#VisibleMending is not only for #clothes. This #colourful#handbag with abstract roses helped me against dark winter days. Suddenly I discovered this terrible hole and decided to mend it. It was not easy to find the fabric (more in the Alt texts) but I saved my handbag! 😊 And now it's a unique piece of individual design! @visiblemending@sewing
@jodmentum Practicing water conservation needs to start right now. It drives me crazy to watch someone spend a gallon of water to wash out a plastic jug that probably will just end in land fill regardless of what your garbage collection agency says. I try to use all water at least twice. I have a large gallon jug with a cut out. Water from boiling spuds (eggs get air fried) , washing my hands etc goes into the jug & from there the toilet. #RepairReuseRecycle@ai6yr
Someone at work ordered a bunch of cheap "slap bracelets" for a silly project and I said "Hey, do you think if I cut this open it'll just be an old tape measure inside?"
@rasterweb If you cut open a purse made in China or India chances are pretty good that the stiffener will be part of a recycled cereal box. I wish people understood that reusing and repurposing is an even better climate hack than recycling. #ClimateChange#RepairReuseRecycle#Recycle
Hey fedi, I'm looking for a replacement capacitor for a sewing machine. It's an ERO K4 F1740-325-15. The last two numbers can't be deciphered anymore.
It's 0.025uf, 250V, but so far I haven't been able to track one down, just similar looking ones with different ratings or even more contacts - 3 or 4 instead of 2.
Not sure I can just replace it with something similar enough or if I have to meet the exact rating. #electronics#RepairReuseRecycle#repair
@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
Got a new toy to play around with - a 386/486 mainboard from Jetway, which should support a 386 CPU together with VLB graphics cards. 🚀
But first, there's some repairing to do, as one of those dreaded Varta bombs wreaked havoc on the PCB. Already removed some components. Also some traces have been eaten away, those need to be bridged.
Park Tool has a huge catalog of videos on YouTube detailing how to perform bike repair. The videos are fantastic and I recommend checking them out to anyone interested.