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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

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  1. Moved: Old Style Smoothing Plane

    Started by Brendon, Oct 3, 2015 04:38 PM
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  2. Moved: Bolt on Transport reciever hitch

    Started by Frank S, Oct 1, 2015 10:45 PM
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  3. Cutting steel with a carbide wood blade.

    Started by machiningfool, Oct 7, 2015 11:45 AM
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  4. Drill shavings magnet

    Started by pursang, Oct 7, 2015 02:31 AM
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    Oct 8, 2015, 09:48 PM Go to last post
  5. Burn Barrel

    Started by pursang, Oct 7, 2015 02:13 AM
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  6. Intro

    Started by dwcsafety, Oct 6, 2015 10:35 AM
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  7. Portaable Miter Saw Table

    Started by wadeamca, Sep 28, 2015 04:07 PM
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  8. Moved: Blue collar sinebar

    Started by mklotz, Oct 5, 2015 02:43 PM
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  9. Moved: Scale square

    Started by mklotz, Oct 5, 2015 03:04 PM
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  10. Improved hole center spacing gage

    Started by mklotz, Oct 5, 2015 02:21 PM
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  11. Moved: Pantogragh style tracing torch project

    Started by Frank S, Sep 21, 2015 09:06 PM
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  12. Moved: Hole center spacing gage

    Started by mklotz, Oct 2, 2015 11:32 AM
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  13. Leadscrew Alignment Math

    Started by rgsparber, Oct 2, 2015 07:25 PM
    alignment, leadscrews, math
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  14. Book-holder-opener

    Started by mklotz, Oct 2, 2015 11:23 AM
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  15. Moved: 6" x 48" Belt Sander

    Started by atlinwi202, Apr 21, 2013 08:24 PM
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  16. Moved: Adjustable Height Gantry Hoist

    Started by MetalDesigner, Sep 22, 2015 03:54 PM
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  17. [Woodturning] Drive center for chuck

    Started by Christophe Mineau, Sep 30, 2015 10:12 AM
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