Table of Contents!

Chapter 1 - Automotive

Chapter 2 - Electrical

Chapter 3 - Machining

Chapter 4 - Metalworking

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Chapter 5 - Woodworking

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Chapter 6 - Workholding

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Automotive

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Heavy-Duty Rotisserie
By toolman8
Homemade, heavy-duty rotisserie fabricated from square steel tubing and capable of supporting and rotating at
least 5,000 pounds.

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Engine Break-In Stand

By jniolon
Homemade engine break-in stand constructed specifically for a Ford 460 engine. Fabricated from 2x2 tubing, a
lawnmower throttle/lever cable assembly, Cadillac radiator, a fan from an 80's
Honda, and some spare gauges.

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Tapered Axle Puller

By nonhog
Homemade tapered axle puller adapted
from a surplus Toyota MR2 hub and utilizing a section of black iron pipe as the
tool's body.

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Chassis Jig Table

By astroracer
Homemade chassis jig tables featuring
sliding H-beams to accommodate varying
track widths. Mobility and leveling are
each facilitated with both casters and jacking lugs, respectively, at each corner. One
table incorporates a melamine top to enable layout marking directly on the washable surface.

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Engine Stand
By jniolon
Homemade engine stand construction
project detailed in a comprehensive
photo-tutorial.

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Electrical!

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Lathe Electronic Edge

Finder
By Rick Sparber
Homemade lathe electronic edge finder (LEEF) detailed in an extensive writeup. Provides the capability to detect the cutter coming into contact with a
workpiece, all without any modification to the lathe,
cutter, or workpiece. Utilization of the LEEF enables
one to quickly re-establish zero when changing cutters and will also indicate boring bar touchdown at
the bottom of a hole.

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12v Car Battery Desulfator

By kmpres
Homemade desulfator for 12v car batteries. Instructions cover building a
desulfator circuit, smoke testing, and
attaching the circuit to battery chargers. Circuit schematic and parts list included.

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ATX Power Supply to Lab

Supply Conversion
By Abizarl
Homemade ATX power supply to lab supply
conversion. Includes comprehensive instructions, photographs, and video detailing how
to salvage the ATX power supply, discharge
it, drill the case, attach the binding posts,
and create proper wire connections.

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Detonation Detector
By Julian Edgar
Homemade detonation detector constructed from inexpensive electronics
parts, earphones, microphone cable,
battery clip, and battery.

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Machining

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Cap Screw Holders

By Frank Ford
Homemade cap screw holders machined from brass and intended to facilitate the safe presentation of short
screws to a grinder. Mounted in turned
rosewood handles.

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Boring Head
By ISHIMURA
Homemade boring head with a MT3/JT6 arbor.
Connected to the mill spindle through the MT3
taper. Boring head fits on the Jacob's taper. Boring head body, sub-head, and micrometer shaft
all machined from free-cutting steel. Gib plate is
mild steel. Moving the micrometer dial by one
increment moves the boring head by 0.02 mm.
Boring head is adjusted using an Allen key.

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Taig Mill Screwless Vise

By Dean Williams
Homemade screwless vise constructed
from a section of 7/8" thick scrap aluminum and intended to fit a Taig mill.
Fixed and movable jaws are fabricated
from 1 1/4" square aluminum. Capable
of accepting 3" workpieces.

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Rotary Broaching Tool

By mikesworkshop
Homemade rotary broaching tool intended
to be mounted on a lathe's cross slide.
Comprised of a tool post block and a cutter. Block measures 25 x 50 x 50mm. Cutter is machined from a 10mm diameter silver steel rod. Brass M5 screws secure the
cutter holder to the tool post block.

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Stepperhead Universal
Machine Tool
By jackary
Homemade Stepperhead universal machine tool. Utilizes TurboCNC v 4.01 and powered by a 430-Watt, 1400
rpm, 240v AC three-phase stepper motor. Spindle
speed is 15-3000 rpm, forward and reverse. Nema size
23 motors for the head, cross slide, and saddle. Milling
head motor is 430 watts, 24v DC, with a speed range of
1000-4000 rpm. Overall dimensions: 1000 mm long x
600 mm wide x 500 mm high.

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Fixed Steady
By ISHIMURA
Homemade fixed steady design based
on commercial units. Frame features
three channels, supporting brass fingers with adjusting and locking screws.
An L-shaped base with vee slots mates
with the lathe vee way.

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Kurt-Style Vise for

Gingery Shaper
By Rick Sparber
Homemade Kurt-style vise for a Gingery shaper. Separate and perpendicular screws provide clamping force in
both planes. Features soft jaws with the
clamp screw pulling on the movable
jaw.

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Fly Cutter
By Frank Ford
Homemade fly cutter adapted from a
stock R8 arbor and utilizing a piece of
round stock for the head. Tool is able to
perform both rough and finish cuts simultaneously.

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Keyway Slotter
By ISHIMURA
Homemade keyway slotter designed to
be mounted on a lathe's cross-slide.
Block is mild steel, bushes are brass.
Accepts HSS bits.

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Metalworking

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Miniature 4-Jaw Chuck

By Dean Williams
Homemade miniature 4-jaw, 1" diameter chuck intended for use with a small
model lathe. Spindle features M12 x 1.5
thread. Jaws machined from cold rolled
steel.

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Scratch-Built Bead Roller

By Andy P
Homemade bead roller featuring a main
body constructed from 10mm laser cut
plates. The only proprietary parts used
were phosphor bronze bearings and
two reverse gears sourced from a Toyota Celica transmission.

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Hydraulic Press
By Dave Propst
Homemade multi-purpose hydraulic
press powered by a 25-ton Enerpac
ram.

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Coffee Can Furnace

By W. E. Johns
Homemade coffee can furnace powered by a repurposed dishwasher
blower.

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English Wheel
By idickers
Homemade English wheel with removable legs.

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Crucible and Tongs

By Rick Sparber
Homemade crucible and tongs fashioned from 6" diameter x 1/4" thick
pipe. Bottom is 1/4" plate, welded to
the body. Has a capacity of 9 lbs. Lifting and pouring handle was constructed from CRS rods and bars.

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Leveling Ring Roller

By nitronorm
Homemade leveling ring roller powered by
a bottle jack. Assembly consists of top &
bottom carriages secured to the base by
2x20mm locking pins. Carriages were fabricated from 10mm plate. Utilizes 100mm
rollers with 20mm spindles. Top roller is
driven through a 5mm keyway.

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Freon Tank Forge

By Fred Frontino
Homemade forge fabricated from a repurposed freon tank and featuring an integral ceramic shelf to support workpieces during firing.

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Light-Duty Bender
By Goff
Homemade light-duty bender fabricated from flat bar stock and long
bolts. Designed to be mounted in a
bench vise. Utilizes homemade dies.

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Gas-Fired Crucible
Furnace
By Joe Hildreth
Homemade gas-fired crucible furnace
based on a Dave Gingery project. Furnace refractory contains 1/3 perlite.
Fuel is propane. Fan motor rated at 1/
3hp at 1725rpm.

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Boring Bar Holder

By Steven Vine
Homemade fixture designed to hold a
Glanze boring bar for a lathe. Made
from a solid piece of laminated steel.

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Variable Volume Flask

By Rick Sparber
Homemade variable volume flask for
casting. Constructed from extruded aluminum channels and wood blocks.
Sides are bolted together to form the
cope and drag. Kit consists of 12 sides
and two bars for mounting the upset.

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Custom V-Block
By Glenn Wegman
Homemade custom V-block fabricated
from A2 tool steel and intended to facilitate the securing of small parts for drilling operations.

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Waste Oil Burner and

Furnace
By Lionel Oliver II
Homemade waste oil burner and furnace adapted from a 20lb propane
tank. Frame constructed from steel
pipe and rebar. Powered by a homemade blower.

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Woodworking

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Drum Sander
By Ronald Walter
Homemade drum sander powered by a
1/3 HP, 1725 RPM motor. Rotating
drum is constructed from a stack of
MDF and Baltic Birch discs mounted on
a steel shaft.

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14 Bandsaw
By Matthias Wandel
Homemade wood-framed 14" bandsaw
utilizing Ikea shelving components and
plywood for the frame and table. Powered by a 1hp pool pump motor driving
a V-belt mounted to a 2.5" pulley.

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Blade Sharpening Jig

By John Heisz
Homemade blade sharpening jig designed to facilitate the accurate honing
of planer and jointer knives.

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Table Saw from Plans

By Hector Acevedo
Homemade, wooden table saw constructed from plans and featuring a
knee-operated panic shutdown bar,
micro-adjustment in crosscut and rip
fences, and dust collection unit powered by a vacuum cleaner motor.

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Horizontal Mortiser
By Brian Grella
Homemade horizontal mortiser utilizing
bronze-sleeved shafts for the horizontal
slider mechanism.

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Box Joint Jig

By John Heisz
Homemade box joint jig constructed
from wood. The jig is fitted with a
mechanism intended to advance the
workpiece a quarter inch at a time.

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Ultimate Woodworking
Table
By Dave Munkittrick
Homemade woodworking table incorporating space for a mounted planer,
router, and sander. Features an integral
clamping system and a downdraft sanding station, as well as an outfeed table.

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3D Router Pantograph
By Matthias Wandel
Homemade, 3D router pantograph capable of controlling the depth of cut.

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Box Joint Jig

By niki
Homemade box joint jig for a router table consisting of clamps utilized in conjunction with a set of precision spacers.
Capable of producing accurate finger
joints.

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Gear-Making Pantorouter
By Ken Coulter
Homemade, gear-making pantorouter
specifically constructed to facilitate the
production of wooden involute gears.

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Router Table
By John Heisz
Homemade router table featuring a
built-in router lift and router bit storage
drawer.

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Longworth Chuck
By Woodworkers Guide
Homemade Longworth chuck constructed from two plywood discs. Intended to enable the finish turning of a
workpiece's normally inaccessible bottom face.

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Sphere Template
By David Reed Smith
Homemade template for turning
wooden spheres on a lathe. Scales are
utilized to measure proper distances.
Template is fastened to aluminum flashing to provide working stiffness.

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Workholding

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Bandsaw Vise
Modification
By mikesworkshop
Homemade bandsaw vise modification to
enable the cutting of smaller pieces. Involves alteration of the moving jaw, addition of a jack rod and scale, repositioning
the fixed jaw, and replacing the lock nuts
with tee nuts and tommy bars.

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Bison 3-Jaw Chuck

Soft Jaws
By Rick Sparber
Homemade soft jaws fabricated from
6061 aluminum and designed to fit a Bison lathe's 3-jaw chuck.

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Hold Down Clamp

By Matthias Wandel
Homemade hold down clamp constructed from a repurposed C-clamp fitted to custom-made, wooden components.

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Bench Vise
By slickSqueegie
Homemade bench vise constructed
from lumber, wooden dowels, and a 3'
section of 1" diameter threaded rod.

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Hold-Down Clamps
By niki
Homemade hold-down clamps for
woodworking constructed from scrap
lumber, threaded rod, and T-nuts. Nuts
embedded in underside of the workbench enable a variety of clamping configurations.

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