Kobo and iFixit partner for OEM parts and repair guides (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.cl/post/2652008...
Refrigerator leaking black liquid? (sopuli.xyz)
Refrigerator is a Frigidaire LTFR1832TF0....
Quick Shed Door Repair (movim.slrpnk.net)
https://uploads.slrpnk.net/upload/099ea969b8b11f8f01bf401d7fc15101f571f842/iAaKm5BfACPnGyRoNRo3baact7eEB5biw1SGJtzQ/before_and_after.jpg...
The Rogue Tesla Mechanic Resurrecting Salvaged Cars - Disregarding Tesla's prohibitive attitude towards third-party repairs, this man buys wrecked Teslas and uses them to make working ones. (www.youtube.com)
Fairphone 5 schematics, repair, and recycling documentation is now available (liliputing.com)
I am quite happy so far with my FP5. But I am looking forward to the upcoming Ubuntu Touch and Mobian ports.
Fabricating a replacement insert for a Delta 36250 Miter Saw (imgur.com)
Once you get access to a laser cutter, you start to see all kinds of places you can use it in a project. Our local makerspace has one, and the more I use it, the more I find new applications, whether that’s in fabrication of flat parts, or just adding flair to smaller panels of a large project....
there’s another fix-it community
Note these two communities are essentially the same:...
Austrian government launches repair scheme for electronic goods (www.bbc.co.uk)
Dieselgate, but for trains – some heavyweight hardware hacking (badcyber.com)
This article is about fixing, but with a twist - it’s about fixing trains that their manufacturer sabotaged. :D...
What are these connectors called? (slrpnk.net)
And is there a way to push this metal tab back in? It doesn’t want to go. https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/58bd1f93-4a90-46a7-b7a2-1ba97ce7e9d7.webp
I fixed my toothbrush (fuck you, Philips Sonicare!)
Batteries died. It was a puzzle to disassemble it. It was booby-trapped with fragile self-destructing mechanisms like hair-thin wires ready to snap wrapped around the battery which had welded tabs soldered to wires. Requires surgical delicacy but at the same time lots of force to pry 3 plastic clips simultaneously while pulling...
Is there any use of an end-of-life LED lightbulb?
I have a LED lightbulb that starts to flicker. Is there anyway to fix it, or any parts of it that could be useful for other uses(i.e. diodes for use in electrical circuits)?...
Crosspost: I turned a dress into a cowl sweater: A smol blogpost (okasen.smol.pub)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/3170240...
Reviving An Old Lime-E Beta Rideshare E-Bicycle (hackaday.com)
E-Bike Industry Blames Consumers For Fires In Effort To Undermine ‘Right To Repair’ Laws (www.techdirt.com)
Mending jeans with Sashiko guide (tamayandme.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/1744045...
Arcade Cabinet Recovery and Restorations (arcadeblogger.com)
Arcade cabinets aren’t very solarpunk. They were huge items, heavy particle board, plastic, metal and glass and electronics, meant to be used for a couple of years and thrown away. For most of the golden age of arcade gaming, cabs were a bespoke arrangement, each one designed custom for their specific game, so when a...
Reverse Engineering a ThinkPad Battery - And making a Perfect Clone (youtu.be)
Kitchen Knife Handle Replacement (slrpnk.net)
I had two basic farberware kitchen knives break in the same way. Both blades had the tang snap back inside the handle. Gluing it back in the grip didn’t work, so I set them aside for a bit....
Dry cell battery repair (youtu.be)
Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of With This Repair Logo (hackaday.com)
Rubber Scraper/Spatula handle replacement (imgur.com)
For the last few years I’ve been keeping the parts of any tools or kitchen implements that break with the intent to fix them. We had a rubber scraper/rubber spatula that snapped where the plastic handle thinned to fit inside the rubber head. The actual spatula part was still good, so I turned a new handle for it....
How to fix a book
Originally posted here....
Serving Knife Repair (imgur.com)
This is a bit simpler than some projects, and I think it would fit slrpnk.net/c/zerowaste just as well, but I think it’s nice to show the chance to fix even simple tools that break. I’ve got a few kitchen tools (other knives and a broken rubber scraper) that I plan to fix next....
Mending/repairing...Shoes/boots?
Sort of posting here with the odd hope of drawing some eyes to this space, and because, uh...I'd really be interested in if anyone that sees this may have insights into fixing up shoes and boots....