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50 People Share Their Weird Yet Hilarious Creations In This “Un-Craftsman-Like” Group
As cliche as it sounds, masters of crafts aren't born. They're made through hard work, failure, and perseverance. So while someone hasn't traveled far on the road to excellence, they are destined to make mistakes. And the subreddit '[Bad] Woodworking' has plenty of examples to prove it.
Sharing pictures of various projects falling short of their ideal version, this online community embraces Bob Ross' happy accident approach and provides quite a few lighthearted giggles along the way. Whether it's a child's pencil holder or a driver's phone holder, if there's a production, there's a way to mess it up!
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#1
Homer's Spice Rack. Made For A "Shi**y" Gift Exchange
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#2
Made This When I Was About 5 Or 6. Pencil-Holding Caterpillar For My Dad To Use At Work
#3
A Kitty Door In A Door
#4
Recently Finished Project
#5
Woke Up To Snowmageddon In Texas And Sister Asked If I Had A Sled For Her Daughter (Which I Didn't) So I Built Her A Shitty One Real Quick
#6
Didn't Wanna Pay $13 For An Extension Cord Reel. I'll Make My Own With $1.30 In Materials And $1,300 In Tools
RafCo (he/him/ele) 3 years ago
Kinda like my garden. Why would I spend $3 on lettuce when i can grow my own for $50
#7
Made A Small Box Out Of Popsicle Sticks To Hold Toothpicks For My Work Truck
#8
Phone Holder For Google Maps And An 800 Mile Trip. I Had 15 Minutes-Ish And Very Few Tools On Hand
#9
Deodorant Holder, My Wife Asked "Why Is There A Baby Stump On My Counter?" Lol
#10
Tricycle
#11
Did I Win The Sub With This One?
#12
When In Doubt, Screw It
Vicki Doggurl 3 years ago
It looks good, but it might need a couple more screws!! Or some nails.
#13
There Was An Attempt
#14
A Stool Sample
#15
8 Cuts + 12 Screws. Does The Job Though!
#16
How About These Genuinely Sh*tty Steps In Our Garden ?
#17
TV Remote, Friend Said His Kids Kept Losing The Remote So This Was The Solution
#18
Some Sage Advice
#19
Sh*tty But Effective Toddler Deterrence For Our Lazy Susan
#20
Made A Ramp For The Dogo, But I Guess It Was Too Sh**ty Since She Refuses To Use It
#21
Walnut Sculpture I Made. My Wife Thinks It Looked Too Much Like A Certain Distasteful Emoji
#22
Practiced Making A Picture Frame From A 2x4. No Planning Ahead. Turned Out As Expected
#23
Stand For My Wife’s Mini X-Mas Tree. Weights Are To Keep The Cats From Pulling It Over
ginger a. freckleburger 3 years ago
You can't stop cats from knocking over Christmas trees. It is a fact.
#24
Finally Get To Make A Post Here! Made Some Legs For This Leopard Bench
#25
Did I Have The Correct Tools? No. Does It Look Good? No. Does It Function Well? No. Am I An Idiot? I Don't Have All The Answers
#26
Repurposed Free Wood Has Become Ugly Garage Work Bench. Much Sturdy, Much Eyesore
#27
I Slaughtered A Guitar Neck I Was Making, But Needed A Chisel Holder
#28
Found In The Wild…
#29
Another Chair Made Out Of My Deck I Demolished
#30
#update On My Shitty Wooden Chandelier. Thats How It Looks Finished
#31
From The "Quick And Dirty" File
#32
I Also Made A Sh**ty Phone/Tablet Stand
#33
No Fires Allowed... So Tiny Scraps Turn Into... Kind Of Larger Scraps
#34
This Coffee Table I Made
Karmageddon 3 years ago
Porcelain tea seat, priceless. Tea with friends, priceless. This tea table, worthless.
#35
Happy Hannukah You Hacks
#36
My Dad's Cutting Board
#37
Absolutely Textbook Quality Dovetails On My First Attempt
Xander Man 3 years ago
Just mix some sawdust with glue, and spread it into the cracks... No one will ever tell the difference... Make sure to sand it down tho... 😁👍
#38
Made A Stool. Despite Its Questionable Looks It Is Actually Quite Comfortable And Steady
#39
Found This On Fb. What Do You Think?
#40
Soap Holder At My Friend’s House
Trash Panda 3 years ago
I guess if you have an outdoor shower, you don't mind a plywood soap holder
#41
Plywood Chic
#42
My Dad Made This Terrible Table
#43
Didn't Want To Rent A Crane So I Built One Out Of 2x4s
#44
Finally Finished The Treehouse, Total Cost Around $50. Everything Was Made From Items Found In A Barn
#45
Was Told You Guys Might Appreciate My Teapot. Kettle Handle Used To Get Hot. Not Anymore
#46
First Railing Lmao. Swear I Used My Tape Measure
Aidan Pite 3 years ago
I believe they used their tape measure. However, the tool they actually needed to use was their protractor.
#47
I Needed A Weight Holder So I Cut Two Pallets And Screwed Them Together With Boards. Done
#48
Professionally Made And Polished Thing To Hold Log When I Saw
#49
I See Lots Of Beautifully Made Mallets In Various Subs, Behold My Sh*tty Contribution
#50
Needed A Stand So I Made This From Scrap
#51
Finally Found A Reddit Where I Can Show Off. Here You Can See A Bird House, Made It Myself
#52
Quick And Dirty Panel Lifter. Needed To Move A Sheet Of Plywood By Myself And Threw This Together With Scrap Bin Wood. Ugly Af But It Worked!
#53
First Metal Free Build. Incredibly Unstable, 4/10 Woodnt Recommend
#54
My 2 Year Old And I Are Making A Tree House! Its Only 3 Feet Off The Ground :) And I Couldn't Figure Out How To Make The Hole The Size Of The Tree?
#55
Dice Tower Made From Sturdy Wood And A Firm Plastic Adhesive In 2020, Not To Brag But This Piece Speaks For Itself
#56
Needed A Workbench, Made A Workbench
#57
Friend Made Beer Pong Table Out Of A Door His Dad Kicked In, Thought It Belonged Here
#59
I Give You The Double Decker Sofa. Ideal For Game Night With The Guys
#60
So We're Posting Sh**ty Treehouses Now??
#61
I Made This Stool A While Ago—thought I’d Share
#62
Cat Water Bowl Holder, Made From Scrap Wood & Cracked Where You See The Glue, A Bit Over Halfway In The Middle. Top Piece Was Warped, I Also Used 18 Gauge Brad Nails To Keep It Together. Notice The Beautiful Clamp Marks & The Wedge I Tacked On To Keep It Level. Hole Cut Out W/ Jig Saw
#63
I Needed Shelves And Had An Old Kitchen Bench. Admire My Bodge Job
#64
Sh*tty Reconstructed Pallet Table
Matthew Gobbell 3 years ago
Those are the same table. The "reconstruction" is just a mid build picture. The floor is the same. The reflection and lines are the same. The side of the table the picture was taken on and stage of the build are the only changes.
#65
Old Desk Left By The Old Owners Of Our New House
#66
Tower Built. No Blueprint, First Saw. 3 Hurricanes And 5 Years Later Still Standing
#67
The Excellent Framing Work At A Job Site I'm At
#68
Who Would Want To Do This To Their House?
#69
Combination Wardrobe And Nap Spot, First Thing I’ve Build Out Of Wood How’d I Do?
#70
This Sub Is Perfect For Me As I Don't Care About Aesthetics And Only Functionality. Here's A Sh**ty Bench
#71
Lid Handle Fell Off, Wood Scrap Pile To The Rescue!
#72
Took The Glass From An Old Scale To Make A Window. I Need To Start Actually Trying When Taking Measurements
#73
My Crowning Achievement. This Bad Boy Presses All The Goo Out Of Tofu So That I Can Fry It Later. Improvements Will Be Made. Oh Yes
#74
If You Can Build Something With Less Effort That Will Hold Your A** Up… Show It Here
#75
Six Modelos In And My Wife Tells Me That I Needed To Get The Cucumbers Going Up A Trellis. No Problem, Dear. Ezpz
#76
When It Works, It Works
#77
Standing Desk
#78
The Underside Of This Deck
#79
0% Waste
#80
It’s The Attention To Detail That Really Sets This Transition Apart From The Rest
#81
Checkout My Sh*tty Bench-Top Sander!
#82
This Mallet Someone Made
#83
Ia This An Optical Illusion?
#85
It Ain't Pretty But It'll Work To Keep Clothes Off The Bedroom Floor
Jessica Seltenright 3 years ago
Lmao maybe in a perfect world! You might make that, but your clothes will still live on the floor. I think they like it that way.
#86
When You Run Out Of Money For The Real Mounts, You Gotta Make Do
#87
Anaheim Convention Center
#88
Literal Trash, But It's The Perfect Size And Shape
#89
Sh**ty Coffetable For My Coffee
Chris D'Asta 3 years ago
Don't lie. It's a White Russian. I mean, no one drinks coffee from a glass like that.
#90
Check Out My New Laundry Shelf. I Made It Myself
#91
Roast My First Bench
#92
Made This See-Saw With Scraps In My Garage
#93
Slapped Together Access For The Far End Of My Chicken Coop
#94
Monitor Riser Stand Made With Hand Tools Only
David Paterson 3 years ago
Better than mine. I use the "home handyman DIY guide" as my monitor rised.
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Rahul Pawa 3 years ago
Seems like at least a quarter of these are amazing, not "weird", "hilarious" or "uncraftsmen like".
Rahul Pawa 3 years ago
Seems like at least a quarter of these are amazing, not "weird", "hilarious" or "uncraftsmen like".
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