Xpirate
05-03-2014, 07:20 PM
I have a long history of redneck engineering.
When my old man had me mowing the grass with that nasty lawn mower, I discovered that the little muffler blew the exhaust straight up. I got tired of inhaling that engine exhaust and attached an old can lid to it so that it will deflect that exhaust. It worked really well.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/codexpirate/can_exhaust_deflector.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/codexpirate/media/can_exhaust_deflector.jpg.html)
The water recovery bottle in my old pickup truck started to leak. I replaced it with a used anti-freeze bottle. When the anti-freeze bottle started to look old and worn out, I would just replace it with a new one before it would start to leak.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/codexpirate/water_bottle_revovery2.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/codexpirate/media/water_bottle_revovery2.jpg.html)
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/codexpirate/water_bottle_recovery.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/codexpirate/media/water_bottle_recovery.jpg.html)
The mouse feet on my mouse started to fall off. One of them folded in half and fell apart as well. I know that people sell new mouse sliders, but I didn't want to pay for them. So I got a hole puncher and used some cardboard and the plastic from a peanut butter jar to make some replacement feet. I had to use the cardboard to elevate the plastic a little higher. The peanut butter jar plastic glides just as easily as the old feet did. I tried Teflon tape at first but the jar plastic worked a lot better.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/codexpirate/mouse_feet.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/codexpirate/media/mouse_feet.jpg.html)
Most of my redneck engineering comes from repairs. But this time was different. I re-purposed an old PC case into a shelf. The wife is glad that I finally got rid of one of those old behemoth computer cases. I plan on using the side panels as magnetic boards.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/codexpirate/shelf1.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/codexpirate/media/shelf1.jpg.html)
The center screws are mounted to a stud in the garage, so that it hopefully won't fall off the wall.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/codexpirate/shelf2.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/codexpirate/media/shelf2.jpg.html)
I have done other horrible acts of redneck engineering. I have used plastic tie wraps, duct tape, paper clips, and cardboard to improvise other repairs. These are the only ones that I could fine pictures to prove it. I am a redneck engineer! What kind of redneck engineering have you guys done?
When my old man had me mowing the grass with that nasty lawn mower, I discovered that the little muffler blew the exhaust straight up. I got tired of inhaling that engine exhaust and attached an old can lid to it so that it will deflect that exhaust. It worked really well.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/codexpirate/can_exhaust_deflector.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/codexpirate/media/can_exhaust_deflector.jpg.html)
The water recovery bottle in my old pickup truck started to leak. I replaced it with a used anti-freeze bottle. When the anti-freeze bottle started to look old and worn out, I would just replace it with a new one before it would start to leak.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/codexpirate/water_bottle_revovery2.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/codexpirate/media/water_bottle_revovery2.jpg.html)
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/codexpirate/water_bottle_recovery.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/codexpirate/media/water_bottle_recovery.jpg.html)
The mouse feet on my mouse started to fall off. One of them folded in half and fell apart as well. I know that people sell new mouse sliders, but I didn't want to pay for them. So I got a hole puncher and used some cardboard and the plastic from a peanut butter jar to make some replacement feet. I had to use the cardboard to elevate the plastic a little higher. The peanut butter jar plastic glides just as easily as the old feet did. I tried Teflon tape at first but the jar plastic worked a lot better.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/codexpirate/mouse_feet.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/codexpirate/media/mouse_feet.jpg.html)
Most of my redneck engineering comes from repairs. But this time was different. I re-purposed an old PC case into a shelf. The wife is glad that I finally got rid of one of those old behemoth computer cases. I plan on using the side panels as magnetic boards.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/codexpirate/shelf1.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/codexpirate/media/shelf1.jpg.html)
The center screws are mounted to a stud in the garage, so that it hopefully won't fall off the wall.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/codexpirate/shelf2.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/codexpirate/media/shelf2.jpg.html)
I have done other horrible acts of redneck engineering. I have used plastic tie wraps, duct tape, paper clips, and cardboard to improvise other repairs. These are the only ones that I could fine pictures to prove it. I am a redneck engineer! What kind of redneck engineering have you guys done?