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  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Thousands of homemade tool plans

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  1. The Great Seal Bug - photos

    Started by Altair, Dec 24, 2020 08:13 PM
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  2. Making my own touchmark stamp

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  3. Dark Age tools - photos

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  4. Collection of homemade hand tools - video

    Started by Jon, Dec 18, 2020 04:14 PM
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  5. F-86H Sabre fighter cutaway - photo

    Started by Altair, Dec 22, 2020 08:13 PM
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  6. Why gauge blocks stick together - video

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  7. 1900s steam shovel - photo

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  8. Lavish wrought iron newel and railing - photo

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  9. Transporting a locomotive across a gorge - photo

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  10. Machining bottle molds in the 1930s - photo

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  11. Large manual crosscut saw in use - GIF

    Started by Jon, Dec 21, 2020 04:13 PM
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  12. Scratch-built .22LR - videos

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  13. Roosevelt Dam gate valves - photo

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  14. Four-cylinder Stirling engine - GIF

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  15. Long bar clamps - video

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  16. Aluminum vise jaws - video

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  17. 1588 armorer's vise - photo

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  18. Steel Truss Engineering

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