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r/HomemadeTools

8k members
r/HomemadeTools is a subreddit with 8k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is medium in size.
Post homemade tools you made, or found, or any resources related to homemade tools. Pictures or videos are fine, and instructions or plans are a plus.

Popular Themes in r/HomemadeTools

#1
Ideas
: "I made a very large belt sander"
62 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Would anyone be able to help me figure out the joinery on this Medieval lathe? Any help would be appreciated"
3 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Drove over my test light, problem solved."
2 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "I made a vacuum cleaner starter for cordless power tools. It monitors the current being drawn from the battery and, when it detects that the tool has started, it sends a signal to an off-the-shelf remote controlled power socket it turn the vacuum cleaner on."
1 post

Popular Topics in r/HomemadeTools

#1

Homemade

: "Homemade guitar pickup winder using a drill, a nail through some sticky bandage tape and a spring to keep it spinning with the drill, and a smaller nail to keep it straight. Winding off a bobbin of copper wire. Worked very well!"
93 posts
#2

Diy

: "Diy wrench extender"
83 posts
#3

Tool

: "Guy makes a caliper screw Tool out of dollar store garden item"
59 posts
#4

Tools

: "I made a vacuum cleaner starter for cordless power Tools. It monitors the current being drawn from the battery and, when it detects that the tool has started, it sends a signal to an off-the-shelf remote controlled power socket it turn the vacuum cleaner on."
39 posts
#5

Making

: "First time Making something with metal ... if you don't look too closely at the fit of the head, it didn't turn out too bad :)"
36 posts
#6

Woodworking

: "Just finished my budget 2x72 belt grinder"
30 posts
#7

Inventions

23 posts
#8

Gadgets

17 posts
#9

Lathe

: "Does this count? I don't own a Lathe but I need to make some tuning pegs"
15 posts
#10

Build

: "My first towable backhoe Build.."
15 posts

Member Growth in r/HomemadeTools

Yearly
+390 members(5.0%)

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