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  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Thousands of homemade tool plans

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  1. Starting an engine with a bicycle - GIF

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  2. 1940s iron casting - video

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  3. Seedling planting tool - GIF

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  4. Hoover Dam turbine - photo

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  5. Ford Flivver airplane - photos and video

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  6. Featherboard - video

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  7. Lathe carriage - video

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  8. Metal bender - video

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  9. Twin City 40-65 tractor - video

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  10. General Electric J79 turbojet engine - photo

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  11. Making a traditional Chinese jewelry box - video

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  12. Tool holder extension for lathe - video

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  13. Tower crane raising process - video

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  14. Case shot shell cross section - photo

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  15. Vitaphone sound film system - photo

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  16. 1965 silversmith - video

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  17. Modular transporter moving a plant section - GIF

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  18. A MARVELLOUS ELEPHANT - Waddesdon Manor

    Started by machining 4 all, Jan 3, 2021 12:05 AM
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  19. Gear coupled twin screw vise - video

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