@ai6yr Since you are the only person I know that repairs things: I have old Energizer Weather Ready flashlights that are normally plugged in, switched to the position that keeps the light completely off, but will turn on when the power goes out. On several of them the light is no longer completely off anymore in that position. I have replaced the batteries. Any guess what needs to be fixed? #repair#RepairReuseRecycle#RepairCafe#EnergizerWeatherReadyFlashlight
Does your bicycle need a hug? I'm a retired bicycle mechanic ready to answer mechanical questions about most bicycles. I last worked in a bike shop in the 1990s and more recently I do charity work on bikes, so I am pretty good at coaching people through low cost repairs. I also know some things about indoor smart trainers. #RepairCafe#Cycling#BikeTooter#Zwift
Ich übersetze zur Zeit gerne Reparaturanleitungen auf iFixit. Mich würde interessieren: Welche Geräte würdet ihr gerne viel öfter reparieren? Für was fehlen euch Anleitungen? #iFixit#Reparatur#repaircafe#RightToRepair
I am Harriet Board.
I am a furniture maker and I escaped from a really bad relationship. I now have a small workshop with a bedsit upstairs. There is also a back garden dominated by my Landlord's miniature railway!
I have a rescued dog called Monty Dog and I have a wonderful girlfriend, Daisy Bell @The_End_Terrace.
As well as making stuff in wood I also do caretaking for the local community centre and I volunteer for the local #RepairCafe.
Hallo, ich habe quasi aus dem Schrott eine LED-Leuchte gefischt und mal geöffnet. Scheinbar ist dort ein Widerstand, oder Kondensator (ich weiß nicht, was da so braun geworden ist) durch gebrannt. Ist es ersichtlich, was das ist? Ist ein Auslöten/Ersetzen möglich und sinnvoll oder ein kompletter Austausch des Trafos?
Mir würde auch ein einfacher, ohne Dimmfunktion reichen, da das selbe Neuteil an die 50€ kostet. Welches günstige Modell würde denn gehen?
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Recht auf Reparatur: Was das bedeutet und was sich dadurch ändert
Bisher ist es oft billiger, sich Dinge wie ein Handy neu zu kaufen, statt das alte reparieren zu lassen. Durch ein neues EU-Gesetz soll das aber bald anders werden.
Off to the #GlasgowRepairCafe which is visiting the university, and is in fact in the same building as my new office. If only there was somewhere to park nearby as I'm not sure I want to take all my tools on a Saturday subway train. 😞
From Repair Cafe Lambeth's epic event yesterday... ❤️ 🛠️ 📻
Item: Cassette radio
Age: 20+ years
Problem: Not powering on
Fixed? Yes
Solution: "We pushed buttons at random and it came back to life" #repair#RepairCafe#Vintage#FixStuff
Things I repaired at the Repair Cafe raining and awareness gig at Manchester Museum yesterday.
The pink headphones: They were donated as an example for me to repair. The three wires had been pulled apart so I soldered, hotglued, and heat shrunk a sleeve over the repair. A young woman fell in love woth them and so they were given to her.
A wobbly table: The feet are adjustable, and yet someone wedged it with cardboard. I removed the cardboard and adjusted the foot.
A loose toilet seat: No photo as it was in a toilet. The seat was so loose that it would have been potentially dangerous for someone unsteady. I used an adjustable spanner and tightened up the seat fixings. It was a good seat and fixing system but could have done with nyloc nuts as the plane nuts will just come loose again over time.
I also repaired a mini car tyre compressor, and converted an old head torch from the redundant 4.5V battery to 3x AA batteries with a battery case.
After posting earlier abt the challenge I was facing #3DPrinting some badges for #RepairCafe, a couple of suggestions were made for a smaller nozzle. I set up a cura profile for a dual extruder machine, with a 0.4mm and a 0.2mm nozzle. After creating a cutting mesh to force the extruders I wanted, I got cura to generate the g code. Then it was modifying the gcode to remove the dual extruder commands and inserting a M600 where the second extruder came into play. This give me time to change the filament and nozzle! First time I have done a hot swap (in both senses of the word) of a nozzle mid-print!
I did check that the alignment between nozzles was pretty close before trying though.
Some pics from our Repair Café yesterday in Coventry Central Library.
We had more visitors than usual and had to start telling people they might have to wait a long time only 45mins into our 3 hour session as we already had a big queue by then.
We repaired 30 items including a coffee machine, a china ornament, a jacket zip, 2 radios, an electronic toy, a hedge trimmer, a sewing machine and a pair of boots.
Went to the first ever #RepairCafe here in my town just to check it out and meet some of the folks running it (tbh, I'd only heard of its existence yesterday).
Not 10 minutes later, I was accidentally volunteered to help fix small appliances! I managed to help out with one of several broken humidifiers (bad bearings on an easily-replaced motor), but had no tools to do much else. I'll be at the next one, this time legit: with meters, soldering supplies, and maybe some parts!
Ro’n i’n meddwl ei fod yn drueni iddyn nhw ei phlannu bach yn rhy agos at yr eglwys, wedyn sylweddoli taw’r eglwys sy wedi’i phlannu yn rhy agos at y goeden.
Ymweliad wrth i fi chwarae #ingress y bore ‘ma tra bod y wejen yng Nghaffi Trwsio Llandoch. (Ydy #RepairCafe yn hashnod yma?)
During Saturday's #RepairCafe my headtorch stopped working, just when I most needed it.
Today I decided to fix it.
It is an Aldi headtorch and surprisingly good, with a spot and a flood light.
Took a moment to figure out how to get in it. The two end caps are barbed and take a bit of effort to prize off. Then there are two small screws and it comes apart.
I could see the problem immediately, that red wire should be soldered to something!
Easy to solder it back onto the Bat -ve pad on the PCB. Then reassemble.
It is now back on charge ready for next time.
NOUVEAU au Repair café de Forges les bains en Essonne!
On vous explique ce qu’est un « Logiciel libre » et on vous installe Linux gratuitement en moins d’une demi-heure sur votre appareil, afin de prolonger la durée de vie de votre ordinateur ou smartphone devenu trop lent. Le tout par votre serviteur, mais pas seulement ;)
Einem Freund ist kürzlich an seinem (nur in der Stadt genutzten) #MTB das feste #Schaltauge aus dem #Alurahmen gebrochen 😭
Ich hab ihm zuerst wenig Hoffnung gemacht, aber vielleicht kann dieser „Universal Derailleur Hanger“ von #ProblemSolvers etwas Zeit zum Sparen auf ein neues #Bike verschaffen...
I’m going to my first #repaircafe today, it’s in a nearby village and I emailed to ask if I could visit and they said yes! I’d like to do something similar in our village as there seems to be the need and the resource just needs the organisation…
Beth is doing her dissertation on "The influence of #RepairCafe events on improving attitudes towards waste and encouraging a societal shift away from throwaway culture."