ichbindabomb, to random German
@ichbindabomb@nerdculture.de avatar

Your’s truly bought what in the website model were very cropped pants and on me… they are very long.

jwildeboer,
@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net avatar

@ichbindabomb my sewing machine will make "kurzen Prozess" of that if needed.

ottaross, to repair
@ottaross@mastodon.social avatar

Seems like a good afternoon to do a little #repair work. We have a kitchen temperature probe that is busted.

I suspect it will be pretty straightforward, but fiddly to fix.

ottaross,
@ottaross@mastodon.social avatar

Lunch achieved, now for a quick (?) fix of our kitchen temperature probe.

it's an inexpensive eBay special from several years ago, but is a handy quick-reading probe very useful for checking internal food temperatures.

The display reads blanks. For a while a smack could get it to work, but now it doesn't at all.

#fixit #repair

ottaross,
@ottaross@mastodon.social avatar

Thankfully it's not all glue and snaps but instead just a few screws to get it apart.

That's the right approach for the #rightToRepair enthusiasts within which group I'll place myself.

#fixit #repair

ottaross,
@ottaross@mastodon.social avatar

Looks like thermocouple wiring with very fine enamel-coated wires, and the processor in what's typically called 'glob-top' packaging.

I used to work in research groups where we'd use fancy saws, grinders or hot-acid etching to remove the glob tops and/or cross section the chips and such. Today, the only hot acidic thing around is the cup of tea I'm sipping after lunch.

ottaross,
@ottaross@mastodon.social avatar

Zooming in with my crappy USB microscope thing (I really need to get a new one - the pics are poor, and the plastic is getting sticky - yech).

I've separated the wires a bit, but there's also glue in there. A quick test suggests it's happier already.

ottaross,
@ottaross@mastodon.social avatar

I had the hot-glue gun warmed up in anticipation.

With some tweezers I've spaced the wires out better, and fastened them down to the circuit board with some hot glue on the end of a toothpick.

ottaross,
@ottaross@mastodon.social avatar

Just for scale, here is the tip of a pencil along side the wires and the glue I've smeared on there.

It's out of frame, but the pencil is the same colour as the bananas one would typically use for indicating scale.

#bananaForScale #Fixit

ottaross,
@ottaross@mastodon.social avatar

I guess I can put it back together and test it out.

I don't remember my grandfather much, but I remember one thing he said – when you take things apart, if you're doing it right there are always some extra pieces left over.

I must have messed up as they are all accounted for this time.

#fixit #wordsToLiveBy

ottaross,
@ottaross@mastodon.social avatar

It's working reliably now. Yay - always feel safer checking internal temperatures when I'm cooking, particularly chicken & pork.

#fixit #fixedit

amarchivepub, to random
@amarchivepub@mastodon.social avatar

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ottaross, to repair
@ottaross@mastodon.social avatar

Afternoon . Warning - hacking may ensue.

This 15yr old (?) clock radio has suddenly stopped doing the one thing we use it for – projecting the time onto a corner of the bedroom ceiling. It's just out of view, unless you're looking for it.

Of course, once it's gone, you go nuts all night looking for it.

More about the unit…

1/?

kentbrew, (edited ) to diy
@kentbrew@xoxo.zone avatar

I will miss YouTube terribly when its inevitable enshittification renders it useless. Today YouTube helped me fixed the window regulator on our Fiat 500e, which nobody on Kaua'i would touch for under $500. Cost to me: $28.

https://youtu.be/Cne7FG7IDB0 shows how to fix the part with the $18 repair kit.

https://youtu.be/ZTyt92RAazM shows how to get the part out and put it back in.

https://youtu.be/-p-nNwjcQDc shows how to replace the $9 clip that causes the part to break in the first place.

Andrew, to diy

It's awesome that you can find obscure YouTube videos with repair instructions for almost anything. But in the case of the Phillips Sonicare toothbrush it's also a bit ridiculous how thousands of people have apparently had this same stupid failure due to a LOOSE SCREW. There must be millions of these in landfills that were perfectly functional otherwise.

I even found an Instructables tutorial from over a decade ago for the same issue on an older model. I guess there's no reason to fix a profitable business model if it's not broken?

Here's the video I followed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdI6JcWTENA

#fixit #diy #plannedobsolescence

FanCityKnits, to FiberArts German
@FanCityKnits@troet.cafe avatar

Fixing a problem.

I'm still rather new to weaving and I often struggle with my edges. Especially with this scarf. I'm not really sure, what I did wrong but I think it's a combo of tension problems on the selvedge threads of the warp and tensioning of the weft.

Whatever.

The selvedge didn't look good and was too loose, with a severe risk of pulling threads when worn.

I found a matching yarn and made a row of slip stitch crochet along each edge.

1/2

@weaving @fiberarts

Close up of the same scarf, left and right selvedges are better visible
Even closer up of a problematic part of the scarf. The solution of slip stitch crochet shows up rather well here

rabittbol, to repair French
@rabittbol@masto.bike avatar

Hé voilà 😓 J'ai malheureusement laissé glisser mon Garmin Edge Explore (1ere version) qui s'est parfaitement explosé face écran sur le sol 😵
L'appareil est toujours fonctionnel et je me demande si c'est réparable et, dans ce cas, où trouver les pièces et le matériel (colle adaptée, outils, etc.) 🔧
Y'a un risque à continuer de rouler avec ? J'imagine qu'il n'est plus étanche là ? 😬
Merci d'avance pour les astuces ! 😉

wariat, to diy Polish
@wariat@mastodon.social avatar

Dziwna sprawa… klękła mi bateria w czytniku. Nie odpala, ale też nie ładuje się. Czytnik jest stary, wolno mu.
Otwarłem gościa, żeby zobaczyć jaka tam jest wtyczka i zacząć szukać baterii. I jakie cuda.
Jak odłączyłem aku, podpiąłem zasilanie to czytnik się włączył. I jak na takim włączonym podłączyłem baterię… to się naładowała.
I tak nie jest z nią dobrze pewnie, ale chwilowo działa, więc ewentualnej innej baterii mogę szukać na spokojnie (co też źle wróży na skuteczność :D).

frankel, to meta
@frankel@mastodon.top avatar
losttourist, to repair

Hello maker / repairer friends.

The screen for my Xiaomi Mi Fit watch fitness tracker has popped out of its casing. It pushed back in easily enough but won't stay attached.

I assume some kind of glue would help. Is normal superglue a good idea? What should I use?

Thanks!

#repair #FixIt #Maker

cazabon, to nature

I'm not going to lie to you. #Mistakes were made.

But what's a little #crime against #nature between friends?

On a more serious note, this an #invasive and extremely unwelcome #species. If you spot one in your #electronics #workshop, kill it with fire, and report the incident to the #IEC.

(It's also kind of the antonym of dead-bug circuit construction, which is sort of apt)

cazabon,

@RainCityBunnies

The photo was lousy, even I thought it looked kinda lifelike, and I took the darned thing :)

Good on you, taking things apart! That's how you get started fixing things, and then later, making things!

#maker #fixer #FixIt

jerzone, to 3DPrinting
@jerzone@techhub.social avatar

A while back the toaster broke when this little bit of "pot metal" lever got bent out of shape. As expected, straightening it was only a temporary fix. I designed and 3d printed a quick reinforcing sleeve for it to slide into (w/glue) providing rigidity.

If I was a YT'er I would have instead done a “here's the new Tallmack 7 axis beryllium drive laser cutter they sent me last week easily slicing hardened steel I had laying around the shop from my metastable martensite quenching video.” 😁

push rod straightened out and glued inside slot of thick 3d print sleeve
3d cad view of the sleeve

AmiW, to chicago German
@AmiW@mastodon.online avatar

👀 Artist: #MAUMAU / #MauMauArt in City: #Chicago 653W Grand Avenue, USA 🇺🇸 - Title: "The Far Right/ Wrong" ("Die extreme Rechte"/Falsche") - (📷 by CatsCoffeeCreativity) - #Streetart #Art #Mastoart #Mural #PoliticalArt #SprayArt #FixIt #NoNazis

ottaross, to 3DPrinting
@ottaross@mastodon.social avatar

A bit of nostalgia looking thru my older #3Dprinting designs.

When my paper shredder tried to destroy itself, I debugged the problem to be some missing plastic bits and came up with these false teeth for the thing which has kept it going. The teeth clear the strips from where they otherwise build up into concrete-like compacted masses.

Looks a bit like an elephant… lol

#repair #reuse #fixit

The underside of a paper shredder is shown with nasty cutting disks, and a glued-on extra tooth in parallel with the ones moulded into the case.

SteveBellovin, to random
@SteveBellovin@mastodon.lawprofs.org avatar

There are few things more satisfying to those of a certain persuasion than successfully repairing something never meant to be repairable.

bayport,
@bayport@theatl.social avatar

@SteveBellovin

I literally just did this earlier today, best feeling ever!
The knob on my toaster oven broke last year and I just assumed I couldn’t buy a replacement and never even checked. Been using a flathead screwdriver for a year and suddenly today, inspiration struck and I fixed it in a few minutes with a cheapo wall hanger hook and some SteelStik epoxy FTW! 👩🏼‍🏭

#FixIt #RepairHacks #RightToRepair

[Alt text= A missing toaster oven knob replaced with some epoxy putty]

video/mp4

Kirkman, to repair
@Kirkman@mastodon.social avatar

Our LG oven touchpad has cracked and broken, and now we get F-3 errors all the time. The control board replacement is no longer manufactured, so I'm wondering about replacing just the plastic overlay, and maybe cleaning the actual buttons behind. Anyone replaced this sort of plastic on their appliances? What material would work, and where could I get it?

ai6yr, (edited ) to random
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org avatar

Welcome to another . I've done these before, but they are straightforward and enjoyable. Refurbishing a free !

ai6yr,
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org avatar
  1. The most important part, test the completed project! Pour yourself a cold drink, grab a magazine or novel, and make yourself at home!
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