06:31 AM
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  18. String winder, powered version

    Started by Christophe Mineau, Nov 13, 2014 06:42 AM
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