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#2

Protection From Escaping

Final score:

720points

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Orillion 4 years ago

If it looks stupid, but it works, it's not stupid.

288points

#3

For Remote Teaching Without A Document Camera

Final score:

718points

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Radar Doi 4 years ago

oooh, I can't upvote this more, so so resourceful

155points

Lydia Coy 4 years ago

I gave it 2

1point

kjorn 4 years ago

did he use the laptop camera and the reflexion from the cd to get the image on screen?

22points

Aragorn II Elessar 4 years ago

Yessir

10points

DforDorothy 4 years ago

I like Elsa holding the apple. 😉

14points

Andrew Gibb 4 years ago

would make more sense if it were the Wicked Witch

4points

BoredPanda is awesome 4 years ago

My cousin is a teacher. He needs this. Thanks to the brilliant person

10points

Nela Rothenbach 4 years ago

Have to try this....I'll report

8points

Nela Rothenbach 4 years ago

This freaking works. I used a make up mirror.

11points

Charlie Kelly 4 years ago

I dont get it

7points

VANILLA 4 years ago

The CD disk reflects the notebook on to the screen, to show the work, but without any expensive equipment

21points

pmcm 4 years ago

don't get this...

5points

Margot Piasecka 3 years ago

The CD disk reflects the notebook on to the screen, to show the work, but without any expensive equipment

0points

Elsker 4 years ago

that's really clever! do cd's really mirror images that sharp?

5points

Adam C 4 years ago

This is smart

5points

Bruh. 4 years ago

Elsa on the back b like “I present to u, geniusness on a stick”

3points

Purr·maid 4 years ago

Elsa deserves the credit for this one.

2points

Zoe Murphy 4 years ago

That’s not fair!!! Elsa’s helping.

2points

I zzi 4 years ago

Or just type it and share your screen...no?

1point

Seabeast 4 years ago

I hope that's not a magnet holding the front of the CD down.

1point

Molly Block 4 years ago

Why a CD? Would a mirror not work?

1point

berna zapominszki 4 years ago

Why not? But you have to find out how to fix it, that's all.

0points

Quazmodic 4 years ago

I'm sure this was on the "If it Works, it's Not Stupid" page.

1point

Melissa J 3 years ago

I wish I would of seen this sooner...

0points

bv7hearts 3 years ago

I think this is awesome, but I do want to point out that they're using Zoom which has a whiteboard functionality built in.

0points

Beuska 3 years ago

woww, so clever

0points

Brooke Weber 3 years ago

Only problem is---nobody has CDs anymore!

0points

Maripat Webber 4 years ago

BRILLIANT!

0points

Josh Coker 4 years ago

?

0points

Sent From The Slytherin House 4 years ago

genius!

0points

Faith Hurst-Bilinski 4 years ago

This is disgraceful. What is wrong with that school district? We have been allowed to bring home whatever we needed, including document cams, been asked what could be purchased for us, and have been given money to purchase what more. And why not use a simple, free online white board or drawing tool?

0points

RaroaRaroa 4 years ago

What is wrong with the school district? My guess would be underfunded. I guess you don't live somewhere like that.

7points

Valerie Anne 4 years ago

Brilliant!

0points

berna zapominszki 4 years ago

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...

0points

Arie de Reus 4 years ago

brilliant

0points

CanidaeVulpes 4 years ago

Just saying, that Elsa sticker runs about $15-$20 after shipping. A quick search for webcams show about $15-$30

-1point

Aria Whitaker 4 years ago (edited)

Just saying, her mother or someone else could have gifted her the laptop with sticker...and since she looks to be a student, and a young one at that since that is kind of low level math she is doing...even $15-30 can be a bit much if you do not have it. Her solution works and is highly effective, why pay for a fancy gadget that you can practically make yourself for free?

5points

Mark Gill 4 years ago

Wouldnt it be backward? Like in ALL mirrors?

-2points

Neb 4 years ago

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Layla Corman 4 years ago

The whole thing is that this person doesn't have a "document camera" or a 2nd camera to show the work being done. He isn't sharing his screen with anyone, he is just sharing his work in real time.

8points

Bored Panda reached out to the founder of r/RedneckEngineering to find out more about their community. It turns out, the term “redneck engineering" is open for interpretation, but the redditor assured us 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 members of the subreddit give “bonus points if it'd make an OSHA inspector cringe.”

#4

Looks Level To Me

Final score:

712points

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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)

Something so simple and genius. I never would of thought of doing that, yet seeing it makes it seem so obvious.

15points

#5

Fixed The Gate Problem...

Final score:

682points

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Brett 4 years ago

That’s cool

132points

#6

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

Final score:

674points

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Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago

This kid is going places... no pun intended

300points

The biggest difference between now and the old days in 2013 when r/RedneckEngineering was created is growth. The founder said that he used to be responsible for most of the posts, but the community has become really self-sustaining over time.

When it comes to submissions, you’ll see all kinds of bizarre makeshift gadgets and very questionable workarounds. Most posts generally come from people finding “low-budget workarounds to everyday problems with a few high-effort engineering projects and other submissions sprinkled in.”

#7

Rear Parking Sensor

Final score:

668points

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Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago

OK but I hope it squeaks really loudly

228points

#8

When You Ask A Welder To Fix Something For You

Final score:

664points

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Brett 4 years ago

*snaps off other mirror on purpose* can you fix this mirror too?

335points

#9

Master Lock 100

Final score:

661points

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Brett 4 years ago

I have no words this is brilliant

185points

#10

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

Final score:

657points

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Brett 4 years ago

The iq of this man is to high to be human

208points

#11

A Whole Crap Load Of Amish Guys Moving A Barn

Final score:

612points

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wandile dludlu 4 years ago

Why is it that we Africans use brick or concrete to build walls even though we don't have hurricanes and tornados and america with it's hurricanes are like... we'll see which is the easiest thing for a bit of wind to blow away

389points

#12

Would Like To Buy This Guy A Beer And Hear His Story

Final score:

596points

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rgr8 4 years ago

I aspire to be him. Minus the vape.

263points

#13

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

Final score:

540points

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Bri Nicole 4 years ago

LMAO an actual chicken

225points

#14

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.

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.

Final score:

507points

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rgr8 4 years ago

Who the frick would let someone live in a house that is -40. Your landlord is an a*hole.

289points

#15

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

Final score:

505points

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Cip IESAN 4 years ago

It also needs a knife, a fork, a toothpick, a corkscrew and a bottle opener!

179points

#16

Buoyancy

2 korean student's made a raft out of potato chip bags to prove they have too much air in them.

reddit.com Report

Final score:

504points

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Saico Hipe 4 years ago

It annoys me every time I hear people complain about the amount of air in snack chip bags. 1.) The air is necessary, because without it, the chips would get crushed during shipment. 2.) THEY'RE SOLD BY WEIGHT. It doesn't matter if there's empty space in the bag, 5 ounces (or however much in a given bag) is 5 ounces. Learn to read labels

450points

#17

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

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

Final score:

491points

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Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago

Look for solutions, not problems 👍🏻

204points

#18

Whoever Built This Might Have A Phd In Redneck Engineering

Final score:

480points

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Brett 4 years ago

Woah... THATS A FRIKIN SICK RIDE!

175points

#19

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

Final score:

463points

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rgr8 4 years ago

Nice Pun!

156points

#20

Your Move, NASA

Final score:

445points

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Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago

I've done this with a hair dryer... but you have to be careful not to melt the hair dryer

80points

#21

Use A Fishing Rod To Teach Your Son Baseball

Final score:

419points

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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago

No more accidentally hitting dad in the crown jewels with the bat or the ball.

202points

#22

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

Final score:

408points

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Stitches 4 years ago

ain't stupid if it works

141points

#23

Silent Killer Mkii

Final score:

408points

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El Dee 4 years ago

Don't American cars get a yearly safety inspection??

200points

#24

Came Across This Picture And Wanted To Share

Final score:

390points

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justagirl 4 years ago

How does the driver see anything on the road?

154points

#25

Beep Beep

*Beep Beep*

Final score:

369points

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Cip IESAN 4 years ago

A guy who still has faith in humanity...

163points

#26

When Covid Requires Separate Climate Control In An Auto, What Can You Do?

Final score:

358points

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rgr8 4 years ago

That's nice of him.

135points

#27

Grandpa: 1 Trash Panda: 0

Final score:

356points

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Cip IESAN 4 years ago

Eco-friendly double lid.

107points

#28

Redneck Security System

Final score:

342points

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wandile dludlu 4 years ago

South Africa every day... we also have contraptions for the steering wheel and also the pedals

158points

#29

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

Final score:

338points

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Wendillon 4 years ago

Technically it's still "now".

154points

#30

My Life Has Been A Lie

Final score:

322points

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Michael Calhoun 4 years ago

Printer ink HAS to cost more than plywood

238points

#31

Gotta Love Uhaul

Final score:

306points

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Stimpy 4 years ago

Technically yeah, but I'm pretty sure that is illegal. So they can likely end up paying much more...

135points

#32

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

Final score:

303points

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Stimpy 4 years ago

You can do that?!

173points

#33

This Is Why We Have The 2nd Amendment. So People Can Do This

Final score:

284points

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Cip IESAN 4 years ago

Guns don't kill people, toilet paper holders do!

174points

#34

Ran Out Of Washers So Drilled Through Some Pennies

Final score:

284points

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Cip IESAN 4 years ago

Washers are more expensive...

205points

#35

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

Final score:

273points

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Chris Kane 4 years ago

Oh! I just figured it out, took me a minute. So if someone is tailgating they will see the wrench, think it's unsecured and back off.

299points

#36

Are Russians The Rednecks Of Europe?

Final score:

258points

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justagirl 4 years ago

Ask Putin if Russia belongs to Europe...

153points

#37

50 Bucks Ain’t Too Bad. Just Gotta Watch The Toes

Final score:

241points

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rgr8 4 years ago

Imagine what would happen if this were to be ran on.

90points

#38

Flex Seal Can Do Anything

Final score:

230points

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Brett 4 years ago

That was unexpected

103points

#39

Need To Relocate Your Switch?

Final score:

196points

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Stimpy 4 years ago

I don't understand what I am seeing here...

92points

#40

Text Means "Emergency Stop"

Final score:

179points

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Kari Panda 4 years ago (edited)

Wow... We have laws against such stuff and various instances who regularly check the safety standards. If any of those see this, s**t hits the fan.

81points

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#41

The Ultimate Redneck Engineering From Russia

Final score:

55points

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Andrew Gibb 4 years ago

Coffee in. Coffee out

55points

#42

I'll Just Knock, Thanks

Final score:

55points

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Cip IESAN 4 years ago

Especially in the dark...

33points

#43

No Foundation? No Problem...

Final score:

53points

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Stephanie Did It 4 years ago

Earthquake shock absorbers!

63points

#44

When The Crap Gets Clumping, You Get Jumping!

Final score:

52points

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Stephanie Did It 4 years ago

There is a backstory to this...

46points

#45

Not Stupid If It Works

Final score:

51points

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Holly D 4 years ago

how did you get it up there???

61points

#46

Where Can I Get One!

Final score:

51points

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Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago

"Yes, the room has a view..."

45points

#47

Engineering Level: Redneck

Final score:

48points

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Luther von Wolfen 4 years ago

If it was truly Redneck, it would be a Budweiser can.

82points

#48

The Wife And I Were Tearing Down A Wall And Saw This And Found This Sub Appropriate As Hell, An iPhone 5 Box Being Used As A Fan Control Holder! Yet Completely Drywalled So You Couldn’t Tell!

Final score:

46points

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Cip IESAN 4 years ago

Be happy: it means the wall is not so old, it was build after september, 2012!

43points

#49

So There Was A Hole In The Window And This Is How Our School Decided To Fix It

Final score:

46points

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Stitches 4 years ago

ah public school only the finest here

56points

#50

Failed To Realize There Was No Shower Rod When I Was Moving In, But The Show Must Go On

Final score:

44points

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Stephanie Did It 4 years ago

Canadian shower, eh?

43points

#51

Next Level Lawnmowing

Final score:

43points

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BoredPanda is awesome 4 years ago

Woah, genius

15points

#52

I Got A Heated Pool Now. Yup

Final score:

42points

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Cip IESAN 4 years ago

Also, you can make a pool barbecue!

38points

#53

Our Hose Broke At Work But Luckily We Got A Redneck In The Kitchen

Final score:

42points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 4 years ago

Why do you need a trashcan full of water?

31points

#54

The Way My In Laws Fixed Their Garbage Can

Final score:

41points

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Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago

Cable ties fix everything

19points

#55

This Van Blessed Me With Its Presence At My Place Of Work 2 Years Ago Today

Final score:

40points

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The Chosen One 4 years ago

Nothing says 'Merica like a lifted van

4points

#56

Fixed Hole In My Exhaust With A Baked Bean Tin (Was Quoted More Than The Car Was Worth)

Final score:

40points

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Luther von Wolfen 4 years ago

I've done the same thing using flex pipe. If it's tight enough to create a seal, it will pass inspection in Virginia.

20points

#57

Innovative

Final score:

39points

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Brett 4 years ago

Technically yes but technically no

68points

#58

A Hot Water Tap In Vietnam

Final score:

39points

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Sueca BMO 4 years ago

I can't see how this could work. It's not the tap that needs to be heated as the water only passes through for a millisecond, thus not long enough to get heated up. Correct me if I'm wrong?

58points

#59

Hand-Drilled Speaker Grill In An Elevator In A Newly Built $100m Building

Final score:

39points

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Someone 4 years ago

This is more r/NotMyJob. Most of the other ones are kinda brilliant in their own way. This just makes me hurt.

28points

#60

Broke My Spray Bottle Trigger, Turns Out A .223 Bullet Casing Fits Perfectly

Final score:

37points

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Mina Molnar 4 years ago

only in america

90points

#61

I Guess The Dryer Relay Went Bad, It Runs When Pushing Start, It Doesn’t Stay Running. I Fixed It, Just Didn’t Repair It Yet

Final score:

36points

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Anna McHugh 4 years ago

I like the distinction between 'fix' and 'repair'. It's one my ex-husband used many times. And eventually one I used on him, which is why he's an ex-husband :)

44points

#62

This Is How My Friend’s Apartment Maintenance Man Decided To Hang The Clothes Rack

Final score:

32points

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Steve Barnett 4 years ago

I don't profess to be that good at DYI, but at least I make the effort. Okay, it looks like it does the job, but still.

16points