New site: BuildThreads.com - 300+ fresh build posts/day from across DIY forums

[Jon]

We've just launched BuildThreads.com.



It pulls in new build posts (with photos) from hundreds of DIY forums into one place.

Here's the homepage:


You can browse new build posts by category:

Vehicles:
Cars, Off-Road, Motorcycles, Hot Rods, Kit Cars, Vans, Boats, Aircraft

Fabrication:
Machining, Bladesmithing, Garage & Workshop

Crafts:
Woodworking, Luthiery

Outdoors:
Cabins, Bushcraft


BuildThreads.com currently tracks:
- Over 10,000 build threads
- Around 300 new photo posts/day (closer to 400 on weekends)

It only shows:
- New build posts from the original builder (OP)
- Posts that include photos

You can drill down by specific makes/models/decades. For example:

Chevrolet Camaro builds

1960s Ford Mustang builds

Ducati motorcycle builds

1930s hot rod builds

sport fishing boat builds

Van's Aircraft airplane builds

Here's an example of a filtered feed for Machining:



You can also create your own custom feed:

- Pick exactly what you want (e.g., machining, Jeep CJ, airplanes, 1970s Corvettes)
- Get a page with only those builds
- Optional email or text alerts when new posts with photos show up

You can setup instant or daily digest email notifications when there's a fresh build post.

And, you can also setup text message notifications of new build posts, with a link that goes to a mobile-friendly page to view the post and its photos.

I'm not a big cellphone guy (I've probably sent maybe 20 text messages in my life), but I've been using text alerts during development, and now I actually like my phone.

I ended up picking up new tastes in builds. In addition to my usual favorites, turns out I also like bladesmithing build posts, boat build posts (even living 1,000 miles from an ocean), and conversion van build posts.

I’m still figuring out how to integrate HomemadeTools; whether that becomes its own category or gets mixed into others like Cars and Machining.

Let me know in this thread if you have any questions.