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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

    Started by Jon, Jul 29, 2017 02:49 PM
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  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: 173 Best Homemade Tools eBook - FREE

    Started by Jon, Feb 26, 2020 12:27 PM
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  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: Thousands of homemade tool plans

    Started by Jon, Feb 26, 2020 12:29 PM
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  1. Heavy lifting dollies from gas bottles and scrap!

    Started by Turboconqueringmegaeagle, Sep 20, 2017 08:35 AM
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    crane, lifting, scrap metal
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  2. Moved: Re-forging hammers + swaging tool

    Started by Turboconqueringmegaeagle, Jan 25, 2018 02:54 AM
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  3. Micro waste oil forge

    Started by Turboconqueringmegaeagle, Sep 23, 2017 06:51 AM
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    Sep 29, 2017, 07:32 AM Go to last post
  4. machete from caravan anti sway bar

    Started by Turboconqueringmegaeagle, Mar 9, 2018 05:04 AM
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  5. Moved: lathe milling atachment

    Started by turntable, Nov 18, 2015 06:46 PM
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  6. Moved: Homemade surface grinder

    Started by turntable, Nov 12, 2015 08:02 PM
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  7. Moved: Homemade mill tilting table

    Started by turntable, Nov 5, 2015 07:54 PM
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    Dec 12, 2018, 05:26 AM Go to last post
  8. pantograph plasma cutter

    Started by twotat2, Jul 19, 2017 08:43 PM
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  9. Mouth Piece Bending Jig

    Started by txtwang, Oct 4, 2016 12:59 PM
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    Oct 6, 2016, 11:00 PM Go to last post
  10. Moved: Home built compressor. Yes another one.

    Started by Ukenick, Jun 6, 2019 12:03 PM
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  11. Harold Hall's brilliant tapping stand

    Started by Ukenick, Jun 6, 2019 12:00 PM
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  12. Radius Sanding Jig (wood) - for your Belt Sander

    Started by Unisawyer, Apr 9, 2020 08:56 AM
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  13. Moved: Make One Ton Arbor Press Tooling

    Started by Unisawyer, Apr 6, 2020 02:36 PM
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  14. Moved: Make 20 Ton Shop Press Tooling

    Started by Unisawyer, Apr 5, 2020 05:37 PM
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  15. Simple Tooling for 12 ton Shop Press

    Started by Unisawyer, May 10, 2019 03:54 AM
    shop press hydraulic dies
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