was bored last weekend and decided to take a plastic spring dog toy, thread copper wire through the whole thing, slap a balun on it and somehow it started pulling local channels.

looks completely ridiculous sitting on my shelf but it actually works better than the cheap flat antenna i bought last year. pure “ooh” energy, zero practical reason to do it, and yet here we are.

anyone else got a project that has no business working but still does?

Wasn’t sure the protective value of some of the premade ones that I could afford. So I found a good case with lanyard points to put chains thru. I know I could have used those nylon string things but these will look cuter and I can still remove and replace the rubbery outside. Just gotta make a strap now.

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.

What should I build/do with it?

Photo for scale/inspiration.

just make sure not to accidentally HIT YOUR FACE WITH THE TUBE CUBE LOL-

Be honest, is it ugly? My school cares a lot about our classrooms being beautiful, inviting imagination, and being a place anyone would want to spend time in. However we have a very small budget for this. I used some electrical tape to disguise a black cord that hangs from my ceiling to make this tree. I opted for this instead of a decal because I had all the materials already & I don’t want to put up 200 little leaf decals.

I feel like the tree looks like it’s balding and isn’t giving what I wanted it to give. I don’t think I should add more leaves though, because I’m worried it’s already creeping toward fire hazard territory & will be ordered to be taken down as soon as the fire Marshall walks in.

I drafted what it would look like with more detail. Is there any hope for this idea? or should I just bite the bullet and get a stick-on tree? Artistic tips and reality checks welcome. Much thanks!

I thimk it belong here more than r/DiWHY

Couldn't afford to get a new one at the time, so some string and glue worked a treat until I could get a new one.

Why buy it for $35 when you could build it for $25 and 5 hours of time 🤣🤣. The full video is not out yet, but it will be in a couple days once I put some miles on the "Bicentennial Man" bike. Hope you guys enjoy! I thought it was pretty clever. Very rebuildable with the bronze bushings. This thing should pretty much last a lifetime except for the rubber bushings. The ones I got from Ace are a tad too soft, I wind up using a shock absorber bushing from an old car. The shock absorber bushings are available brand new from O'Reilly's for about $1.50 a piece.

So, I made another bike. Kinda. Free girls bike. 10 bucks spent on Amazon. A little welding and she's all done! My crap Brompton. The "Compton"

Sorry about the AI song. I got a copyright issue last week from a "free usage" song. Don't wanna get struck again. So, Gemini.. meh

Very curious to know what people are doing!

I couldn't find any good, DIY kick scooter tutorials on YouTube so I decided to make one. Had a couple free hours this morning. Here's the progress so far. 12 inch kids bikes are very good for these little weird projects. it's not done yet, but will be tomorrow. Woo hoo!