40 Times People Had Such ‘Genius’ Solutions To Various Problems, They Got Posted On ‘Redneck Engineering’
Don’t you ever feel like we take things too seriously? I mean, if the heating stops working, there are many very questionable, yet bizarrely ingenious ways to go about it—like putting a fan next to the oven. It’s totally not smart, not safe, it doesn’t work, and it’s basically a plain horrible idea.
But in the bizarre and crazy world of “Redneck Engineering,” things are always far from the norm. Before we step into the Reddit community r/RedNeckEngineering, I should warn you not to try this at home under any circumstances. Because safety will likely be breached, and the gadgets you’ll see will raise an alarming level of suspicion.
So let’s see what the buzz is all about in this hilarious subreddit with 354k members that has been rolling since 2013. Whether it's a curse or a blessing, we will find out.
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Touchless Dispenser
Protection From Escaping
For Remote Teaching Without A Document Camera
Bored Panda reached out to the founder of r/RedneckEngineering to find out more about their community. It turns out, the term “redneck engineering" is open for interpretation, but the redditor assured us that it's also “the kind of thing you know when you see.”
For example, “It can range from something as common as using a hand mirror to replace a side-view mirror to something complex like building a backyard water slide with a loop-de-loop.” The members of the subreddit give “bonus points if it'd make an OSHA inspector cringe.”
Looks Level To Me
Something so simple and genius. I never would of thought of doing that, yet seeing it makes it seem so obvious.
this is how it's done in much of the world. indeed, before laser levels, a garden hose with clear tubing at each end was used for leveling over long stretches.
I remember reading (and even seeing in a silent film, if I recall) that alot of construction men in the 1900s and 1910s did exactly this with a water bottle to level surfaces they were constructing
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A few years out of college I visited a friend on a downtown high-rise job site. They were pouring the concrete that made up the central core a few floors at a time, and when they raise the forms, they checked the water level of hoses at each corner to ensure it was level. Of course a bubble level used by every carpenter uses water too.
There is a guy in our city (I don't know him) that had a tv show for a bit. Called rocket city red necks. (Rocket city is Huntsville, though like 20 miles away). For some reason the comments made me think of him.
This is very likely how our fancy, mass-produced levels came into being...Not unsafe, very clever.
That’s how I figured out most of the desks in my school are slightly not level
Sure, why not?? They just need to draw a straight line on the bottle with a marker. Looks like the left side (our left) needs to go up just a wee bit. :-)
i used a water glass to level the refrigerator in my camper many years ago.
An old, tried & true method in places where tools are worth a month's salary. Notice they work without gloves, which IMO would be first priority for safety, closed shoes second. So no, not redneck; the improvisational brilliance of the poor, upwardly striving, probably 'professional' builder in his area.
Instead of feeling dumb which you are not, use this as a learning experience.
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It's obvious that this way of doing it existed in the first place, long before builder's professional levels were produced and sold. We're so accustomed to buying manufactured tools for anything that we're amazed at very simple, practical handmade solutions.
Water levels have been used in construction for centuries. Even as recently as 15 years ago I saw bricklayers using a long water line (fairly thin clear tube line) to level brick wall and make sure the wall is level across the whole length of the house.
From the beginning of times there were answers to these questions, if not...........
Actually, it should have mostly liquid and only a small amount of air to be precise.
There are zero visible marks to use that as a water level. Anything he levels using this is a guess at best
I must have misplaced my eye measure. Can I borrow yours?
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Am I stupid for not getting it? Isn't the water level just showing the exact same "level" as the bar? How to judge if it's level?
Think again. Only when the water level is showing the exact same level as the bar IS when the bar is level.
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My 12 Year Old Son Modified His Bike With Carpet For Barefoot Riding
The biggest difference between now and the old days in 2013 when r/RedneckEngineering was created is growth. The founder said that he used to be responsible for most of the posts, but the community has become really self-sustaining over time.
When it comes to submissions, you’ll see all kinds of bizarre makeshift gadgets and very questionable workarounds. Most posts generally come from people finding “low-budget workarounds to everyday problems with a few high-effort engineering projects and other submissions sprinkled in.”
Rear Parking Sensor
When You Ask A Welder To Fix Something For You
Master Lock 100
Found This Fork In My Brothers House And Asked Him Why He Had Done It.... Then He Ran Upstairs To Grab His iPad
A Whole Crap Load Of Amish Guys Moving A Barn
Why is it that we Africans use brick or concrete to build walls even though we don't have hurricanes and tornados and america with it's hurricanes are like... we'll see which is the easiest thing for a bit of wind to blow away
Would Like To Buy This Guy A Beer And Hear His Story
Man Puts Chicken On Top Of Squeegee To Eat The Spiders Trapped In The Ceiling, Natural Pest Control
Landlord Decided To Turn Down The Heat Today In My Mn Apartment As It Reached -40°. But The Idiot Must Have Forgotten He Pays My Electric And Doesn't Realize That I Value My Comfort Over Safety Or Energy Conservation.
I’m Bad For Using Whatever Tool Is Handy As A Hammer, Usually A Crescent Wrench. My Husband Learned A Bit Of Welding And Redneck Engineered This For My Birthday
Buoyancy
2 korean student's made a raft out of potato chip bags to prove they have too much air in them.
It annoys me every time I hear people complain about the amount of air in snack chip bags. 1.) The air is necessary, because without it, the chips would get crushed during shipment. 2.) THEY'RE SOLD BY WEIGHT. It doesn't matter if there's empty space in the bag, 5 ounces (or however much in a given bag) is 5 ounces. Learn to read labels
Local Chinese Restaurant. The Entire Kitchen Is Walled Off With Plastic. There’s A Cardboard Flap To Pass Money, And The Box On The Right Acts As An Airlock With Two Flaps To Pass The Food Through. It’s All Plastic Sheet, Cardboard And Duct Tape
Whoever Built This Might Have A Phd In Redneck Engineering
Steering Wheel Broke, Needed To Finish The Yard. Thankfully I Know How To Drive A Stick
Your Move, NASA
I've done this with a hair dryer... but you have to be careful not to melt the hair dryer
Use A Fishing Rod To Teach Your Son Baseball
No more accidentally hitting dad in the crown jewels with the bat or the ball.
We Needed To Disassemble A Shelf In An Office And We Didn’t Have A Mallet. Rubber Bands + Hammer = Mallet
Silent Killer Mkii
Came Across This Picture And Wanted To Share
*Beep Beep*
When Covid Requires Separate Climate Control In An Auto, What Can You Do?
Grandpa: 1 Trash Panda: 0
Redneck Security System
South Africa every day... we also have contraptions for the steering wheel and also the pedals
That'll Do For Now, He Said. That Was 4 Years Ago
My Life Has Been A Lie
Gotta Love Uhaul
Bought A Used Toy For My Kids At A Garage Sale. I Guess They Didn’t Have Any C Batteries. But They Did Have An Aa Battery And A Wood Dowel Though
This Is Why We Have The 2nd Amendment. So People Can Do This
Ran Out Of Washers So Drilled Through Some Pennies
Installed My Anti-Tailgater Device Today... Now I Just Need To Find Something For Folks Who Cut Me Off...
Oh! I just figured it out, took me a minute. So if someone is tailgating they will see the wrench, think it's unsecured and back off.
Are Russians The Rednecks Of Europe?
50 Bucks Ain’t Too Bad. Just Gotta Watch The Toes
Flex Seal Can Do Anything
Need To Relocate Your Switch?
Text Means "Emergency Stop"
Wow... We have laws against such stuff and various instances who regularly check the safety standards. If any of those see this, s**t hits the fan.
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Grow up poor. You make do or do without. Mock at your own peril. Assume at your own peril, as well. I've seen crazy-as-eff hacks in more than one nation. Also, ti's not just about money. Sometimes it's about "need it to work until I *can* replace it after I'm off the clock and finish the laundry and feed my kids and can get to the place that has them..."
Poverty should never be mocked. For the most part the ingeniousness is being honored.
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In NZ we refer to 'redneck engineering' as 'No.8 wire ingenuity ' (No.8 wire was/is a common fencing wire, handy for a lot of quick farm fixes I guess, probably how we got the term)
My dad was an engineer. He would say if someone else can fix this, why can't I? We never paid for a repairman. If a specific tool was needed, he'd make it with what we had. Since I was his "helper" from the time I was little, I've had the same feeling. I maybe the only woman in the auto parts store or the tool area of a Lowes but we have saved a lot of money doing things ourselves, plumbing, patching, electric wiring, painting, minor car repairs (used to have VW, Dad and I pulled the engine 3x's) if it's on YouTube or I can find a manual I'll give it a try. The only time I worry looking at some of these repairs is if they look unsafe. Some risks aren't worth it. Be safe.
Many of these are not unsafe, and show an amazing ingenuity. How do people think many of the slick, mass-produced tools we have today got invented?
Why is it called Redneck Engineering? From what I see you don't have to be a Redneck to come up with this kind of stuff.
Grow up poor. You make do or do without. Mock at your own peril. Assume at your own peril, as well. I've seen crazy-as-eff hacks in more than one nation. Also, ti's not just about money. Sometimes it's about "need it to work until I *can* replace it after I'm off the clock and finish the laundry and feed my kids and can get to the place that has them..."
Poverty should never be mocked. For the most part the ingeniousness is being honored.
Load More Replies... In NZ we refer to 'redneck engineering' as 'No.8 wire ingenuity ' (No.8 wire was/is a common fencing wire, handy for a lot of quick farm fixes I guess, probably how we got the term)
My dad was an engineer. He would say if someone else can fix this, why can't I? We never paid for a repairman. If a specific tool was needed, he'd make it with what we had. Since I was his "helper" from the time I was little, I've had the same feeling. I maybe the only woman in the auto parts store or the tool area of a Lowes but we have saved a lot of money doing things ourselves, plumbing, patching, electric wiring, painting, minor car repairs (used to have VW, Dad and I pulled the engine 3x's) if it's on YouTube or I can find a manual I'll give it a try. The only time I worry looking at some of these repairs is if they look unsafe. Some risks aren't worth it. Be safe.
Many of these are not unsafe, and show an amazing ingenuity. How do people think many of the slick, mass-produced tools we have today got invented?
Why is it called Redneck Engineering? From what I see you don't have to be a Redneck to come up with this kind of stuff.
