#diy repair

[thegeekstressart]

I love my cats, but sometimes…….

This lamp belonged to my grandparents. I don’t know a whole lot about it other than that they bought it in the 1970’s and it was very expensive.

One of our cats knocked it over and broke it into about a million pieces.

My grandma was a neat lady. And she never would have thrown in the towel, or thrown away such a nice lamp over such a minor detail as it shattering into thousands of tiny bits of sharp pottery.

Grandma was an admirer of the concept of Kintsugi, and she passed that appreciation down to me.

The idea that the things we go through and the scars we collect are part of the story and beauty of it all is comforting - especially in an ever-more airbrushed world.

I am not skilled in traditional Kintsugi. But I’m happy with my personal interpretation, and I think Grandma would be too.

I kind of want to make it an ornate fringed lampshade, too … what shape though? 👀

#ceramic repair #kintsugi #broken lamp #art #crafting #lamp #table lamps #vintage lamps #gold #repair #diy repair

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

help oh my god I have to take my dryer apart??? and fix it?? Or idk…..blow dry all my laundry or something /????? What even are my other options???? Listen to the obscene rattling noise and lose my little autistic mind??? Noooooo!! NOOOO!!!!!

Also what if whatever is causing the noise also causes the whole machine to spontaneously combust into flames I do not own a fire extinguisher?? Which I should own! Haha fuck! My mind is going so many places rn!!!

I love fixing things but I have no idea what I’m doing and I only have one fully functional hand and my only power tools unfortunately are a drill and a little baby jigsaw which will not help me. I hope I don’t need a saw to fix a dryer anyway. Also I’ve never taken apart an appliance??? On;ly ever worked with wood????

“Money doesn’t buy happiness” hahahhahahhahahahhahhahahahhahahhahhahah no but it would get my home serviced it would get my appliances in working order it would get me hot water and dry clothes! Hahah!!!

I’m doing okay truly

#I wonder if an allistic person would just deal with the noise? legitimately not sure #help??? #appliance repair #home appliances #diy repair #home maintenance #audhd problems #autistic things #sensory issues #neurodiversity #rants & reflections #adhd autistic #autistic rant #autistic rambling #adhd rant #adhd problems #untreated adhd #what the fuck #autism creature #audhd creature #I’m not cut out for this #home repair #housekeeping #homemaking

[snapthistiger]

round 2 of water 💦 leak repair at my moms house. I don’t think we actually fixed anything yesterday because we still had a leak with the cracked 90. hoping it’s all repaired now. letting the glue dry and my nephew will turn the water on later.

#diy plumbing #diy repair

[xboxlr]

Microsoft Now Selling Xbox Controller Replacement Parts

If you, like me, have an Xbox Controller or two that has a bad bumper, button, or drifting thumbstick, you will be happy to know that Microsoft is now selling genuine replacement parts.

Microsoft will sell you a replacement top case, replacement buttons, PCBA and motor assembly, and input PCBA controller for standard Xbox Controllers as well as the Elite 2 controller. The parts come in the standard black or white color schemes.

You can find replacement parts here on the Microsoft site.

You can find documentation on how to do the repair here and watch a video of an Elite 2 controller tear down here.

Source: The Verge

#xbox #news #Xbox support #xbox controller #diy repair

[bizarremachinist]

MAKE, IT, COOK!

(Kiln repair)

Ended up doing a little maintenance on a kiln. The bricks had been so worn down at the top that ceramics placed too close to the top front were getting a draft, and weren't getting fully cooked. Lucky there was an organ donor nearby

They aren't the most complex machines in the world. It's not much different from a lightbulb on a timer, with a lot of insulation. The heating elements connect to relays, and the controller opens and closes the relays based on how fast you want to reach a temperature

These things are built in layers and can be ripped apart like a wedding cake. To retain the bricks, they just kinda sit there, and a stainless steel sheet is wrapped around with a hose clamp welded at the seam to tighten it. There's then 2 clamps to lock it to the other segments, and it's arranged to have 1 heating element per segment

To spiff it up, I put the bottom layer of the donor as the top layer, but used the steel sheet from the original to avoid unscrewing the hindge brackets from it. I had a feeling if those hindge screws came out, they were never going back in strong enough to resist that honker chonk of a spring. That thing is eager to kill someone

The lid from the donor was also taken by just unloading the spring and removing a spring cotter pin for a dowel

It actually decided to be a bitch when connecting the elements back to the controller, and kept cracking. It was a hell of a lot more brittle at room temperature than I thought (Tho if it's nichrome, I guess neither the nickle OR chromium does its malleability any favors). Anyways, a quick hit from a propane torch got the wire nice and bendy at red hot temps. (I didn't use a Bic™ lighter to bend it.... Well I did, but then I got a propane torch out, because fuck that) It's kinda important to double up on the wire at the terminals, so the terminal doesn't get melting temperatures hot

She cooks perfectly now and knocked the firing time from over 10 hours to 7 🔥

#mechanical engineering #repair #big oven #diy repair #she be spiffen now #material science #I used a Bic lighter for metal bending

[revelmaven]

HOW TO DIY REPAIR A BROKEN BUCKLE PRONG FOR PUNKS

SO i bought these dope goth sandals the other day - unfortunately i bought them secondhand for $5 and they’re at least 10 years old already, so the prongs in both buckles on the right foot fell out

i was getting by using a bobby pin to clamp the top buckle shut, but when the bottom one fell out too i got a decent look at it and decided i could probably make a replacement for it. so for any punks out there who prefer to fix rather than throw out, here’s how you do that:

you need:

your borked shoe

a paperclip (unbent)

scissors

a decently thick needle and any thread

(optional) a mini dremmel, if you’ve got that kind of thing from a past hyperfixation

what you wanna do first is unbend your paperclip, and in my case i needed two prongs, so i snapped it in half. (your teeth can do this. or pliers, which is a better idea, but i don’t have those.) then you take one half of your unbent paperclip and create an l hook - this looks like a cursive lowercase l; a line with a small hoop at the bottom.

you’re gonna take your diy l hook and open the loop that connects your buckle to the shoe itself, and thread the l hook up through the existing hole in the middle of your buckle.

your diy l hook has now become a diy buckle prong, albeit likely way too tall. that’s okay! depending on the length of your l hook, wiggle it up and down to a good length, and then clamp it with your fingers. this is where your prong is going to sit when anchored.

now you’re gonna take your threaded needle and find the point on the inside of the strap (where it will rest on your foot, unless you don’t mind the scarring, in which case the outside is fine if you’d rather it not rub on your foot) where the loop of your prong is. should be around halfway down the strap (give or take for length).

post your needle through the strap like so, and this part is super fiddly, so i would recommend feeding both the needle and the prong out the side so you can make sure you’ve gone through the loop. then you can push the loop back inside the strap down the needle, and it will stop where it was anchored originally where it hits the other side of your needle. then sew a few quick loops to hold it in place, just like sewing on a button. you only want to anchor one side, though, because your prong should still be able to hinge forwards and backwards a little bit to fit through the holes of the foot strap.

make the most gordian knot you can and tie it super tight. i like to leave a little tail so i don’t accidentally chop into my anchoring stitch. it’s unlikely to be exactly glamorous, but the good news is, chicks dig scars.

(if you really don’t want the knot to rub on your foot, you can use gaffer tape or bandaids here to cover it.)

if you’re lucky, your prong oughta be about the right length after all that wiggling and stitching, but if not you should be able to either poke it down a bit, OR this is where that optional dremmel comes in, because you can snap it down to length and then smooth the edges so you don’t buzzsaw yourself every time you do your shoe up.

and ta-da!! the buckles on your orthopedic goth sandals are now working!! this may not be a permanent solution, but you can repeat as necessary, and you can use hardier materials like nails or jeweler’s wire to make a less-mortal prong - not that i personally can vouch for the efficacy of that, because i used paperclips, but please feel free to let me know if you do.

now go forth and be punk!

#diy #psa #punk #goth #diy repair #shoe repair #punk diy #punk repair #fashion

[loomis5992]

Hino Truck Differential Service

#youtube #hino #truck repair #truck service #diy repair #differential #differential service #hino truck

[universalinfo]

Engine Repair Shops - Guide To Make The Right Choice & Option

Find engine repair shops confidently. This guide helps you choose the right option for quality engine repairs. Make informed decisions now.

#Engine Repair Shops #Quality Engine Repairs #Engine Repair #DIY Repair #Engine Repair Options

[autorestoreclassic]

Ford Transit Fuel Filler Door Replacement

#youtube #ford transit #ford transit maintenance #diy auto #diy repair #DIY Projects #diy

[thoughtportal]

presto patch

#tiktok #tiktok DIY #Mercury Stardust #trans handy ma'am #diy home decor #diy home projects #DIY home repair #dry wall #DIY #how to

[robpegoraro]

Weekly output: Samsung self-repair, FCC chair's security concerns, tech-policy forecast, password managers, Google layoffs, electric-car progress, legal risks for security research

This week had me head into D.C. for work events four days in a row, something that last happened in early 2020. 1/17/2023: Samsung ‘Self-Repair’ Program Adds Galaxy S22 Phones, Some Galaxy Books, PCMag The post I wrote after Samsung gave me an advance copy of their press release noted the limited number of replacement parts offered under this program, but Technica’s Ron Amadeo–who has a lot more…

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#1Password #5G #5G security #Bitwarden #CFAA #DIY repair #DMCA #EV chargers #Google layoffs #hacking laws #infrastructure law #Jessica Rosenworcel #LastPass data breach #password managers #privacy legislation #privacy policy #Right to repair #Samsung self-repair #Shmoocon #tech layoffs #vehicle electrification #Washington Auto Show

[cozypunkprints]

Finally got around to finishing this visible mending project from this fall.

#solarpunk #printmaking #punk patch #punk #diy fashion #blockprinting #punk patches #diy punk #patches #solarpunk fashion #eco fashion #visible mending #mending #clothing repair #sewing

[wizardnuke]

can't stop thinking about a shadowgast "i'm not looking to fuck do you have a screwdriver my bathroom is flooding" grindr au

#essek's the one with a flooding bathroom because 1. he's a shut-in who wouldn't ever talk to his neighbors and 2. probably has #either extremely reactive experiments going on in his kitchen or classified documents he brought home to work on #but he wouldn't have a screwdriver #and caleb 'diy wizard' widogast would a. check grindr regularly and b. have a full toolkit #caleb sits essek down and shows him how to fix it. you'd think it turns into a porno but between essek's demisexuality and caleb's #all-encompassing excitement over Doing Repairs that I know that nerd would have. they don't get that far and caleb leaves quickly bc he #has papers to grade. a week goes by. essek starts breaking things on purpose. it slowly dawns on caleb that Shitty Pipes Guy doesn't #actually have shitty pipes it's that he's Lonely. and that's endearing. is this mic on #caleb teaches physics at a community college and essek is some skeevy government official with a phd in astrophysics

[reasonsforhope]

“Across America, more than 20 state legislatures are looking over proposed laws that would help guarantee citizens’ access to parts, instructions, and diagnoses to help them repair products—from smartphones to tractors—in their own homes.

Called the “Right to Repair” movement, it’s been growing in urgency and size since the turn of the millennium, and 2023 could be the first year in many where the DIY capability of the American consumer grew, rather than diminished.

In Colorado, a bill was passed along party lines in the State House 9-4, mandating that tractor and other farm equipment manufacturers provide enough parts and instructions to allow farmers to repair their own tractors.

“The manufacturers and the dealers have a monopoly on that repair market because it’s lucrative,” said Rep. Brianna Titone, a Democrat and one of the bill’s sponsors. “(Farmers) just want to get their machine going again.”

Certain dealers like John Deere (previously) and Steiger don’t allow, as part of the buying agreement, fixes at home, but as an article in the Miami Herald points out, repairmen aren’t on call 24-7 in the high plains of Colorado. One farmer had to wait 5 days for a service on his tractor that stopped during a crucial period in the growing season, where he could have been losing as much as $83,000 a day.

Right to Repair farming legislation is on the table or has already passed in 10 states in the Union, including Colorado, but also Florida, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, Texas, and Vermont...

It’s not just tractors that are potentially becoming easier to fix at home, but automobiles as well.

This January, the Right to Equitable and Professional Auto Industry Repair Act was introduced into the House.

“The legislation would require all tools and equipment, wireless transmission of repair and diagnostic data, and telematics systems needed for vehicle repairs to be made available to the independent repair industry,” writes Automotive News.

The bill has come to the House after similar legislation was passed in Massachusetts and Maine, where lawmakers wanted to beef up the right-to-repair and aftermarket auto parts industry, especially regarding telematic data and other information from onboard computers.

Just as it wasn’t only tractors and farmers who felt their right to DIY repairs needed protecting, it isn’t only mechanical engineering where right-to-repair is flourishing.

The New York state Senate signed the Digital Fair Repair Act into law in the dying days of December, ensuring original equipment manufacturers make parts, instructions, and diagnostics data available to anyone looking to repair a device, such as a smartphone or tablet.

“As technology and smart devices become increasingly essential to our daily lives, consumers should be able to easily fix the devices they rely on in a timely fashion,” Governor Kathy Hochul said. “This legislation will empower consumers with better options to repair their devices, thereby maximizing the lifespan of their devices, saving money, and reducing electronic waste.” ...

“After a decade of trying, we get two [state laws] in a very short period of time,” Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit, told Axios.

“Every single day, I’m seeing a couple more states file a new bill. And I think we’re going to be over 20 states very soon and those bills are moving.”

There’s also something to be said for the ultimate end which consumers of many of these irreparable items are forced to make for them; they end up in landfills. E-waste is a potentially-catastrophic oncoming environmental problem since it doesn’t really biodegrade in any meaningful sense, and recycling it requires technical dismantling.

The right-to-repair is also equally about keeping easily-fixable devices out of the landfills.”

-via Good News Network, 2/14/23

#right to repair #diy #monopoly #big tech #tech industry #auto industry #tractor #farmers #agriculture #us politics #united states #colorado #maine #michigan #new york #good news #hope

[infodumpmedaddy]

tumblr, LOOK! I made my first attempt at ✨️visible mending✨️ on my winter jacket. It didn't come out very pretty or neat but I feel soooo proud of myself anyways! I just got back on this website for the first time in 10 years and I am so grateful for the wholesome crafting inspiration. 💚

#visible mending #mending #sewing #diy #repair #solarpunk

[to-the-fishies]

All our seating has been getting more and more ragged from our felonious felines, so I took a while this weekend to apply some patches to one of the chairs. Kudos to this tutorial, my brother's staple gun, a combination of needles (upholstery, smaller upholstery, leather, and straight-up), and the local creative resale shop for what I needed to give the chair a bit more longevity!

#naclyoho #ufyh #js #diy #repair #sewing #I must admit: this took longer than I thought/hoped it would. Friday night and Sunday afternoon went in a flash. #however: way fewer dangling threads! #pretty pleased about that