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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 $250 monthly 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 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

    Started by Jon, Feb 26, 2020 12:29 PM
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  1. Dynamic Braking on a Milling Machine

    Started by bstanga, Feb 21, 2017 02:08 PM
    dc braking, lathe, milling machine, vfd
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  2. Moved: Sheet metal bending brake.

    Started by Tuomas, Feb 14, 2017 12:23 AM
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  3. Mill Table lighting

    Started by Ralphxyz, Feb 22, 2017 01:17 PM
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  4. 5 by 10 cnc plasma

    Started by PWelder, Feb 9, 2017 09:39 PM
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  5. Unimat T slot nuts

    Started by mr68gts, Feb 20, 2017 11:57 AM
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  6. Slow Round Bale Hay Feeder

    Started by Imabass, Feb 20, 2017 08:04 AM
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  7. Watchmakers lathe cross sllide

    Started by Britannicus, Jan 27, 2017 05:01 AM
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  8. [Fwd: Re: "Heart" art]

    Started by M alan, Feb 19, 2017 09:44 AM
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  9. 37 Mini and Micro Homemade Tools

    Started by Jon, Feb 18, 2017 06:18 PM
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  10. Moved: Hammering away.

    Started by tonyfoale, Feb 17, 2017 01:28 PM
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  11. Box joint jig

    Started by connan, Feb 17, 2017 12:25 PM
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  12. Moved: Dead simple lathe tool height gauge

    Started by mklotz, Feb 12, 2017 10:35 AM
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  13. cnc Sharpie /router/plasma cutter

    Started by Neil Jensen, Feb 16, 2017 01:47 PM
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  14. Steady-cam

    Started by Brendon, Feb 15, 2017 04:09 PM
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  15. Moved: Engineers hammer- type small

    Started by aphilipmarcou, Feb 14, 2017 11:51 PM
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  16. Moved: Simplest of all tool setter

    Started by olderdan, Feb 13, 2017 10:14 AM
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  17. Moved: Another dead simple lathe tool height gauge

    Started by tonyfoale, Feb 13, 2017 04:55 AM
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