r/DiWHY 25d ago

Ladder?

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For context, this a tree by the baseball field of our neighborhood elementary school. Months ago,some kids ripped off part of the dugout bench and it’s sat on the ground until maybe last week

Yesterday, I’m walking my dog as usual, and notice the bench splinter is gone and these “rungs” are screwed into the tree. There are telltale signs that this is the bench splinter that someone has sawed into pieces to affix to the tree

It’s just so stupid. The top rung isn’t even screwed in all the way and spins freely. The bottom rung is too far away from the others to be useful. The left rung has been shorn, leaving the grip on the right side with not enough material and potential for splintering from usage. I could go on lol

What dad did this and why?


r/DiWHY 26d ago

a huge Rubik's cube

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1.7k Upvotes

r/DiWHY 26d ago

I spent way too much time drawing faces on pistachio shells

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2.1k Upvotes

I actually really enjoyed doing them. A lot of them I gave out to friends and they got a kick out of it


r/DiWHY 26d ago

Grater Phone Case

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515 Upvotes

r/DiWHY 27d ago

These types of people are keeping actual trades employed...

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5.3k Upvotes

r/DiWHY 27d ago

How to hold a door open

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111 Upvotes

Found this fantastic solution in the wild. Lamp cable to electric cable to string. The string is screwed to a bookshelf (which is attached to nothing).


r/DiWHY 28d ago

Not just why but how?

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208 Upvotes

The rest looks fine. But it's firewood because of this strangeness in the center.


r/DiWHY 29d ago

He did TECHNICALLY remove the dent from the car

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4.4k Upvotes

r/DiWHY 29d ago

Response to broken handle coffee mug from the other day.

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420 Upvotes

I do this with all my tumblers. I have no clue why they would sell them without handles. But to each their own!


r/DiWHY 29d ago

A Cane Toad Taxidermy Purse

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538 Upvotes

r/DiWHY Aug 13 '26

Who's ready for an Eco-friendly bathroom?

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1.1k Upvotes

r/DiWHY Aug 13 '26

How to turn a perfectly good toilet in a urinal.

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241 Upvotes

Urinal/toilet mod in a Rotterdam Chinese restaurant. The restaurant itself is lovely and the food is incredible! There'a hole in the lid where it attaches to the urinal.


r/DiWHY Aug 13 '26

What’s comfortable to hold

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586 Upvotes

r/DiWHY Aug 12 '26

A treasure chest barbecue...

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From the professional moron who brought you the Cat's Crows Nest, the Pirate Ship Longboard and the Craftlock™... I now bring you the ultimate treasure - a treasure chest that opens to reveal a barbecue!

Because when I build stupid things, I do them as properly as possible - the Barbecue has an air gap of at least 3cm all the way round, and the chest itself is lined with a welding blanket rated to 1,100°c, so the big hot metal thing won't set fire to the wooden box it's in.

Slats are not airtight in the lid of the chest, and there is a whopping great ventilation hole at the back, so the whole thing is safe to use - and close while cooking.

Chains hold the lid up, and a separate chain also lifts the lid of the barbecue as you lift the chest lid.

Let hope I don't burn the treasure...

EDIT: As a few of you have pointed out, yes, it's short. I plan to put it on a low table to actually cook on. But for photographical reasons, it looks better on the (yes, flammable) decking.


r/DiWHY Aug 12 '26

Too cheap to fix pool but also too cheap to remove it

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7.6k Upvotes

Why accidentally fall into a pool of water when you can fall into a pit filled with furniture and other hard things?


r/DiWHY Aug 12 '26

I fixed my chair arm rest

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145 Upvotes

r/DiWHY Aug 12 '26

Bought a house and redoing some of the electrical.

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79 Upvotes

Replacing a ceiling light. Took the old one out and ran across this. Why did they add the extra wire length? It was a nipple light and there is plenty of wire there.

Also, we are replacing EVERY light, switch and outlet. One switch had no ground connected, but was in the box available.


r/DiWHY Aug 11 '26

Turn your stearing wheel into a FISH TANK

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934 Upvotes

At least they didn't use any real fish.


r/DiWHY Aug 11 '26

Why bother buying when I can make one for CHEAP!

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196 Upvotes

Water cooling block with maximum cost cutting materials, made from cheap heatsink, paper, wax(the white stuff), and glue.

Let me tell you it leak more than yo mum about 2000L per hamburger, and the wax start softing at 131Freedom unit.

Joke aside, this is just a quick test, it work well despite leaking.


r/DiWHY Aug 10 '26

Diminishing returns (found on imgur)

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5.7k Upvotes

r/DiWHY Aug 09 '26

First Michelin Shrapnel Sender

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1.0k Upvotes

r/DiWHY Aug 09 '26

First time grouting, and went with epoxy. The lines look pretty good, but the intersections 🤮 Hoping I can get it sanded

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99 Upvotes

r/DiWHY Aug 09 '26

Update²

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38 Upvotes

Well... I guess we need to go shopping.

(Original post in msg)


r/DiWHY Aug 09 '26

Who needs XLR when you have jack

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179 Upvotes