Random rough as guts bodges that you built but not worth its own thread, thread

[ThePog]

Was going to put this in the random cool stuff you built thread but in reality it is a fucking rough as bodge and probably not cool at all.

However I often make things like this for a laugh and probably so do you, so now there is a thread for that stuff.

Extra points for repurposing worthless shit.

Like this redneck spa I smashed together over the weekend;

 

Unfortunately the gas ran out for the califont in the shed so couldn't try it out, maybe tonight.

I might put that pump on its own trolley so it can live out of the rain...

[xsspeed]

No! keep the IP99 storage container lid please

[ThePog]

Well that shit is fully designed, engineered and certed by me, so yea maybe.

[h4nd]

I too play bodge'ems, sometimes with shower racks and network investigation gear:

 

[h4nd]

.. and sometimes bodge'em cars:

JB-Weld the water jacket on a car motor?

Job done (dusts hands).

 

<still holding fluids in, years later>

[Lord Gruntfuttock]

I could fill this post with pics of my welds... 

[Vintage Grumble]

This one time, the steering on my jet boat failed whilst I was quite a ways up a river in a rapid. The 3mm thick angle that held the end of the cable thing snapped off, managed to bodge it up with a couple of cable ties and make it home.

The throw of the arm was off also, so it could over center one way and suddenly reverse your steering, made for a few very exciting moments. Fixed it properly with a chunky mount and a throw adjustment.

[ThePog]

Surely cable ties would have been the final fix, I am slightly disappointed that you properly fixed it..

[Bearded Baldy]

Good to see i wasn't the only one thinking that lol

[Lord Gruntfuttock]

Not really rough as needs must etc, but this setup got a 2 tonne rally car thru several stages, at damn near 200kmh. I just liked the vise grip/cable tie combo...

 

[Muncie]

Last thing I built at Rocketlab basically built in a day from stuff on shelf its i nitrogen gas heater for drying out fuel in engines and i could totally use one in my garage.

We had a problem with burning out elements as flow dropped off if someone inadvertently shut valves or cylinders ran out so this detects flow and fires up at a preset flow rate and maintains a set temperature on output.

Was awesome you hooked up nitrogen plugged it in and the only user input needed was making sure the orange light came on then it just shut off once cylinder was empty or you went home.

[ajg193]

Best bodge i did was using high pressure hose from the cowshed as radiator hose on my corolla back in the day. Was still going hard years later when I sold the car. 

[h4nd]

Some folks here on OldSchool do beautiful engineering, and gorgeous woodwork of custom electric basses etc

... and some don't.

[tortron]

there's a perfectly good set of wheels leaning against the fence m8

[Muncie]

If you varnished those wheels......

[Thphantum]

1 hour ago, Muncie said:

If you varnished those wheels......

Your boy would probably buy them lol.

[zach_munce]

4 hours ago, Thphantum said:

Your boy would probably buy them lol.

Dont tempt me

[h4nd]

6 hours ago, tortron said:

there's a perfectly good set of wheels leaning against the fence m8

Now I look at it from a distance, those ply biscuits could connect the Cavalinos to the sack barrow.   

Hypothetically

[CaMpylobacter]

anzac day poppy jammed in a hole in a citroen suspension unit boot to stop leaks. dailyed it for a few weeks like that ha.

 

 

[Valiant]

Over a century later and the ANZACs are still saving the French.