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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

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  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: Thousands of homemade tool plans

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  1. Moved: Online Knurling Calculator

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  2. Moved: Gear hobbing

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  3. Moved: "Slotted Nut" driver, or "Mystery Tool" ?

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  5. Horizontal metal bandsaw

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  8. Moved: MALE/FEMALE THREADED KNOBS

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  9. Making a metal scribe

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  10. Hss indexable metal scraper

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  11. CARVING TOOLS STAND

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  12. Moved: Drill Press DRO

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  13. Moved: Optical centre punch

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  14. Moved: Gear Cutter

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  16. Question New-be here, but been around for a while.

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  18. Ripping Fence for HF 9" Bandsaw .

    Started by Captainleeward, Aug 8, 2015 08:39 PM
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