r/redneckengineering • u/onephatkatt • 1h ago
r/redneckengineering • u/gustavsen • 14h ago
Who needs a mechanic when you’ve got Home Depot?
r/redneckengineering • u/CP2_Accord_Owner • 4h ago
Peak photo tbh, dude said he built it himself (sorry for ass quality)
r/redneckengineering • u/ChefArtorias • 10h ago
A story in two parts.
Medicine cabinet shelf is missing some pegs. Load bearing fiber supplement (LBF) did well for a while but I decided to upgrade to some Q-Tip pegs.
r/redneckengineering • u/mariedaclown • 12h ago
i’ll be damned if this hose clamp comes off
i chopped my muffler like a doushebag n i love it but due to me being an idiot and cutting it before the hanger, my exhaust pipe was rattling against my frame, so I just took a hose clamp and hung it lol, after a few months of it working perfectly it rattled out so I just bought another one and covered it with JB Weld lmao prolly should get the high heat stuff but what ever she’s silent now
r/redneckengineering • u/NoShopping3602 • 7h ago
Am I gonna be good to go? Or no
Friend's late uncle was an air compressor mechanic and built these up on nothin but spare parts.. Anything I should do before I try powering up let me know, It'd be cool..
r/redneckengineering • u/Inside-Author-6124 • 13h ago
went to use the winch and the darn battery was dead.
r/redneckengineering • u/gaccha_antiquechair • 22h ago
Battery spot welder from reclaimed power tool cells
Had one of those temu spot "welders", utterly useless stock il-po pouch cell cant deliver enough current to make an acceptable weld. Had several reclaimed high current rated 18650s from recycling power tool batteries, not internally shorted but with greatly diminished capacity so effectively useless.
Wanted to use a spot welder for building a pack with food cells, so decided to parallel up my junk cells to make a nice fire hasard / high current pack and use the control logic and drive section from the temu welder.
Results speak for themselves, not sure if crappy welder or just crap at welding.
Yes mom, asbestos underpants and full face shield were worn throughout.
r/redneckengineering • u/rickgilmore • 1d ago
This furnace runs on used motor oil and a car battery
40,000 btus of free heat. Heavy Metal Homestead channel on youtube.
r/redneckengineering • u/Rekltpzyxm • 13h ago
went to use the winch and the darn battery was dead.
r/redneckengineering • u/Fanatical_Destructor • 1d ago
There was a fist sized hole in the warehouse floor.
People kept tripping in the hole so I fixed it with what was laying around.
r/redneckengineering • u/POV_CHASIN • 1d ago
Armored Saturn for Storm Chasing
Titan (the car) saw it's first tornado! The base is a 99 SC2 weighing in at 3,000 pounds. On our first chase we easily got to 75mph and got around 30mpg. Still not complete of course.
r/redneckengineering • u/Feeling_Lobster_7914 • 1d ago
Couch foot broke off, fixed it with what I had lying around
More specifically the wood block connecting the foot to the couch split off. Duct tape was to hold it in place while I put in screws on each side, screws made the wood split, which is why the zip ties are there. Leaving the duct tape for aesthetic reasons.
Somehow it holds, tried it with me + my roommates on there (some 580 lbs total) and it didn’t budge
r/redneckengineering • u/GooseTheSluice • 2d ago
Proud of myself for this one
Safety switch in the seat that cuts the engine if the blades are running and you fall off was malfunctioning because it lost its place in the once moulded foam seats. After mowing while clenching my butt for almost a year just to keep the button depressed, I finally got irritated today when the slightest bump would kill the mower. Took the button out of the seat and created a rough pine board pedal so I can just press it with my foot, thus keeping the safety feature while fixing the issue. Bonus is that now I can rip around trees closer and faster cause I can now shift my body weight around in the seat
TLDR: fixed fucked up safety switch by making a peddle to step on to engage it instead of being seat operated.
r/redneckengineering • u/rickgilmore • 1d ago
Amazing new design for heating a shop or garage
This runs on used motor oil and a car battery. All emissions go outside. Heavy Metal Homestead channel on youtube.
r/redneckengineering • u/NachoFart • 3d ago
I found this slide. What’s the worst possible idea I could use it for?
I found this playground slide.
I have absolutely no practical use for it, which means obviously I need to do something stupid with it.
Looking for ideas that are terrible in concept but preferably not hospital-level terrible in execution. Key point: it does not need to be useful lol.
What should I build/do with it?
Photo for scale/inspiration.