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  1. String-driven manual drill - GIF

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  2. Leather punch from rusty old cold chisel - video

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  3. Mallet locomotive - photo

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  4. Homemade tire bead breaker - video

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  5. Shake-starting a siphon - GIF

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  6. Japanese city door typhoon barrier - photo

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  7. Alberta train derailment two days ago - GIF

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  8. 1935 airboat - photo

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  9. World's fastest steam locomotive - photos

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  10. Homemade table saw push block - video

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  11. 1907 Finnish steam-powered icebreaker - GIF and photo

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  14. Homemade toothing plane with intermittent boxing - video

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  15. Rolling garden weeding lie-down cart - GIF

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  16. Homemade concrete mixer from chainsaw - video

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  17. 3D-printed sheet metal louver forming tool - video

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