94 Of The Funniest Woodworking Fails That Ended Up On This Online Group

As cliche as it sounds, masters of crafts aren't born. They're made through hard work, failure, and perseverance. So while someone hasn't traveled far on the road to excellence, they are destined to make mistakes. And the subreddit '[Bad] Woodworking' has plenty of examples to prove it.

Sharing pictures of various projects falling short of their ideal version, this online community embraces Bob Ross' happy accident approach and provides quite a few lighthearted giggles along the way. Whether it's a child's pencil holder or a driver's phone holder, if there's a production, there's a way to mess it up!

#1 Homer's Spice Rack. Made For A "Shi**y" Gift Exchange

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#2 Made This When I Was About 5 Or 6. Pencil-Holding Caterpillar For My Dad To Use At Work

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#3 A Kitty Door In A Door

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#4 Made A Small Box Out Of Popsicle Sticks To Hold Toothpicks For My Work Truck

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#5 Phone Holder For Google Maps And An 800 Mile Trip. I Had 15 Minutes-Ish And Very Few Tools On Hand

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#6 Tricycle

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#7 There Was An Attempt

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#8 First Railing Lmao. Swear I Used My Tape Measure

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#9 TV Remote, Friend Said His Kids Kept Losing The Remote So This Was The Solution

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#10 My Dad's Cutting Board

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#11 My Dad Made This Terrible Table

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#12 How About These Genuinely Sh*tty Steps In Our Garden ?

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#13 Made A Stool. Despite Its Questionable Looks It Is Actually Quite Comfortable And Steady

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#14 No Fires Allowed... So Tiny Scraps Turn Into... Kind Of Larger Scraps

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#15 Sh*tty Reconstructed Pallet Table

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#16 Friend Made Beer Pong Table Out Of A Door His Dad Kicked In, Thought It Belonged Here

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#17 Needed A Stand So I Made This From Scrap

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#18 Finally Finished The Treehouse, Total Cost Around $50. Everything Was Made From Items Found In A Barn

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#19 Found In The Wild…

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#20 A Stool Sample

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#21 Old Desk Left By The Old Owners Of Our New House

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#22 Didn't Want To Rent A Crane So I Built One Out Of 2x4s

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#23 Practiced Making A Picture Frame From A 2x4. No Planning Ahead. Turned Out As Expected

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#24 Recently Finished Project

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#25 Finally Get To Make A Post Here! Made Some Legs For This Leopard Bench

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#26 Did I Win The Sub With This One?

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#27 Made A Ramp For The Dogo, But I Guess It Was Too Sh**ty Since She Refuses To Use It

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#28 Deodorant Holder, My Wife Asked "Why Is There A Baby Stump On My Counter?" Lol

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#29 Combination Wardrobe And Nap Spot, First Thing I’ve Build Out Of Wood How’d I Do?

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#30 Happy Hannukah You Hacks

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#31 Found This On Fb. What Do You Think?

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#32 So We're Posting Sh**ty Treehouses Now??

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#33 I Give You The Double Decker Sofa. Ideal For Game Night With The Guys

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#34 This Coffee Table I Made

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#35 Plywood Chic

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#36 Lid Handle Fell Off, Wood Scrap Pile To The Rescue!

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#37 #update On My Shitty Wooden Chandelier. Thats How It Looks Finished

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#38 I Made This Stool A While Ago—thought I’d Share

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#39 From The "Quick And Dirty" File

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#40 Who Would Want To Do This To Their House?

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#41 I See Lots Of Beautifully Made Mallets In Various Subs, Behold My Sh*tty Contribution

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#42 I Needed A Weight Holder So I Cut Two Pallets And Screwed Them Together With Boards. Done

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#43 Walnut Sculpture I Made. My Wife Thinks It Looked Too Much Like A Certain Distasteful Emoji

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#44 Professionally Made And Polished Thing To Hold Log When I Saw

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#45 Standing Desk

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#46 8 Cuts + 12 Screws. Does The Job Though!

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#47 Repurposed Free Wood Has Become Ugly Garage Work Bench. Much Sturdy, Much Eyesore

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#48 Soap Holder At My Friend’s House

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#49 Dice Tower Made From Sturdy Wood And A Firm Plastic Adhesive In 2020, Not To Brag But This Piece Speaks For Itself

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#50 Did I Have The Correct Tools? No. Does It Look Good? No. Does It Function Well? No. Am I An Idiot? I Don't Have All The Answers

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#51 Sh*tty But Effective Toddler Deterrence For Our Lazy Susan

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#52 Finally Found A Reddit Where I Can Show Off. Here You Can See A Bird House, Made It Myself

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#53 Took The Glass From An Old Scale To Make A Window. I Need To Start Actually Trying When Taking Measurements

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#54 When In Doubt, Screw It

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#55 It Ain't Pretty But It'll Work To Keep Clothes Off The Bedroom Floor

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#56 I Also Made A Sh**ty Phone/Tablet Stand

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#57 Was Told You Guys Might Appreciate My Teapot. Kettle Handle Used To Get Hot. Not Anymore

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#58 Some Sage Advice

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#59 Woke Up To Snowmageddon In Texas And Sister Asked If I Had A Sled For Her Daughter (Which I Didn't) So I Built Her A Shitty One Real Quick

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#60 0% Waste

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#61 I Needed Shelves And Had An Old Kitchen Bench. Admire My Bodge Job

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#62 Didn't Wanna Pay $13 For An Extension Cord Reel. I'll Make My Own With $1.30 In Materials And $1,300 In Tools

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#63 Stand For My Wife’s Mini X-Mas Tree. Weights Are To Keep The Cats From Pulling It Over

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#64 Tower Built. No Blueprint, First Saw. 3 Hurricanes And 5 Years Later Still Standing

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#65 First Metal Free Build. Incredibly Unstable, 4/10 Woodnt Recommend

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#66 Another Chair Made Out Of My Deck I Demolished

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#67 If You Can Build Something With Less Effort That Will Hold Your A** Up… Show It Here

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#68 I Slaughtered A Guitar Neck I Was Making, But Needed A Chisel Holder

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#69 Absolutely Textbook Quality Dovetails On My First Attempt

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#70 Monitor Riser Stand Made With Hand Tools Only

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#71 Cat Water Bowl Holder, Made From Scrap Wood & Cracked Where You See The Glue, A Bit Over Halfway In The Middle. Top Piece Was Warped, I Also Used 18 Gauge Brad Nails To Keep It Together. Notice The Beautiful Clamp Marks & The Wedge I Tacked On To Keep It Level. Hole Cut Out W/ Jig Saw

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#72 When You Run Out Of Money For The Real Mounts, You Gotta Make Do

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#73 Quick And Dirty Panel Lifter. Needed To Move A Sheet Of Plywood By Myself And Threw This Together With Scrap Bin Wood. Ugly Af But It Worked!

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#74 Checkout My Sh*tty Bench-Top Sander!

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#75 Sh**ty Coffetable For My Coffee

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#76 The Underside Of This Deck

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#77 Needed A Workbench, Made A Workbench

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#78 My 2 Year Old And I Are Making A Tree House! Its Only 3 Feet Off The Ground :) And I Couldn't Figure Out How To Make The Hole The Size Of The Tree?

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#79 My Crowning Achievement. This Bad Boy Presses All The Goo Out Of Tofu So That I Can Fry It Later. Improvements Will Be Made. Oh Yes

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#80 This Mallet Someone Made

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#81 Made This See-Saw With Scraps In My Garage

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#82 Made A Stool

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#83 Truck

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#84 Roast My First Bench

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#85 When It Works, It Works

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#86 Anaheim Convention Center

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#87 It’s The Attention To Detail That Really Sets This Transition Apart From The Rest

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#88 Check Out My New Laundry Shelf. I Made It Myself

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#89 Slapped Together Access For The Far End Of My Chicken Coop

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#90 The Excellent Framing Work At A Job Site I'm At

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#91 Literal Trash, But It's The Perfect Size And Shape

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#92 Six Modelos In And My Wife Tells Me That I Needed To Get The Cucumbers Going Up A Trellis. No Problem, Dear. Ezpz

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#93 This Sub Is Perfect For Me As I Don't Care About Aesthetics And Only Functionality. Here's A Sh**ty Bench

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#94 Ia This An Optical Illusion?

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