Build More.
Spend Less.

Yes, you get instant access to everything as soon as you sign up. That includes 2,500+ tool plans, 22 tool building eBooks, and full forum access.

Yes, you can download and print out as many plans as you want. If you don't already have a printer, there are multiple name-brand printers available on Amazon for around $50.

You can easily cancel your membership at any time via your member profile. If you cancel within 30 days, you can get a 100% refund.

Sure, no problem. Some people occasionally cancel and re-join when there's a new tool building eBook or set of plans that they want, and we have no problem with that. This is actually a common practice on membership websites.

We are located in Boulder, Colorado, USA. Our company, Buildthreads, Inc., was founded in 2012. We are a Better Business Bureau Accredited Business with an A+ rating.



You can reach us with any questions at: support@homemadetools.net.

Most of our members live in the United States, followed by Canada, UK, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

No, we've never been sponsored by any tool companies, or any tool manufacturers, or anyone in the tool industry, in the over 12 years we've been online. We're an independent online community of guys who build their own tools.

With detailed downloadable plans, many of which include a Bill of Materials, your build time will be significantly shortened. You'll also get access to Build Guides for our most popular tools. These include plans collections, selected builds and videos, and patent drawings. Basically, we've already done all of the research for you, and compiled it into one downloadable PDF.

Your membership includes full access to our online forum. Just ask your question on our forum, and people will be happy to help you.

Yes, we like to modify existing tools. This generally means making attachments and jigs for tools, and also making improvements to store-bought tools. In particular, we like to modify Harbor Freight tools (these days the same old Harbor Freight tools are on Amazon.com). Our members also get instant access to volumes I and II of our Best Harbor Freight Tool Modifications eBooks.

Short and honest answer: no.

We are a friendly and helpful bunch, but if you just bought your first set of hand tools, instant access to 2,500+ plans for homemade tools will be a bit overwhelming.

If you've already built or fixed a few things (and made some mistakes along the way!), then we can help you build belt grinders, bandsaws, metal brakes, forges, lathe accessories, and more tools than you will know what to do with.

Our target audience is intermediate to advanced hobbyists, and most of our members are over 40 years old. Our most advanced tool builders tend to be interested in machining, and they build their own machines like lathes and mills, print circuit boards and integrate Arduinos into their tools, and make custom jigs and fixtures for workholding and grinding/sharpening.

For example, our collection of 2,500+ tool plans includes 369 plans for lathe accessories: knurlers, ball turners, tool posts, chucks, spiders, tool holders, power feeds, milling attachments, dividing heads, stops/locks, etc.

Instead of just writing a few sets of tool plans ourselves, we created the single largest repository of homemade tool plans from all over the internet.

While other sites offer you a single download of one set of tool plans, often for more than the price of one month's membership, we give you instant access to over 2,500 different downloadable tool plans from many different tool builders, all organized in one place for easy access. For popular tools, you can download multiple different plans, for different styles of builds.

Not only is this the largest collection of tool plans on the internet, but we're constantly adding more tool plans to it.

Yes, but some people like to buy a cheap ($50-$100) and popular laptop on Amazon. Add a $7 silicone keyboard cover, and you have a dedicated shop computer.

No. We don't even ask for your physical address when you sign up. All of our plans and eBooks are digital downloads. You can download all of our content to your computer and save it. Some guys like to print out paper copies of plans drawings as they work, and you're welcome to do that.