40 Photos Of "Ingenious" Solutions To Everyday Problems

1. "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"

2. Parking sensor substitute

3. Better stand back…

4. Interesting dispenser

5. I stand corrected.

6. "Ran Out Of Washers So Drilled Through Some Pennies"

7. Who needs boats?

8. "beep, beep"

9. Across This Picture And Wanted To Share"

10. "That'll Do For Now, He Said. That Was 4 Years Ago"

11. Don’t stop

12. Remote Teaching

13. Switch relocated

14. Now What?

15. Best lock ever

The most significant difference between now and 2013, when r/RedneckEngineering was created, is expansion. The creator said that he used to be in charge of most of the posts, but the community has become self-sustaining over time.

In the thread, you’ll see all kinds of strange, improvised gadgets and very problematic workarounds. Most posts usually come from people discovering “low-budget workarounds to everyday problems with a few high-effort engineering projects and other submissions sprinkled in.”

16. "A Whole Crap Load Of Amish Guys Moving A Barn"

The founder of r/RedneckEngineering community says that "redneck engineering" is open for interpretation, but he explained 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 community members give "bonus points if it'd make an OSHA inspector cringe."

17. Gate fixed

18. Moving your home

19. "Are Russians The Rednecks Of Europe?"

20. "Installed My Anti-Tailgater Device Today... Now I Just Need To Find Something For Folks Who Cut Me Off..."

21. "Steering Wheel Broke, Needed To Finish The Yard. Thankfully I Know How To Drive A Stick"

22. "Found This Fork In My Brothers House And Asked Him Why He Had Done It.... Then He Ran Upstairs To Grab His iPad"

23. Burglar protected.

24. Just cruising

25. "We Needed To Disassemble A Shelf In An Office And We Didn’t Have A Mallet. Rubber Bands + Hammer = Mallet"

26. "My 12 Year Old Son Modified His Bike With Carpet For Barefoot Riding"

27. Separate climate areas.

28. Big Prius

29. This one is actually great.

30. "Redneck Security System"

31. Cooling off

32. You shall not pass...

33. .Flex Seal

34. "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."

35. "Man Puts Chicken On Top Of Squeegee To Eat The Spiders Trapped In The Ceiling, Natural Pest Control"

36. "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"

37. "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"

38. "When You Ask A Welder To Fix Something For You"

39. Emergency Stop?

40. Leveling