Not everyone can afford a hot tub inside their house. But that didn’t stop a man from fashioning one himself — using only an aluminum truck toolbox, a wheel drum, and a yoga mat.
He’s not the only one who took the phrase “necessity is the mother of invention” quite literally. An entire community of people takes broken, old, or useless items and turns them into surprisingly functional solutions.
They’re called the redneck engineers. Some of their DIY fixes are creative; some others are quite ridiculous. We’ve collected the most interesting ones from r/redneckengineering so that you can admire their genius… or laugh at the bizarreness of it all.
#42 I Need To Put A Jacuzzi In My Garden And No Crane Can Reach There, So I Built Myself A Crane / Trebuchet Hybrid
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15points
#45 My Flip Key Wouldn’t Stay Closed Anymore.. And I’ve Already Replaced It Twice Before
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14points
#49 Installed A New Toilet And 3 Year Old Can’t Reach The Toilet Paper Anymore. Had To Improvise
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13points
#53 Needed To Keep Dogs Off The Post-Surgery Knee, And To Stop Dropping Crutches On The Floor. 2 Clamps, 2 Boards, 4 Nails
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12points
#56 I Found This At A Local Elks Club. The Light Being Welded To The Clamp Was Honestly Pretty Ingenious
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10points
#58 Central AC Stopped Working During A Heatwave. None Of My Windows Are The Right Shape For A Window AC :(
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10points
