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
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.
Who the frick would let someone live in a house that is -40. Your landlord is an a*hole.
The whole area had a decree from the county (state?) to be 15 Celsius (I don't know the Fahrenheit) max for heating as there were energy shortages due to all people having to use more to combat the extreme cold. They were asked to do this so the power surge was not so high that parts would have to go without. That would have caused people freezing to death inside their homes. The landlord was not an a- hole - he was following orders. And 15 degrees is not comfy, but you can put on a bit of clothes and be ok.
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Would be a lot more effective (and safer) with some cast iron pans on the elements to increase the surface area for convecting the heat away.
Yeah, really. Maybe throw some pots on the stove with water, steam up the place? It doesn't seem like that would do the trick by itself? But, when you're freezing, hard to think straight- scary!
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I keep my thermostat at 18 degrees Celcius when I'm home and 15 when I'm out... I can always put on a jumper or cardigan if it's not warm enough. No need for 23 degrees for healthy (younger) people... PS lighting an array of tea lights- six for a small room- will make it bearable too :)
You trickle the water on each faucet and open the cabinet doors to prevent frozen pipes
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In some more civilized places there are laws to protect tenants against unsafe living conditions. Landlords are required to ensure their dwellings can maintain minimum temperatures so people don’t freeze to death! America, I love you but you are not even close to the best country in the world.
This is happened in Canada-- you know, NORTH AMERICA. This would not happen in the United States. And in CENTRAL AMERICA AND SOUTH AMERICA it never gets that cold. SO which part of AMERICA are you talking about?
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Yeah because that would be helpful for -40 degrees
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Your elements will burn out. Try the oven instead and close off every other room. When the pipes freeze, he'll increase the heat!
So sorry that this took place and sorry you live in the this place, I would turn Him in for the illegal way He is abusing your rights as a tenant!
When my husband was in Vietnam, I rented a little cottage for fifty bucks that had no heat. I used plug-in floor heaters but I did this very same thing when things got real cold, and no I didn't pay electric. I wish I'd thought of the fan idea though.
The formula for the conversion is degrees Celsius times 9 divided by 5 plus 32. So 0 celcius x 9 is 0, divided by 5 is 0, plus 32. Point of freezing. -40c x 9 / 5 + 32 = -40f. Same.
Another trick if you don't pay for gas/water - run the sower with hot water to fill the tub 1/2 way and drain/refill as needed. This moist heat takes the chill out and eases muscles, joints, and lungs. I had one of these creep slumlords, too - who is not VERY sorry I was his tenant. I cost him lots of money in court fees and building violations with hopes that he will not torture future tenants.
Is this supposed to be some novel revelation or something? All us poor people have done that at some point. Nothing new at all.
Someone needs to report that landlord to a lawyer, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Police!! It is SO ILLEGAL to turn down the heat on a tenant in a situation like that!! If it is a question of money,there are either free lawyers or lawyers available on a sliding fee schedule!! This landlord should be sued and possibly see jail time!!
My landlady bragged to me that she has to wear short summer pyjamas to bed upstairs when she saw that I was wearing thick fleece panamas AND a housecoat to bed. ( I was talking garbage out and bumped into her wearing the P.Js and mentioned to her that I was cold and had to run a heater 12/7)
He needs to be reported to your local Landlord/Tenant association. There are serious penalties for that kind of crap.
Landlord could be liable if damage is done due to such low temperatures in the apt
My upstairs neighbors did this when I was living in a basement suite. I spent many a night heating my house with my oven, never with the burners though... I just heated up the inside of the oven and left the door open.
You could also turn the oven on and set the fan on the oven door. Of course open the door before it gets hot...
Dangerous beyond beliefe. Insult to rednecks. No thought provoking attempt to solve problem just vindictive attempt to make everything worse.
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.
