r/redneckengineering • u/lskerlkse • 3d ago

my folks' microwave

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u/Acceptable_Long_6277 3d ago

The woodgrain upgrade is pure class

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u/EvenConversation9730 3d ago

The fact their microwave and oven times match is what blows me away. I can never get those damn things to line up for more than a day

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u/lskerlkse 3d ago

My dad is anal about that. I will let him know that you noticed... he arranges then presses the buttons at the exact time

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u/EvenConversation9730 3d ago

A man of patience and attention to detail. I respect that. Tell him I said hi

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u/MoistStub 2d ago

I do the same thing but one runs faster than the other. It is infuriating.

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u/lordrefa 1d ago

What do you mean more than a day? Digital clocks don't drift like cheap analog clocks do. In one day they will be effectively exactly the same amount of sync'd that they were the day before.

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u/RobertPaulsonXX42 3d ago

Ahh yes, GE, the company that cant make a microwave handle that wont break for the life of them. This is a sweet idea.

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u/lskerlkse 3d ago

Exactly. They gorilla glued the crack in the first handle, then replaced it for the new one to just break again. Now here we are with a piece of scrap cedar my dad's friend Larry had laying around.

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u/B-HOLC 2d ago

Common "Dad's friend Larry" Win

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u/scrabapple 3d ago

I have the same microwave, the handle is still on.

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u/lskerlkse 2d ago

nice, you must gently open and close it

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u/officer21 3d ago

GE hasn't owned GE appliances since 2016

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u/TraneingIn 3d ago

This is the opposite of redneck

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u/SnooPears1219 3d ago

I did something like that years ago. A replacement handle would cost almost as much as a new micro, so I just McGivered one...

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u/AKLmfreak 3d ago

A touch of mid-century charm.

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u/flydriller 2d ago

Sort of like an AK47 with the wooden furniture

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u/Jinzot 15h ago

Growing up we had a microwave with a jenga block screwed into the door for the handle. I brought it with me to college for all four years lol

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u/lskerlkse 14h ago

that's awesome

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u/XROOR 2d ago

Birdseye Hot Pocket Maple