What have you redneck engineered today...

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I prefer the term "rural"-engineered. Life is different when the nearest hardware store is an hour away.

This is my 5.56 NATO pocket reamer. Pull out the set of precision drill bits, find the one smaller than .223". Clamp it in the bench vise. Wear 7-mil nitrile gloves.

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Edit: I'm *really* impressed by that non-square piece of 2x4, Jonny2Guns.
 
Also not gun related. We arc welded downhole on a directional bore to recover a broken drill stem. Was broken off under a road where we couldn't dig to the break. We tack welded 10 welding rods end to end, energized the string of them and hoped for the best. It worked!

I have done something along the same line but just taped my stinger to a broom handle and used one rod at a time. I had water running on my weld both times I used that technique and it worked both times, saving a great deal of time and labor.

Gun wise all my pistol cleaning rods are home made along with a bunch of punches, scribes, and tiny wood carving chisels to name a few. I even made custom fitted powder funnels for the calibers I reload the most.
 
not proud of this one, but it works

Same here, this 40 year old 'portable' press built with a chain saw has served well including all the time it spent
bouncing around in the back of the rig while working in the boondocks. A log butt served to prop the press up vertical.
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Others include a powder drop set up for loading black powder cartridges and a horn with a compartment for carrying pistol balls.
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I have done something along the same line but just taped my stinger to a broom handle and used one rod at a time. I had water running on my weld both times I used that technique and it worked both times, saving a great deal of time and labor.

Gun wise all my pistol cleaning rods are home made along with a bunch of punches, scribes, and tiny wood carving chisels to name a few. I even made custom fitted powder funnels for the calibers I reload the most.

We had a break at a joint 10 feet into the roadway. Factory defect on nearly new drill rod, as there was almost zero pitch or steer on the bore. Actually pushed the welding rod (9' taped with 50 mil insulator tape) through the first rod to the broken zone and slagged the whole thing to tack weld the rods at the joint, then threaded in good rod and gingerly pulled out the 20 foot section to get to a good joint, break off, thread on and proceed as normal. We had 90' of almost new drill stem and $10K of rock tooling and sonde down hole.
 
was going to take my car to the wash to vaccume it out, decided I didn't want to take the 15 minutes down and 15 minutes back, to pump quarters into a machine. my shop vac kind of sucks, but not in a good way, so - I just took everything out of my auto and had at it with a leaf blower. now that isn't firearm related, other than sometimes I transport equipment to the range in the vehicle, and they don't particularly like sand and dirt, so - guess in a stretch kind of way firearm related. now wondering if I can clean up my relaoding area with the same technique.
 
was going to take my car to the wash to vaccume it out, decided I didn't want to take the 15 minutes down and 15 minutes back, to pump quarters into a machine. my shop vac kind of sucks, but not in a good way, so - I just took everything out of my auto and had at it with a leaf blower. now that isn't firearm related, other than sometimes I transport equipment to the range in the vehicle, and they don't particularly like sand and dirt, so - guess in a stretch kind of way firearm related. now wondering if I can clean up my relaoding area with the same technique.
I use my electric leaf blower to blow out the car. also use it in the garage and for the kids car seat after I hoes it down!
 
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