To
hack off choice bits of one or more existing items and then attach them to a new project, thereby bending them to suit your own requirements (
diabolic or not). No gothic castles, fortuitously-timed electrical storms or god complexes required for this kind of assembly. Term introduced on the Handyman for the Common
Man web TV show.
"To build your own awesome and inexpensive
jib boom, you’ll need to frankenstein parts from an existing
tripod and an L-bracket. With
mad skills, all things are possible."