bodging
Crude repair work
Bodging is doing a job hastily or clumsily, producing something that works but lacks quality or permanence: I bodged the repair with some duct tape.
British informal.
A bodge job is a makeshift fix.
Confusingly, the original sense—skilled woodturning to make chair legs—survives in specialist use, though the slapdash meaning now dominates.
Rotating shaping machine
- turningAct of rotating
- chiselEdged carving implement
- greenwoodFreshly cut, moist lumber
- spindleRotating rod for thread
chairmaking · Windsor · beech · woodland · craftsman · apprenticeship · heritage · handmade
Improvised temporary repair
- kludgeAwkward but functional solution
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
- cobblingFixing or making shoes
jerry-built · patch-up · make-do · hack · tinker · lash-up · rig · fudge
Performed ineptly, failed
- slapdashHasty and careless
- amateurishLacking professional skill
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- slipshodCareless and hasty
hackwork · ramshackle · rickety · flimsy · shoddy · substandard · half-baked · careless
lathe
Rotating shaping machine
spindle · chairmaking · Windsor · beech · woodland · craftsman · apprenticeship · heritage · handmade · rustic
jury-rigging
Improvised temporary repair
- kludgeAwkward but functional solution
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
cobbling · jerry-built · patch-up · make-do · hack · tinker · lash-up · rig · fudge · contrive
bungled
Performed ineptly, failed
- slapdashHasty and careless
- amateurishLacking professional skill
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
slipshod · hackwork · ramshackle · rickety · flimsy · shoddy · substandard · half-baked · careless · unfinished
bodgingcraftsmanship
Skill in making objects
artisanship · masterwork · artisanry · attention to detail · skilled labor
bodgingsystematic approach
Organized, repeatable procedure
by-the-book · engineering · professional standards · best practice · due diligence