Angus MacGyver became a pop culture icon because of his innovative DIY solutions. Fans of the hit TV show would fondly remember how he bypassed a high-tech security door by bending light using an ashtray or defused a bomb using a paper clip.
Of course, Hollywood tends to exaggerate, and the chances of meeting an actual Macgyver are slim to none. However, many people have a similar mindset of making do with what they have to get themselves out of a jam.
You will see a lot of these ingenious hacks in the Redneck Engineering subreddit, where people share their clever fixes to some of daily life’s problems. It features photos of makeshift iPad stands, improvised bathtubs, and crafty utensil substitutes.
Here’s our best-of-all-time list for you to enjoy today. Scroll through and be inspired by all the creativity.
#1 Meirl
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#2 Protect Your Tools From The Bottom Of The Ocean
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#3 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
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#4 Fixed The Gate Problem
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#5 Redneck Bed Liner
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#6 Damn, That’s A Clean Duct Tape Paint Job
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#7 Touchless Dispenser
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#8 Protection From Escaping
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#9 Rear Parking Sensor
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#10 When You Ask A Welder To Fix Something For You
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#11 Looks Level To Me
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#12 Tortoise Needed A Viewing Platform/Ramp
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#13 No Caption Needed
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#14 Cut A Pool Noodle In Half To Make A Comfortable Armrest For The Truck. From Australia
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#15 I Guess This Is Better Than Taking It To A Junk Yard
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#16 Found This Fork In My Brothers House And Asked Him Why He Had Done It…. Then He Ran Upstairs To Grab His iPad
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#17 The Birdhouse Booby Trap Device
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#18 Ahoy! I Humbly Submit A Photo From My Redneck Pirate Ship Build
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#19 Would Like To Buy This Guy A Beer And Hear His Story
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#20 Master Lock 100
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#21 This Took A Good Year Or Two To Make
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#22 Steering Wheel Broke, Needed To Finish The Yard. Thankfully I Know How To Drive A Stick
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#23 It Makes Sense
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#24 Dog Accessories
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#25 The Quintessential Redneck Engineer Tool Guide
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#26 Now That’s One Well Engineered Redneck Wood Pile
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#27 Found On Fb, Thought It Was Pretty Slick
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#28 Found This One
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#29 Your Move, Nasa
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#30 Homemade Alarm System
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#31 Who’s Laughing Now?
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#32 My Neighbor Using A Blower Taped To A Skateboard On A Rope To Clean The Roof
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#33 My 12 Year Old Son Modified His Bike With Carpet For Barefoot Riding
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#34 I Work At A Warehouse In Sweden, And Recently They Halved The Speed Of All Forklifts (From 16 Km/H To 8 Km/H) For Safety Reasons. I Just Thought They Put Some Limiter In The Software, But No. They Found A Far Smarter Solution…
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#35 Do You Need A Shower?
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#36 I Couldn’t Find Any Washers That Would Fit Over The Heads Of Screws… So… Yep
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#37 Used A Leaf Blower And A Funnel To Inflate A Pool. Actually Worked Fairly Quickly
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#38 This Counts, Right?
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#39 Buoyancy
2 Korean student’s made a raft out of potato chip bags to prove they have too much air in them
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#40 When You Gotta Have Your Tunes
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#41 Found At A Rural Gas Station:
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#42 Almost Can’t Tell…
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#43 Slavic Redneck Piping
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#44 Found In A Group Called “Stairs Designed By People Who Aren’t Afraid To Die” But I Still Quite Like How Simple And Cheap A Solution It Is
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#45 Safe As Houses
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#46 This Put A Quick Stop To The Guys Who Were Carelessly Dribbling On The Floor Of Our Office Restroom
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#47 When Someone Buys You A Bath Bomb And You Only Have A Shower
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#48 Whoever Built This Might Have A Phd In Redneck Engineering
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#49 For Remote Teaching Without A Document Camera
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#50 When You Forget Your Spoon At Home
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