On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:01:12 -0600, Ignoramus689
wrote:

What was the most ill-conceived, unsuccessful, and worthless/expensive
DIY style project that you undertook (I would say without counting any
injuries as they could outweigh everything else)?

My biggest one is a shed that I built. Not counting my shoulder sprain
due to a posthole digger, the shed is way too narrow to be truly
useful. It is attached to the deck along its longer side, so it is
inconspicuous, but if it was 3-4 feet wider, it would have been a lot
more useful. The shed stands, is dry, and functions as designed, but
it was poorly designed.

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Not mine, but one I steered clear of.
This summer I came across a yard sale where the guy had a box of lawn
mower parts, mostly new looking. It seems his ex had hit something and
bent the crankshaft on a relatively new B&S 3.5 HP and insisted that
he attempt to repair it himself. He claimed to have close to $200 tied
up in new parts but never got around to putting it back together
before they split. He was willing to let the engine in a box go for
$10 but no deck etc. I told him I might have given him the $10 if he
still had the deck, but apparently someone had already had that brain
wave and then left him with the engine which he considered to be a
good deal till I explained that in the last month I had dragged home
three free machines, all repairable engines but rotted out decks.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada