Simple Inventions

[unstuck]

There used to be a section in The New Zealand Farmer magazine I think it was, that had a heap of cool ideas from some clever farmers.

[AllanB]

She was on TV a while back with it - designed it for girls and old peoples to use.

[Big Dog]

It is not really all that differcult to learn to use an axe.

We used to get a little magazine called Innovations ( or sommat like that ). Full of bloody useless ' bright ' ideas for mundane tasks around the house.

I was 7 and wanted to cut more kindling than. My brother who was 10. Necessity is the mother of invention.


Stupid phone / Tapatalk, apologies in advance.

[vifferman]

Some years ago, I made a handy-dandy chain cleaner/oiler doofer. Keeps the rear wheel clean, and the excess cleaner/oil drains off into a plastic pot. Cost me $0, because I made it out of assorted crap that was lying around.
I posted pix on here at the time, but I kantbefukt dredging them up again. I've got plans for handy-dandy chain cleaner/oiler doofer (MkII) in my head, which will be even kewler (the doofer AND my head), if I can galvanise myself into action to construct it.
I've invented other shit too, like a doofer which flashed the brakelight in a slowly decaying cycle when the brake was applied. I cheated on that one though - I came up with the concept, and #2Son sorted it out in his head, soldered the bits up, programmed the doohickey and all that, and I only did the easy installation bit. Then the WOF dude said it was illegal (which was weird, because at about that time those wankers at ACC or wherever were talking about making blinky lights on mobikes compulsory). So, I disconnected it momentarily for the WOF, then reconnected it. Then it blew up and I couldn't be arsed with it any more as the novelty had worn off. I'm good like that...

[Robbo]

Some years ago, I made a handy-dandy chain cleaner/oiler doofer. Keeps the rear wheel clean, and the excess cleaner/oil drains off into a plastic pot. Cost me $0, because I made it out of assorted crap that was lying around.
I posted pix on here at the time, but I kantbefukt dredging them up again. I've got plans for handy-dandy chain cleaner/oiler doofer (MkII) in my head, which will be even kewler (the doofer AND my head), if I can galvanise myself into action to construct it.
I've invented other shit too, like a doofer which flashed the brakelight in a slowly decaying cycle when the brake was applied. I cheated on that one though - I came up with the concept, and #2Son sorted it out in his head, soldered the bits up, programmed the doohickey and all that, and I only did the easy installation bit. Then the WOF dude said it was illegal (which was weird, because at about that time those wankers at ACC or wherever were talking about making blinky lights on mobikes compulsory). So, I disconnected it momentarily for the WOF, then reconnected it. Then it blew up and I couldn't be arsed with it any more as the novelty had worn off. I'm good like that...

And that's why "Kiwi Ingenuity" is still alive and well. Simple ideas that have arrived from a need to simplify some gadget or process and coming up with an idea to solve it. Over the years i have seen many simple inventions, mainly from the Trade or Farming sectors. Some have been brilliant, some have been disasterous and some have made lots of money for their inventors. It's always great to hear what others have done in regards to this, just like your two ideas above Vifferman.

[Ocean1]

Firewood seems to take up too much of my time, time I could be playing in the mud.

I reckon if you worked as hard of a cold winter's evening as you do chopping wood during summer you wouldn't need the fucking firewood.

[unstuck]

I reckon if you worked as hard of a cold winter's evening as you do chopping wood during summer you wouldn't need the fucking firewood.

Unfortunately, I get to do firewood all year round.
Admittedly most of the winter work is felling and limbing, but it still keeps you warm.