r/Redneckengineering | i cannot handle this.

[@loriw2661]

When I here Lexi’s voice it doesn’t matter what she’s talking about, it’s gonna be great!!! Thank you, The Lexi-kitty!!❤️🌈

[@coffee1635]

She?

[@whizthesugoi]

She's too powerful The chaos is tangible!

[@HotSpaceFanatic]

Yes, Lexi's trans.

[@coffee1635]

@@HotSpaceFanatic neat i wa sjust confused for a sec

[@kezottle]

Thank god we sorted out the pronoun thing early on in the thread cause theres always arguments about this kinda stuff

[@tessiepinkman]

Lexi is the only person qualified to narrate this subreddit. No shade towards the other guys, absolutely not - they are awesome and sometimes even MORE than awesome, but it's just something special when you hear Lexi's happy-confused squeal-laughter when she sees something that she both loves and is horrified by at the same time, especially when it comes to tech related stuff.

[@markob8934]

Good morning

[@Boston20888]

So real

[@barelyrayssa9808]

Lexi matching the energy of the subreddit and making everything more and more chaotic

[@word-soup]

I like your pfp

[@hbpstudio29]

She IS from Florida (I believe) sooo it makes sense..

[@barelyrayssa9808]

@@word-soup this is the second time this happens, what is life???

[@SilentHallows]

I feel like Lexi really fits this subreddit and other Tech based ones, since she has some background info to Try to explain.

[@F0xtrat775]

Lexi is the definition of chaotic

[@davidzea-smith1417]

Chaotic Good

[@OwODemon666]

Chaotic Chaos

[@F0xtrat775]

@@OwODemon666 YES!

[@scrammusic2618]

Agreed!!!!😂

[@AnaraetheDerg]

So true! But the best kind of chaotic! :3

[@lynneconklin917]

Omg. I absolutely love Lexi's enthusiasm.

[@ameliarose47]

Lexi's "One of them escaped!" killed me. I swear she has such a great personality and humor.

[@SkyeBoundExists]

lexi is the person that makes me know i don’t have to be girly girl and trans and pursue my interests

[@syd6654]

Lexi on the more tech-y subs is amazing. She just nerds out about it and it’s really interesting to actually learn stuff in a meme video!

[@yoahnoah9780]

man in my opinion lexi is the best narrator for emkay. i like robin but sometimes he just kinda gets rid of the positive vibe when he gets angry but lexi is just always entertaining

[@WaldoWheresReal]

agreed. He's pretty cool sometimes (for other repliers, I know, you don't need to tell me)

[@sleepdeprivedjuicebox]

lexi makes me feel better about being trans

[@SeattleSummers122]

agreed, something about her voice just gives me good vibes

[@sleepdeprivedjuicebox]

been watching for years @emkay hearting my comment made my lil depressed heart skip. thank for all the content ✨

[@wumbology6072]

Same same

[@ferdous.111]

Imagine

[@QueenHollyxx]

same

[@dirkkrohn1907]

The main bookshelves in my bedroom in the house I grew up in until my father pasted away were made from stacking bricks and boards. The bench made that way reminded me of them.

[@JaxAttax451]

That’s what we in the fire service call “Job Security”😂😂😂

[@jenniferstewarts4851]

6:57 "Is it a yacht? technically if its longer then 35' and 2 + decks. Yes... By the looks of it its 2.5 decks if you include the sleeping loft as a half deck. likely build on top of a sailboat so theres the sailboats lower deck, and the box's middle deck.

[@frauleinloonylove7273]

I love that Lexi's got stories of her own ingenuity to go along with her narration of the posts. She's a chaotic Violet Baudelaire!

[@alexisgrunden1556]

5:50 ElectroBOOM? Is that you, man? Dude, I thought you learned your lesson with the DI-WHY mini hedge-trimmer!

[@michaeljohnson1117]

10:45 Think that pic was taken before the "testing" phase of this transformation. Their cargo area is blocking the pedal so they pretty much just made a fancy stationery shelf. 😂

[@roberthardy9625]

My favourite Emkay narrator is The Lexi Kitty and I love it when Lexi talks about technology or other stuff also when Lexi gets frustrated of what photos or videos it's funny to watch. Lexi I love watching Emkay and your KZbin channel called Lexi Kitty as well😁👍😂

[@allhonesty848]

Normally I say "if it's stupid but it works then it's not stupid" but in the case of that battery clamp made with pliers and a ziptie, DO NOT DO THAT. As a former ASE Cert. Master Mechanic, I can tell you: doing things like that can severely injure or kill you.

[@MikrySoft]

Sure, but what's the worst case scenario here? Poor connection and some heating, at worst some molten insulation. It's the negative terminal, it can't short anywhere and cause a fire. Even if it were to fall off when the car was running it will either a) keep running (and possibly slowly kill all electronics with voltage spikes) b) shut down the car, which is not ideal, but not inherently dangerous. I wouldn't take this contraption on a highway and get it replaced ASAP, but real, imminent risk seems fairly minimal to me.

[@allhonesty848]

@@MikrySoft I know a guy who welded his wedding ring to his finger while attempting something like this with uninsulated pliers on the positive terminal. The pliers touched the ring which touched the car body. His ring had to be cut off and his finger...well...you ever see the video of the hotdog being electrocuted? The sight of it has stuck with me and I feel sorta obligated to at least try to warn people against repeating his mistake. It's not something I ever want to see again.

[@allhonesty848]

If you HAVE to do this and you are safe about it, use round headed vise grips or a good, adjustable hose clamp. Something that will lock on and actually hold the wires in place. Those zip ties will slip off too easily.

[@SilentHallows]

​@@MikrySoft worse case scenario: Violent Death by Electricution, also Electric Burns are not fun, and usually are extreme severe.

[@SilentHallows]

​@allhonesty848 I've had an experience with a mild electric shock before, I remember being unable to let go, and it felt like pins and needles through my body. And that was only a low Voltage shock.

[@anothermereapostleofjimpickens]

Lexi has so much random info. I relate to her on a spiritual level

[@Aperson11028]

Aw Lexi sorry about your “parents” but it’s impressive you still managed to do what you wanted in life

[@echothefreak9396]

Any videos with Lexi talking about engineering I’ll watch, whether or not I understand it doesn’t matter. Bonus points if she explains it

[@mcraft5559]

10:40 $351b of the unwirtten rules of craftsmanship: NEVER use an impact drill with a swivel

[@eDoc2020]

At my workplace there's a tape dispenser which used to slide around too much. A previous employee fixed the problem by taping a dead UPS battery to it. One of those dense 12v 7.2Ah bricks, I'm sure Lexi knows exactly the type. Completely coincidentally, my doorstop is the same kind of battery. Before anyone freaks out, these are lead-acid batteries. They don't become "spicy pillows" like lithium-ion batteries sometimes do. And they're totally dead so nothing bad would happen if you short the terminals. Lead-acid batteries can be dangerous if they leak acid but these are sealed AGM ones with completely undamaged cases so the risk is minimal.

[@ThatSky_Cuber]

oh.. thank you for information about lead-acid batteries especially AGM ones

[@NickMC512]

When I saw the video title, I instantly hoped that Lexi was in charge of the commentary. Happy to say I was not disappointed!

[@mactep1]

Believe it or not, 220 actually makes it safer, since only half the current is passing through *that,* when compared to 110.

[@LabCat]

TIL that Lexi really is into redneck engineering... but her limits for said kind of engineering are "Well, it's not on fire, and it's not in my house." I agree with this.

[@Y.n61757]

When I hear lexis voice I feel like the world is at peace

[@FrizzledSynth]

Lexi is just chaotic good incarnate and I love that so much

[@00andJoe]

0:50 - Given that's a MasterLock on that thing, anyone who's seen the LockPickingLawyer knows that car is LESS secure now.

[@mallowhoney]

My fiancee is also Trans Woman In STEM and I can't resist sending the Lexi videos her way because it all goes over my lipstick psychology degree head but I love her and I want her to get the chuckle I would have had if I'd done better in sciences.

[@jakoblent4694]

1:06 that is a masterlock so really that door is getting opend when a thief just sneezes at it

[@liamcoulthard2101]

I love it when Lexi narrates

[@enerioffutt1881]

Lexy is, without a doubt, my very favorite Emkay.

[@Donut0389]

The impact with the extension and swivel...good memories. Got a nice little scar slowly fading on my forehead from an impact wrench flinging an 18mm at me at the speed of mach FUCK.

[@Shae_Sandybanks]

My uncle (who's a metal work artist) tuned the front half of a mini into a movable bbq (lift up the hood to access). It was so cool

[@karuiGaming]

1:49 I haven't seen these things in FOREVER. You're right its a boombox but it's also a radio, you can see the antenna on the back view

[@WilburJaywright]

13:00 foam core PVC, which is far more common, is not rated for pressure. But, solid core pressure rated PVC could take 40 psi with just standard cleaner and cement easy.

[@jimwormmaster]

3:36: Improvise. Adapt. Adapt. Adapt. Adapt. Adapt. Overcome.

[@jayguerber7879]

10:48 Bro has the rustmobile 9000 💀

[@MSRTA_Productions]

Another day, another Lexi!

[@Garthman03]

Idk if it's been said, but "Zip ties go brrr" is actually a thing called 'racing stitch'

[@Bobis32]

yep would have fixed my bumper that way when it got hit by an idiot in civic 4 door but it tore the blinker reflector mounts off so i just bought and aftermarket bumper and did a metallic black spray job on it, ive gotten way to many compliments on the way it looks from non-car people

[@alexismyers6053]

My grandma and I use potato mashers for EVERYTHING. Potatoes, eggs, bananas, anything we need mashed, potato masher is the tool for the job. It’s so much fun to use lol especially since I’ve recently been on a homemade banana muffin kick (with dark chocolate chips and walnuts, YUM!). We have a little mini masher that is PERFECT for mashing up the bananas!

[@feldspar4190]

The one in the video was definitely a fly swatter right? I was so confused Lexi was so okay with it

[@alexismyers6053]

@@feldspar4190 lol I wasn’t paying attention so I forget what it looked like.

[@alexmuse3565]

Lexi! My favorite narrator ♥️

[@AIHumanEquality]

Yas.

[@archmagexiv]

The Lexi Kitty has returned! Yay! 💜💜

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

11:16 That is an oscillating drum sander... As the drum spins, it will also move up and down to help keep the sandpaper from clogging up as fast as well as giving a better surface finish to the sanded work...

[@M4lfucnt10ned]

i just noticed lexi is the only girl in the emkay narrating team

[@kirito..]

‏‪14:24‬‏ even the battery says : DIE HARD

[@watarod]

2:11 For anyone wondering, this is a Sharp GF-320

[@EllpaFox47]

Lexi’s last little rant hits hard When “you need some milk” was the big meme someone said that to me and I just responded “Nuh-uh! I hate milk”

[@philippeleprohon4823]

18:19 I'm definitively gonna use this from now on if a joke passes over someone else's head lmao

[@frankhooper7871]

After moving from California to England, I used some Scotch tape on the capstan of an old reel-to-reel tape recorder to compensate for the difference between 60hz and 50hz cycle

[@eDoc2020]

I can just imagine the wow and flutter. How bad was it in reality?

[@yaywowa]

Fact: Vet wrap is the version duct tape you put on any living thing. It's just like duct tape but is made for being on living things make way better in that aspect

[@silverbloodborne9495]

Someone in robotics class while i was still there Made w fully functional lethal ballistas

[@rakashael]

The very first thing I learn in my engineering 01 class: "If it looks stupid but it works, it ain't stupid." This is the best advice any engineer can carry to job.

[@AIHumanEquality]

Princess Lexikitty is the best Disney Princess.

[@DavidVanVlerah]

So nice to be given a Lexi throwback now and then. Miss her.

[@firefox3187]

17:37 love the licence plate body work, then sprayed black ❤

[@meganwarren221]

When I saw red neck engineering I literally said 'oohh, I hope its lexi'. Her apparition for extremely weird stuff is just magic!!

[@jaysea5939]

18:26 "once you get into steel series you've gone too far, all you know is fasteners, you read McMaster's every night"

[@barrydheil]

8:56 Just get a pair of vise grips, irwin literally make channel lock vise grips, and they'd be cheaper and more effective than that, because that irwin clamp looks brand new and those sell new for the same price as the channel lock vise-grips do.

[@davidvanvlerah7825]

"One of them escaped!" Lol. Gold.

[@BHStudios01]

Yeah, when I moved down here to FL, I was legit surprised that there are no car inspections down here. Especially coming from New Jersey, where inspections used to be INSANELY strict, until the state stopped funding for thorough inspections, making residents have to fork over money to go to private inspection companies.

[@EmpressUmeko]

As a Sweed, my soul died a bit seeing a volvo cut and turned into a trailer

[@railstofails1396]

That roman candle thing reminds me of a friend. They called it a “Stupid Stick” and when lit, it was GLORIOUS! Only brought it out for 4th of july. They haven’t done it for years tho. Kinda miss it.

[@selener_sense]

1:13 that is a really thin microwave, it’s designed that way so it will fit where an old vent hood was without having to get new cabinets above it

[@LizFromDecencyUnited]

8:05 - I love how that monstrosity has the handlebars from like, a 1970 Schwinn Stingray. You know, the ones that had a banana seat and a sissy bar...... (yes, I DID have one! Ha!)

[@WackoMcGoose]

9:12 What in the mountain-burning gender reveal party is that.

[@AroAce_Psychopath]

That's a way of describing LoL r/brandnewsentence

[@WackoMcGoose]

@@AroAce_Psychopath It's also exactly what happens on an annual basis here in the Pacific Northwest. Some inbred clown fiesta in Cali decides to hold a gender reveal party with illegal pyrotechnics, a fire inevitably happens, and burns down the entire Cascade Mountains. The one in September 2020 was particularly vicious of a three-state fire!

[@TheSanpletext]

15:15 that's not swamp cooler, as the moisture doesn't escape the ice tray. It's heat exchanger where the removed energy is used to melt the ice in the box while it also doesn't escape the container. It has very limited timespan for exchanging heat, but it's better (and actually cools) unlike swamp cooler which uses humidity to create senstion of cooling.

[@shannonp1656]

I would love to have seen Lexi reacting to some of these. The voice conveys a lot, but sometimes I want more. Redneck Lexi.

[@Thoringer]

6:20 sad fact: They DID have a Golf-based truck until the Balkan wars. The factory was in Sarajevo - and you may have heard that this became a battleground when Serbia attacked and in the process destroyed the VW plant.

[@sambrown6426]

7:18 There are 2 of those at my school. They've been there for at least 8 years or so, and people use them, and they work. They're not the comfiest things, but they work.

[@maledictionwolf]

4:27 Engineering history with the LexiKitty!

[@m310grass]

At 9:27 you can see a street sign for shakedown street which is the name of a Grateful Dead song and the origin of the name shakedown street market, the impromptu markets set up at Dead shows, long story short, it definitely followed the Grateful Dead around

[@theagence2334]

1:09 is dr doofenshmirtz gonna come out and start a monologue about this thing?? 😭

[@theagence2334]

so im a few minutes into the video and only now have i realised that this comment can apply to literally anything on this subreddit.. ☠️

[@sgtwhisker26]

13:21 It looks like they try to put a lift kit on a lawnmower

[@kingkitryne]

lexi!!! i love lexi so much, im so glad to hear her lovely voice today :>

[@MaximNightFury]

The ATF can do all they want... this person has a 99 round bazooka

[@Katniss218]

Lexi is my favourite narrator

[@Neris-of-the-other]

"You are using a Masterlock #7. It can be opened using a masterlock #7."

[@Zoon06]

7:02 so if u get any bills u can just microwave them out of existence 😁

[@RasmusBerggren-uo6uu]

You burn em stupid

[@michaelwautraets7126]

1:22 that right there is a pizza oven.

[@calebrimer2870]

14:03 like a beer peddler thing from a big city, but far more family friendly and a lot more OSHA violation

[@-A_Random_User-]

Emkay uploaded another new video while I was watching another Emkay video :0

[@savannah4439]

I’m too dumb to understand 90% of this video, but I enjoyed it nevertheless 😂😂

[@Psi_Fan123]

The lights hooked up to the solar panels is actually smart because during the day you use use less power you need to pay for and at night turn on the light on so you save a small bit of power for tomorrow so you spend a bit less cash.

[@michaelwanamaker9829]

...You still need to pay for the power to run the lights.

[@Psi_Fan123]

@@michaelwanamaker9829 no... it comes from the solar panel if you read it properly...

[@eDoc2020]

@@Psi_Fan123 The shadow of the lights will greatly cut down on the solar electricity being used. Ignoring that, the amount of light the electric light produces is much less than the amount of sunlight needed to generate the electricity. Let's say the lights use 100 watts, the extra power the solar panels produce from this will be 10 watts if you are lucky. That's a net loss of 90 watts.

[@Psi_Fan123]

@@eDoc2020 you see you can avoid the shadows and also who said that they use that much power? Can't you get some that would have a much less loss?

[@eDoc2020]

@@Psi_Fan123 The theoretical max efficiency for white LEDs is about 40% and the best commercially available solar panels are about 25% efficient. So if you put electricity into the lights you'd end up with only 10% back through the panels. And that's assuming the spectra are matching and they don't, actual results would be much worse. You'd need over 100% to come back for it to be worthwhile, and that is against the first law of thermodynamics. The only way it would make sense in reality is if you can buy electricity very cheaply but can sell solar-generated power at astronomical rates. Some incentive programs will pay a few times market rate for solar power but none are near high enough to cheat the system this way. The practical thing you might run into is if the solar panels are powering a completely separate system. One example is a solar-powered calculator, another one is a solar-recharging automated flush valve for a toilet. These are all very low power things.

[@aaronalkor]

0:42 Alert! Containment Breach! Floridian missing from The Zoo!

[@Yeeeeeet-dr7yt]

0:49 I think that's an early 2000s Chevy Silverado 1500, based on the trim, part of the badge, and shape. I've seen a GMC from around the same era that had a pull starter from the engine connected so you could use the handle.

[@anna9072]

2:27 seems like no one bothered to look too closely at this one, because if you do, you can see that the fan is still in its original box, in a cargo carrier on the back of an RV. Not redneck engineering at all, just a fan in a secure exterior holding area.

[@HappyDemonXI]

0:46 I wouldn't be surprised if that was Mr. Bean's car painted white.

[@neganick]

Lexi is a connoisseur of redneck engineering. She is the perfect fit for this and any other tech or redneck adjacent subreddit!

[@lordbiskinstudio9024]

2:16 I posted this and forgot to say that the tape deck is dead 💀 so

[@nebulan]

10:32 when you have to change software that connects to other software but you can only change one of the programs at a time

[@vinnie_the_pooh11]

I think the person with the padlock on his car watched Mr. Bean a little too close 😂

[@AIHumanEquality]

Technically you can generate a neverending current but you'd need a constant electrostatic source to generate it so it doesn't lose power over time and such a thing doesn't exist on Earth yet.

[@RasmusBerggren-uo6uu]

I just made the cringe-o-nator it creates energy when I use it on something cringe * uses it on the people that says first* OH GOD

[@TreatMySoul]

Wow, they're literally surprised that truck have a padlock, meanwhile mr bean's car has a bigger one

[@ashleyel-khashab]

8:03 the sad part is that it's a vintage John Deere lawn mower from the 70's I believe. It's a John Deere 56

[@masterridley8593]

These are some of the most beautifully cursed things ever. (and sometimes just beautiful)

[@WilburJaywright]

15:24 was your freezer in the same apartment you were trying to cool?

[@eDoc2020]

She was only trying to cool the area directly in front of the computer. So even though the overall temperature went up due to the freezer the localized area of interest could be truly cooler.

[@WilburJaywright]

@@eDoc2020 I have been wondering if I could stick the rear end of a freezer outside the building and have the door side of the freezer inside and save energy that way. Depends on how strong the refrigerator compressor is I guess.

[@eDoc2020]

@@WilburJaywright That's basically what a window air conditioner is, right? The main difference is the freezer is made to operate at lower temperatures on the cold side and this could affect the performance and/or longevity. What might work better is the exact opposite, putting the freezer's cold side outside in the winter to make a DIY heat pump for heating.

[@CarlaJackson-jg1wv]

Im gonna steal all of emkays wholesome memes. That way no one gets wholesome memes

[@ethanaerni8938]

3:48 220 out of a 110 volt outlet is scary!