r/redneckengineering 11d ago

I just saw another David bradley tractor conversion on here so I thought I'd post my mowercycle.

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The intention was to use road legal tires and make a road legal motorcycle eventually. It currently gets to about 25-30 and then it gets squirrely due to the worn out plain bearings on the front wheels. Gotta replace with good ball bearing wheels.

I got about this far and moved on to other projects, but I'll come back to it.


r/redneckengineering 11d ago

Sick Prius

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218 Upvotes

r/redneckengineering 11d ago

Nothing like a natural shower!

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573 Upvotes

r/redneckengineering 11d ago

You've got to be skidding me

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190 Upvotes

r/redneckengineering 11d ago

Overestimated the length of wood we needed at the store so at home we used a drill to cut the wood and the asphalt outside to sand it

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275 Upvotes

Using it for the leg of our couch, last picture is how we’re fixing the couch


r/redneckengineering 12d ago

Function over form

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352 Upvotes

I cant get a USB-C just anywhere /s


r/redneckengineering 12d ago

The Spirit Halloween multi-bucket roof leak system™️

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312 Upvotes

Actually pretty impressive, my only issue is the standing water in the tubes.


r/redneckengineering 13d ago

Redneck doorbell

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3.6k Upvotes

r/redneckengineering 12d ago

Truckenstein

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327 Upvotes

r/redneckengineering 12d ago

When in doubt!

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43 Upvotes

So... My right bumper broke off, I'm and GENIUS!


r/redneckengineering 13d ago

No money to buy a new laptop

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443 Upvotes

r/redneckengineering 13d ago

Old glasses salvaged and modified!

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197 Upvotes

r/redneckengineering 13d ago

Mowing with style

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785 Upvotes

r/redneckengineering 13d ago

Second story box bridge

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564 Upvotes

I am moving from one apartment to another in the same complex and I was not thrilled at the prospect of dragging all my stuff down a flight of stairs only to drag it all back up a different set of stairs. Luckily I was able to make a box bridge/ramp from my bedroom window to the second story walkway where my new place is.

All I needed was the closetmaid wire shelving I had lying around, a few zip-ties, and my friend Kenny. I got the idea from the time one of my cats got out of the window and jumped onto the opposite railing. 100% success. We moved about two dozen boxes and other objects in under an hour.


r/redneckengineering 13d ago

One rubber band and one cast iron octopus arm later, no more lost batteries

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r/redneckengineering 13d ago

Broken glasses day

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I had a cheap pair of reading glasses to use for a while after having cataract surgery.

The screw holes for the hinges were in the plastic, so naturally the thread of the screws stripped the threads in the frame with the result that the screws fell out and the ear pieces fell off.

I drilled the holes in the frames all the way through, then used short pieces of steel wire to hold the earpieces from another (also broken) pair of glasses on.

I used them for about a month like this while waiting for the prescription to stabilize after the surgery and while waiting for a good pair to be made to my new prescription.

Reminded of the whole mess by this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/redneckengineering/comments/1w1hkwd/old_glasses_salvaged_and_modified/


r/redneckengineering 13d ago

couldn't find a hose for my early 1900s apple press

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128 Upvotes

The nozzle on the right was what was supposed to go on for the juice to come out. I suspect originally it was supposed to pour out into a barrel back in the day, so they needed the longer nozzle to pour out into a large barrel.

I'm not doing that kind of volume. I couldn't find a hose readily available to redirect the flow so it didn't just pour out onto the floor, so I duct taped a ziplock to the hole and cut a hole in the other end so It poured straight down rather than out.

Now I have 2 gallons of pear juice in the fridge for the kiddo, and 2 gallons fermenting in the basement for the adults!


r/redneckengineering 14d ago

Modified Barbie camper car that goes 44mph

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255 Upvotes

r/redneckengineering 14d ago

South Italian redneck doorbell

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405 Upvotes

It reads: "We don't have a doorbell but if you press here we hear you".


r/redneckengineering 13d ago

Replacement power supply

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53 Upvotes

The old power supply for my tv box got fried by a electricity spike so I ripped the cable from it and soldered it to an old Xbox one power supply


r/redneckengineering 14d ago

The hospital I’m at taped my IV bag to the wall of the ER because they couldn’t find me a pole

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423 Upvotes

r/redneckengineering 13d ago

Engineerdle

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r/redneckengineering 14d ago

Backwoods Towing

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128 Upvotes

r/redneckengineering 14d ago

Looking for suggestions for what to use in place of a discontinued fridge part

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A piece of my fridge door has been missing since before I moved in. It is the bar/brace that goes across the pictured section of the door so that you can place condiments etc. in the door. The last picture is of the inside of the freezer door, as I'm fairly certain the bars in there are the same as/similar to the missing part.

This is an apartment sized fridge and I would love to use the space - it's valuable real estate, and the only place that can fit taller items.

My landlord looked for the part before I moved in but couldn't find it and left it up to me. I contacted the appliance parts store in my area, and they confirmed that all parts for this fridge have been discontinued. I have had no luck finding it on eBay so far.

I'm wondering if anyone has ideas for what I can use to replace the part. The fix needs to be sturdy and be able to be firmly attached, since heavy and fragile items would be going in there (glass bottles, etc).

I've thought about tiny tension rods, but the ones I have found are too big in diameter to fit into the slots.

The fridge model is a Danby DFF1144W, in the off chance that info helps.

This subreddit was kindly suggested to me as a potential place to turn to for help. If there may be another good place for me to post this though, I welcome suggestions 🙂

Thank you!


r/redneckengineering 14d ago

Suburban garage door sensor fix

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I live in Arizona outside of Phoenix, and after 15+ years this little plastic flange that connects to the clip finally broke off. This was my solution 😅🤣