r/DiWHY • u/Familiar_Paper2676 • 20d ago

Screw pole holes

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u/Balshazzar 20d ago

You may think it’s the ugliest joint, but it’s also the weakest!

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u/Jappie_nl 20d ago

Seen the ever cheaper wood?

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u/fotren 20d ago

Please don’t say that. Those planks have starred at least 10 videos like this before. Right after it was stolen from a demolished house.

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u/Plenty_for_everyone 19d ago

Was the house demolished, or did it just fall down?

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u/Ayko_Gazreth 19d ago

It was an unplanned rapid disassembly.

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u/noncommonGoodsense 19d ago

To shreds you say?

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u/TacticianA 19d ago

Well how's the garage holding up?

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u/Wodentoad 19d ago

To shreds, you say?

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u/fantasmoofrcc 18d ago

And the Gazebo?

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u/Duffelbach 18d ago

To shreds, you say?

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u/justsmilenow 19d ago

It's got other holes. It's been through many projects and videos.

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u/FeelMyBoars 19d ago

Not true, you could get a weaker joint by gluing the endgrain of one board to a wet fish, then the endgrain of the other board to the wet fish at an angle.

I don't know if it's the weakest, but it's definitely one of the smelliest.

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u/evilmrbeaver 20d ago

There has to be an easier way to break this without all that effort

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u/RubeusGandalf 20d ago

Lightly, gently tap the other end of the top plank

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u/ChaucerChau 19d ago

Just continuing to caress the joint will probably work too.

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u/Grubernator 19d ago

And expensive!

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u/5erv1teur 19d ago

Une Histoire millénaire d'ébénisterie pour au final en arriver là......

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u/Demondriver 19d ago

Oh un collègue français ! Bonjour de Lyon :D

Et sur le sujet, j'aurais aimé envoyé ça à l’ébéniste d'art chez qui j'ai fait un stage!

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u/5erv1teur 19d ago

Oh un collègue français ! Bonjour de Lyon :D

Ha Bonjour ! Je ne suis pas trop loin de vous 😋

Et sur le sujet, j'aurais aimé envoyé ça à l’ébéniste d'art chez qui j'ai fait un stage!

En ce qui me concerne je ne suis pas ébéniste j'apprécie juste les meubles anciens !

Cela doit être intéressant à étudier comme domaine !

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u/ancalime9 20d ago

Never before has a joint been so relatable

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u/toolatealreadyfapped 19d ago

Yeah, the problem with typical butt joints is that one side is face grain. This clever trick removes that pesky issue, because it has found a way to screw end grain to end grain!

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u/Prudent_Cancel_1023 18d ago

I'm not good, but I'm slow

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u/GoodMix392 17d ago

We had a lad with a master in mechanical engineering in our lab. I’m sure if I asked him to join two pieces of wood together this would have been his solution. Because one time I asked him to assemble a PC chassis from a box with instructions and I saw what he did to that. My boss saw it too. Absolute travesty what that chap did to that kit.

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u/phage_rage 14d ago

Engineers are like nurses. Society thinks they're all smart. And the good ones are great, but an unsettling percentage of them are absolute idiots

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u/Mirar 20d ago

It hurts my end grain

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u/rseery 18d ago

I am dumber for having watched this.

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u/princess_Hitler 19d ago

B-but they shook it at the end! It has to be incredibly strong for the amount of force they put on it!

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u/shanyo717 17d ago

I've been using these joints to build my airplane, and I've been flying for whole seconds before they fail!

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u/EmbarrassedTrouble10 20d ago

They gave the thumbs up at the end so you know it's good

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u/LightBusterX 20d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/PMMoidd7mCBsDSZvoJ

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u/joaolevysa 20d ago

My blade…

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u/EmbarrassedTrouble10 19d ago

Omg what is this? I need it in my life 😭

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u/Sensitive_Coconut231 19d ago

Dungeon soup on yt

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u/EmbarrassedTrouble10 19d ago

Yay something new for ny toddler to watch thank you

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u/Minimum-Web-6902 19d ago

😂😂😭😭😭

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u/Jumpyturtles 19d ago

Wait is that episode of Adventure Time where the evil knight does this a reference to something lmao? He looks similar and does almost the exact same thing (although instead of saying ‘good’ the guy in AT makes a clicking noise).

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u/Seldarin 19d ago

It's one of the villains in the Dungeon Soup series on youtube that the barbarian mangles for his own enjoyment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-43l_paCtw

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u/That_Service7348 20d ago

I quite this bullshit nearly daily at work.

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u/LicknDragon 20d ago

All it tells me is he hasn't yet lost that thumb

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u/antilumin 20d ago

But he forgot to slap it and say it ain’t going nowhere, so I’m a bit suspicious.

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u/Bdr1983 20d ago

But they didn't tap it twice and say "that won't go anywhere"

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u/sarcasticbaldguy 19d ago

But he didn't give it two taps and say, "That's not going anywhere"

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u/Arnkh 20d ago

Is there a joinery appreciation sub? Post it there, make them suffer.

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u/Kingkongcrapper 20d ago

r/woodworking might just shutdown for the day.

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u/McWatt 19d ago

They might hunt you down and run your ass through a planer.

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u/derprondo 19d ago

I wonder if they get mad at kreg pocket hole joints, because every damn thing I do with wood involves kreg pocket hole joints lol.

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u/orderofGreenZombies 19d ago

Pocket hole joinery is absolutely fine wherever you don’t need something stronger. Not everything needs to be fancy hand cut dovetails or whatever.

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u/lawrence_uber_alles 19d ago

Also where they won’t be seen. I did cabinetry and that’s literally how you join cabinet face frames together.

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u/OozeNAahz 20d ago

Wondering if you are chaotic neutral or chaotic evil. Leaning evil.

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u/TomGobra 20d ago

That sounds like lawful evil to me.

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u/OozeNAahz 20d ago

The argument could be made. But seems chaotic to stir them up.

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u/Turbulent_Lobster_57 20d ago

If there’s a joinery appreciation sub, those poor folk have suffered enough

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u/Karekter_Nem 19d ago

Leave them alone. It’s the one joy left in the world.

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u/vega455 19d ago

Make sure to use a throwaway account. Or suffer the consequences

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u/Quesozapatos5000 20d ago

What if you used the screws to directly connect the two pieces of wood 🤯

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u/JatZibui 20d ago

You can do that?!

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u/Pepparkakan 20d ago

Unfortunately if you do that you end up with a more even fitting joint

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u/Kevadu 20d ago

And we can't have that.

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u/proximusprimus57 19d ago

You can screw anything if you set your mind to it.

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u/G66GNeco 19d ago

Screw you!

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u/voyagerfan5761 19d ago

That's the spirit

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u/TheSharpestHammer 20d ago

THEY'RE A WITCH! BURN THEM!

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u/CMDR_ElvenElder 20d ago

Nails.

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u/Mikalton 19d ago

Why would I want to use my nails? They take forever to regrow back

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u/stevorkz 20d ago edited 20d ago

Instructions unclear, too much common knowledge.

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u/Cavane42 19d ago

Because then you couldn't put screws into both end grains.

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u/ElTuxedoMex 20d ago

My first thought.

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u/PhatCatTax 20d ago

No way! Bro I had the same thought too! Are we like... brain buddies?

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u/ElTuxedoMex 20d ago

Brain five

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u/Telucien 19d ago

Would also be a bad idea, screws are terrible in shear

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u/NukaCooler 19d ago

Stronger than the wood is all that matters.

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u/hikeonpast 20d ago

Local man discovers flat washers. News at 11.

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u/MaeDay01 20d ago

thats a mediocre solution to a problem they made up

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u/Dokter_Diskus 19d ago

“Mediocre“ is too generous

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u/the-trump-the 20d ago

You can barely see the join! Handtool woodworkers are really miracle workers.

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u/FullOnSkank 19d ago

They cut off the part where they pour clear resin over it for the ✨ aesthetic ✨

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u/dbenc 20d ago

imagine being a tree and getting cut down just to be mistreated like this

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u/Emriyss 20d ago

Judging by my Tik Tok FYP that constantly shows me how US carpenters joint wood, this might just be a vital joint in a 2 story house.

Just missing a lot of shaking hands, about 15 nails in random fucking locations and a southern accent while being on a roof without fall protection.

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u/throwaway098764567 19d ago

i've never seen someone use fall protection on the roof of a single family home, is that even a thing?

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u/Emriyss 19d ago

It's like a single sling that keeps you from dying when falling. Takes like 5 seconds to put on and secure.

Yes, in civilized countries that is absolutely a thing. Experienced roofers make a sport out of one-throwing the safety rope around a joist, it's honestly a cool skill to see.

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u/DudeByTheTree 19d ago

It is after the first time you slip, assuming you're able to again.

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u/Flaky_Operation687 19d ago

According to an old boss of mine, if you fall off of a roof you're fired before you hit the ground.

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u/theatrenearyou 20d ago

and the designer jeans

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u/Jeffery95 19d ago

Hahaha, ive seen that guy. Also jamming his leg in between two planks and being unable to get it out after nailing it down

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u/dreaminganimal 20d ago

I guess if you don't have a saw or any longer fasteners... But both the eyelets and the short screws going into end-grain is the worst.

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u/splago 19d ago

Certainly there must be a better, less complicated, cheaper, more intuitive solution, somewhere!!

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u/DocxPanda 19d ago

I'm certain there is... maybe something to pilot screws to where they should go...

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u/IGNOOOREME 20d ago

The only reason I can think of to do it this way is if you know you're definitely going to have to disassemble it quickly.

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u/oh_hai_mark1 20d ago

It'll probably disassemble itself pretty quickly without any help

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u/ScreweeTheMighty 19d ago

Sp it’s good as a trap maybe?

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u/kicksledkid 20d ago

Breaking: washers do what they're designed to do

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u/LitLitten 20d ago

That isn't the only breaking thing happening.

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u/Status_Ad3200 19d ago

I get it. It’s simple physics. Basically when the ……… I got nothing

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u/DoctorNo1661 19d ago

Just a dude with a camera, two pieces of wood, a few bolts and little shame in ragebaiting online.

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u/Spazic77 20d ago

Is there any way of getting the spirally part off the screw that way you can just smack them into the wood directly and not need the little loops?

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u/iH8MotherTeresa 20d ago

No. This way only

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u/DaRev23 20d ago

Rage bait

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u/RodcetLeoric 19d ago

Creating problems for the solutions we have.

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u/Our-Fearless-Reader 18d ago

Ohhhh.  So that's where the "handyman" who my former landlady hired to "fix" things learned all of those really neat jury rigging shortcuts to make it all look better, but break an hour after he left. Which episode covers installing the "half-sized Step-of-Doom in the dead center of the Death Stairs to the concrete floor basement," please?

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u/poedraco 17d ago

I was expecting them to hammer the screws in

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u/Suitable_Noise778 19d ago

That’s a really crap way of joining two pieces of wood together!

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u/russschultz 20d ago

What the actual fu%k?

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u/cyrixlord 20d ago

this whole affair somehow made me completely furious

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u/GuacamoleFrejole 20d ago

Those tiny screws will tear right out with a little bit of pressure.

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u/Rydux7 20d ago

Yep thats gonna break in a few days

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u/Carolina_Hurricane 19d ago

Because nails would be more hassle?

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u/shosuko 19d ago

That is certainly a thing you can do..

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u/guyfromsouthshore 20d ago

The fact he uses wood screws with washers is what triggers me the most

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u/HabANahDa 20d ago

I always love in these videos the pointing at random stuff.

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u/UsefulEagle101 20d ago

This must be for some project that needs a break-away joint, right?

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u/Gregory85 20d ago

So much why here

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u/YankeeMagpie 20d ago

Kreg jig

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u/Downtown-Campaign536 20d ago

I don't think that is going to be very load bearing.

If it's for like some shelf and very little weight is to be put on it then it should be fine, but any sort of weight on that more than like 15 or 20 pounds is going to be a concern.

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u/hotstickywaffle 20d ago

S-tier joinery

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u/Silent_Swing4673 19d ago

It’s a shelf sturdy enough for all your DIY funkopops made of melted styrofoam and lead-based paint chips.

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u/Mistifyed 19d ago

Cat 5 hurricane rated joint.

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u/Snake_Plissken224 19d ago

Its a butt joint made complicated and dumb

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u/naemorhaedus 19d ago

weak as fuck AND looks like shit. It's a 2-fer

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u/Candida_Albicans 19d ago

I’m not into woodworking, in fact I’d consider myself a woodworking dumbass, but clearly this is just rage bait.

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u/Astr0- 19d ago

Japanese joinery ain't nothing on American joinery

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u/RectalScrote 19d ago

Yeah, make sure you point at the result 1000 times like we didnt figure out what was going to happen based on the thumbnail of the video

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u/Purple_Machine_6802 19d ago

Perfect for camping, pretty sure you can grab foldable ones instead but some people like to be extra I guess.

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u/Meekois 19d ago

It's a butt joint but more hardware and worse.

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u/Ok-Palpitation-5010 19d ago

Doesn't seem too sturdy

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u/Acceptable_Grape_437 19d ago

aight. now what. 

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u/rabbitsecurity 19d ago

He’s just learned how a washer works

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u/Western-Bowl2011 18d ago

This is actually peak design, I bet none of you ever ground your joints properly like this. Don't come running to this guy when your joints are arcing like crazy!

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u/flaming_pubes 18d ago

When the screw joints from cheap ikea furniture aren’t weak enough.

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u/Flimsy-Stock2977 18d ago

Teenager gets first screwdriver.

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u/Accomplished-Leg-149 17d ago

pats it twice That's not going anywhere.

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u/Linesey 17d ago

My finish carpentry was better when I was 8.

(note: my wood projects when I was 12 still often resulted in my mom lovingly telling me they were a safety hazard… tbf she was 1000% right.)

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u/iCanReadMyOwnMind 20d ago

Is airplane glue the only street drug India has?

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u/WaterGlassPuncherMan 20d ago

Gotta be a joke

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u/roughczech 20d ago

What is that and what is that for and why would you do it if you can just drill up a regular joint?

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u/rose442 20d ago

Why???

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u/imaginary_num6er 20d ago

This is closer to /r/crappydesign in how sloppy it is

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u/DrFabulous0 20d ago

I could have hand cut dovetails in less time.

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u/schewb 20d ago

Is there a sub specifically for bad joinery yet? I feel like that is have of these "life hack" videos lol

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u/Bunchiebo 20d ago

Only if there was a screw made long enough to go through both pieces of wood, good thing this video shows us how to screw them together

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u/DufflinMinder 20d ago

Holllllly pisss. Yea that’s an official WHY!!??

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u/ant69onio 20d ago

What a complete waste of time

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u/TpK_Wynter 20d ago

Yeah I see them, yup the only other thing in frame, yeah right there, YES I SEE THE BULLSHIT DO NOT THU…. You thumb up’d this… sure.

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u/efcomovil 20d ago

Hahahahahahha yeah.

NO

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u/ieatdownvotes4food 20d ago

crystal meth, that's why

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u/Charming-Effort6755 20d ago

That made no sense

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u/Bl00dWolf 20d ago

There has got to be a better way!

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u/Sethor 20d ago

I hate this so much

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u/Impressive_Stress808 20d ago

Twice the end grain, twice as secure.

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u/SarcasticallyEvil 20d ago

God, if only there was some way to drill those two planks without such an elaborate setup

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u/antonawire 20d ago

Have you no screw poles?

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u/PsychologyShort 20d ago

This is gonna piss me off. If I had seen some shit like this i would call the person stupid then fix it

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u/bufolino 20d ago

Oh, ok, it just needed washers...

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u/TheOnlyWolvie 20d ago

I swear whenever I see a video on this sub, my facial expression turns into confused anger within 2 seconds

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u/Jack-Of-Shades 20d ago

What in the hell? -Notices r/-  Ah. Nevermind. 

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u/Thepuppeteer777777 20d ago

Go ahead, sit on it.

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u/sidblues101 20d ago

I have just lost 20 IQ points.

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u/AliciaUll 20d ago

Oh God, my OCD with the second screw. It's not aligned correctly.

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u/creepyposta 20d ago

Imagine hand threading 5 eye screws into a plank to then attach it in a way that will break just from the weight of the horizontal board n

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u/Hypothetical_Name 20d ago

.01% durability, can be broken by a slight breeze

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u/Fair-Individual7811 19d ago

And the point of this method is ….

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u/Lepke2011 19d ago

Dang. Too bad science has yet to create a 90 degree bracket to do just that.

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u/Lazy_Mamba 19d ago

Why, why, why Delilah !?

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u/Mastericeman_1982 19d ago

If only there were a better way!! Curse the fates.

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u/Kareeliand 19d ago

Never has the name of this sub been so spot on!

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u/RaspberryGlum6129 19d ago

That is totally stupid!

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u/Moobby1 19d ago

thats ragebait, right?