#diyrepair — Public Fediverse posts
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First, the sd card on my pihole failed (luckily I had a spare), so I had to fix that to fix my internet, but then I dropped the new sd card when I was trying replace it and it just disappeared, so I had to scavenge another. Fortunately I found one that wasn’t in use, so I got that fixed. Then the part for my dishwasher (that spontaneously broke over the weekend) was delivered, so had to install that “real quick”.. Sometimes you just have a day like Hal…
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First, the sd card on my pihole failed (luckily I had a spare), so I had to fix that to fix my internet, but then I dropped the new sd card when I was trying replace it and it just disappeared, so I had to scavenge another. Fortunately I found one that wasn’t in use, so I got that fixed. Then the part for my dishwasher (that spontaneously broke over the weekend) was delivered, so had to install that “real quick”.. Sometimes you just have a day like Hal…
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First, the sd card on my pihole failed (luckily I had a spare), so I had to fix that to fix my internet, but then I dropped the new sd card when I was trying replace it and it just disappeared, so I had to scavenge another. Fortunately I found one that wasn’t in use, so I got that fixed. Then the part for my dishwasher (that spontaneously broke over the weekend) was delivered, so had to install that “real quick”.. Sometimes you just have a day like Hal…
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First, the sd card on my pihole failed (luckily I had a spare), so I had to fix that to fix my internet, but then I dropped the new sd card when I was trying replace it and it just disappeared, so I had to scavenge another. Fortunately I found one that wasn’t in use, so I got that fixed. Then the part for my dishwasher (that spontaneously broke over the weekend) was delivered, so had to install that “real quick”.. Sometimes you just have a day like Hal…
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First, the sd card on my pihole failed (luckily I had a spare), so I had to fix that to fix my internet, but then I dropped the new sd card when I was trying replace it and it just disappeared, so I had to scavenge another. Fortunately I found one that wasn’t in use, so I got that fixed. Then the part for my dishwasher (that spontaneously broke over the weekend) was delivered, so had to install that “real quick”.. Sometimes you just have a day like Hal…
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The Right-to-Repair Movement Is Here: How Keeping Your Stuff Longer Cuts Waste (and Saves Money)
Right-to-repair 2026: Fix gear, cut waste, save cash. Practical urban tips + US/EU policy updates for eco-shoppers.
https://sayecosm.com/right-to-repair/
#sustainability #greenliving #zerowaste #diyrepair #lifestyle #sustainableliving #righttorepair
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Vores vaskemaskine har larmet et stykke tid. Sådan virkelig larmet. Det er efter al sandsynlighed, og i øvrigt lyden af dømme, lejet der er gået. Nu har jeg altså skilt den en lille smule ad og min værste fordom er blevet bekræftet. Karret består, som på alle andre vaskemaskiner, af to dele men de er her plastiksvejset sammen hvilket betyder at lejet ikke kan udskiftes. Jeg tilgiver ikke Bosch. -
🚜💸 Oh, John Deere, finally coughing up $99M for the "right-to-repair" settlement. Who knew that letting people fix their own tractors was such a revolutionary idea? Next thing you know, they'll be inventing the wheel again! 🙄🔧
https://www.thedrive.com/news/john-deere-to-pay-99-million-in-monumental-right-to-repair-settlement #JohnDeere #RightToRepair #TractorSettlement #DIYRepair #FarmingInnovation #HackerNews #ngated -
Two cracked panes in the greenhouse roof just repaired with Loctite Superglue Glass left over from another project. Will they hold? Watch this space.
I love the repairability of these old greenhouses (this one's a Halls Europa, circa 1970). The perishable parts are replaceable and still available. It'll be the rubber gaskets next.
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Two cracked panes in the greenhouse roof just repaired with Loctite Superglue Glass left over from another project. Will they hold? Watch this space.
I love the repairability of these old greenhouses (this one's a Halls Europa, circa 1970). The perishable parts are replaceable and still available. It'll be the rubber gaskets next.
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Two cracked panes in the greenhouse roof just repaired with Loctite Superglue Glass left over from another project. Will they hold? Watch this space.
I love the repairability of these old greenhouses (this one's a Halls Europa, circa 1970). The perishable parts are replaceable and still available. It'll be the rubber gaskets next.
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Two cracked panes in the greenhouse roof just repaired with Loctite Superglue Glass left over from another project. Will they hold? Watch this space.
I love the repairability of these old greenhouses (this one's a Halls Europa, circa 1970). The perishable parts are replaceable and still available. It'll be the rubber gaskets next.
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Two cracked panes in the greenhouse roof just repaired with Loctite Superglue Glass left over from another project. Will they hold? Watch this space.
I love the repairability of these old greenhouses (this one's a Halls Europa, circa 1970). The perishable parts are replaceable and still available. It'll be the rubber gaskets next.
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keeping your electronics happy doesn't have to involve phone calls for warranty service. many are straightforward jobs that require a sink, a screwdriver, and an episode of DS9 playing in the background.
today's fun bit of elective surgery and preventative maintenance: taking apart and cleaning the brew unit on my GE Profile automatic espresso machine
(if you recognize the shape of this machine, that's probably because SMEG re-shelled the machine and uses identical parts internally. so anything i've done here equally applies to its cousin.)
the manual assures you that there are no user serviceable parts inside, and that only GE's warranty service can do it. it doesn't say that GE stopped offering any kind of service or parts for these machines two years ago.
espresso machine elitists are of zero help as well, toeing the usual line "just go buy a REAL machine like a $2k Lelit that uses standard parts" blah blah.
understandably, everyday people give up and toss these machines in the landfill.
i've owned a half dozen machines and grinders in my life - some in the $3k range, and none of them make an *excellent* espresso for the $200 this machine can.
in the interests of extending its life for as long as possible, some preventative maintenance is super easy to do:
the brew unit detaches from the side of the machine with two squeeze-clips. it has six beefy phillips #2 screws to remove. once those are off, you'll see the guts of the brew unit. it's just a few plastic gears. look how vile they've become after 2 years of daily use 😬 (pic 1)
as soon as i started cleaning it, my fingers got gunky - sticky! all of the parts were gooped in white lithium grease, which had mixed with old coffee and produced quite a mess. i took out all of the gears, and scrubbed them all in the sink with hot water and lots of dish soap. an old toothbrush worked great.
pic 2: the cleaned up parts. cleaning off all the gunk also removed all of the grease, so i re-greased each gear using an old tube of food-grade silicone grease i had laying around from years ago.
pic 3: the brew unit back inside of the machine. you can see the orange plastic squeeze-clips that let you easily remove the brew unit for cleaning.
pic 4: the re-assembled machine, working happily.
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keeping your electronics happy doesn't have to involve phone calls for warranty service. many are straightforward jobs that require a sink, a screwdriver, and an episode of DS9 playing in the background.
today's fun bit of elective surgery and preventative maintenance: taking apart and cleaning the brew unit on my GE Profile automatic espresso machine
(if you recognize the shape of this machine, that's probably because SMEG re-shelled the machine and uses identical parts internally. so anything i've done here equally applies to its cousin.)
the manual assures you that there are no user serviceable parts inside, and that only GE's warranty service can do it. it doesn't say that GE stopped offering any kind of service or parts for these machines two years ago.
espresso machine elitists are of zero help as well, toeing the usual line "just go buy a REAL machine like a $2k Lelit that uses standard parts" blah blah.
understandably, everyday people give up and toss these machines in the landfill.
i've owned a half dozen machines and grinders in my life - some in the $3k range, and none of them make an *excellent* espresso for the $200 this machine can.
in the interests of extending its life for as long as possible, some preventative maintenance is super easy to do:
the brew unit detaches from the side of the machine with two squeeze-clips. it has six beefy phillips #2 screws to remove. once those are off, you'll see the guts of the brew unit. it's just a few plastic gears. look how vile they've become after 2 years of daily use 😬 (pic 1)
as soon as i started cleaning it, my fingers got gunky - sticky! all of the parts were gooped in white lithium grease, which had mixed with old coffee and produced quite a mess. i took out all of the gears, and scrubbed them all in the sink with hot water and lots of dish soap. an old toothbrush worked great.
pic 2: the cleaned up parts. cleaning off all the gunk also removed all of the grease, so i re-greased each gear using an old tube of food-grade silicone grease i had laying around from years ago.
pic 3: the brew unit back inside of the machine. you can see the orange plastic squeeze-clips that let you easily remove the brew unit for cleaning.
pic 4: the re-assembled machine, working happily.
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keeping your electronics happy doesn't have to involve phone calls for warranty service. many are straightforward jobs that require a sink, a screwdriver, and an episode of DS9 playing in the background.
today's fun bit of elective surgery and preventative maintenance: taking apart and cleaning the brew unit on my GE Profile automatic espresso machine
(if you recognize the shape of this machine, that's probably because SMEG re-shelled the machine and uses identical parts internally. so anything i've done here equally applies to its cousin.)
the manual assures you that there are no user serviceable parts inside, and that only GE's warranty service can do it. it doesn't say that GE stopped offering any kind of service or parts for these machines two years ago.
espresso machine elitists are of zero help as well, toeing the usual line "just go buy a REAL machine like a $2k Lelit that uses standard parts" blah blah.
understandably, everyday people give up and toss these machines in the landfill.
i've owned a half dozen machines and grinders in my life - some in the $3k range, and none of them make an *excellent* espresso for the $200 this machine can.
in the interests of extending its life for as long as possible, some preventative maintenance is super easy to do:
the brew unit detaches from the side of the machine with two squeeze-clips. it has six beefy phillips #2 screws to remove. once those are off, you'll see the guts of the brew unit. it's just a few plastic gears. look how vile they've become after 2 years of daily use 😬 (pic 1)
as soon as i started cleaning it, my fingers got gunky - sticky! all of the parts were gooped in white lithium grease, which had mixed with old coffee and produced quite a mess. i took out all of the gears, and scrubbed them all in the sink with hot water and lots of dish soap. an old toothbrush worked great.
pic 2: the cleaned up parts. cleaning off all the gunk also removed all of the grease, so i re-greased each gear using an old tube of food-grade silicone grease i had laying around from years ago.
pic 3: the brew unit back inside of the machine. you can see the orange plastic squeeze-clips that let you easily remove the brew unit for cleaning.
pic 4: the re-assembled machine, working happily.
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keeping your electronics happy doesn't have to involve phone calls for warranty service. many are straightforward jobs that require a sink, a screwdriver, and an episode of DS9 playing in the background.
today's fun bit of elective surgery and preventative maintenance: taking apart and cleaning the brew unit on my GE Profile automatic espresso machine
(if you recognize the shape of this machine, that's probably because SMEG re-shelled the machine and uses identical parts internally. so anything i've done here equally applies to its cousin.)
the manual assures you that there are no user serviceable parts inside, and that only GE's warranty service can do it. it doesn't say that GE stopped offering any kind of service or parts for these machines two years ago.
espresso machine elitists are of zero help as well, toeing the usual line "just go buy a REAL machine like a $2k Lelit that uses standard parts" blah blah.
understandably, everyday people give up and toss these machines in the landfill.
i've owned a half dozen machines and grinders in my life - some in the $3k range, and none of them make an *excellent* espresso for the $200 this machine can.
in the interests of extending its life for as long as possible, some preventative maintenance is super easy to do:
the brew unit detaches from the side of the machine with two squeeze-clips. it has six beefy phillips #2 screws to remove. once those are off, you'll see the guts of the brew unit. it's just a few plastic gears. look how vile they've become after 2 years of daily use 😬 (pic 1)
as soon as i started cleaning it, my fingers got gunky - sticky! all of the parts were gooped in white lithium grease, which had mixed with old coffee and produced quite a mess. i took out all of the gears, and scrubbed them all in the sink with hot water and lots of dish soap. an old toothbrush worked great.
pic 2: the cleaned up parts. cleaning off all the gunk also removed all of the grease, so i re-greased each gear using an old tube of food-grade silicone grease i had laying around from years ago.
pic 3: the brew unit back inside of the machine. you can see the orange plastic squeeze-clips that let you easily remove the brew unit for cleaning.
pic 4: the re-assembled machine, working happily.
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keeping your electronics happy doesn't have to involve phone calls for warranty service. many are straightforward jobs that require a sink, a screwdriver, and an episode of DS9 playing in the background.
today's fun bit of elective surgery and preventative maintenance: taking apart and cleaning the brew unit on my GE Profile automatic espresso machine
(if you recognize the shape of this machine, that's probably because SMEG re-shelled the machine and uses identical parts internally. so anything i've done here equally applies to its cousin.)
the manual assures you that there are no user serviceable parts inside, and that only GE's warranty service can do it. it doesn't say that GE stopped offering any kind of service or parts for these machines two years ago.
espresso machine elitists are of zero help as well, toeing the usual line "just go buy a REAL machine like a $2k Lelit that uses standard parts" blah blah.
understandably, everyday people give up and toss these machines in the landfill.
i've owned a half dozen machines and grinders in my life - some in the $3k range, and none of them make an *excellent* espresso for the $200 this machine can.
in the interests of extending its life for as long as possible, some preventative maintenance is super easy to do:
the brew unit detaches from the side of the machine with two squeeze-clips. it has six beefy phillips #2 screws to remove. once those are off, you'll see the guts of the brew unit. it's just a few plastic gears. look how vile they've become after 2 years of daily use 😬 (pic 1)
as soon as i started cleaning it, my fingers got gunky - sticky! all of the parts were gooped in white lithium grease, which had mixed with old coffee and produced quite a mess. i took out all of the gears, and scrubbed them all in the sink with hot water and lots of dish soap. an old toothbrush worked great.
pic 2: the cleaned up parts. cleaning off all the gunk also removed all of the grease, so i re-greased each gear using an old tube of food-grade silicone grease i had laying around from years ago.
pic 3: the brew unit back inside of the machine. you can see the orange plastic squeeze-clips that let you easily remove the brew unit for cleaning.
pic 4: the re-assembled machine, working happily.
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A satisfying fix!
Fixed our automatic bin lid, again... I have fixed it before, a long time ago, but a different issue.
The reported "fault" was , "this thing is clearly broken, even new batteries haven't sorted it".
Found 3 issues:
1. One of the 4 D cell batteries was in the wrong way around. Easy fix!
2. The On/Off switch was iffy. Contact cleaner fixed that.
3. There was debris in the lid gears jamming it. Another easy fix.All issues fixed, and the bin is back in business!
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The new keyboard turned up. It spent a holiday at Kenmore, then Australia Post tried to deliver it on the very day that neither of us is home… so my father picked it up from the post office this morning.
It took a bit of coaxing to get that top cover up and to get the adhesive to let go, but once I did that, it was plain sailing. This keyboard has a different feel to the old one, but I'm getting used to it already.
The old keyboard had keycaps that were popping up intermittently, especially right-shift and Enter. Very annoying. The left-hand keys are also well and truly polished after over a decade of regular use.
There was a tonne of crud in there too… including some grey fur… I wonder where that came from?
Anyway, below are the before and after photos. Well worth doing… and yes, a laptop that had a non-backlit keyboard can take a backlit one just fine … there's three sockets for the keyboard. When you plug the new one in: do the socket closest to the touch pad first, then connect the backlight socket (right-hand side), then the final socket.
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Seems like I might have to replace the micro mouse switch on my Kensington Orbit K75327 trackball... The left click is registering double clicks. Hope I still remember my soldering skills! Will try to get some replacement 7.3mm silent Kailh switches.
Quick disassembly guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/Trackballs/comments/o8ai5q/microswitch_replacement_in_kensington_orbit_scroll/
#diyrepair #mouse #trackball #trackballmouse #mouserepair #kailh
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one of the little skills i've begun to learn over the past few years is how to repair books. i don't mean the kind of heavyduty book restoration you see done by professionals. i mean fixing your beloved thrashed paperback that you just can't bear to toss out, because who even does that
today i wanted to (finally) read Myst: The Book of Atrus, and when i opened it up a hunk of chapters completely separated from the adjoining pages. this is probably why i got it for $2 at a thrift store years ago.
book restoration is an art, and i'm a programmer. so this is how i do it.
pic 1: the damaged section. you can see where a hunk of pages has separated from the neighbouring section. there are even little wisps of paper left.
pic 2: i glue down the little torn wisps of paper using my trusty swiss army knife of tools: a dental flosser. it has the most useful tip for almost any job. i'm using it as a poker and paintbrush today. i've put a tiny dab of PVA glue on the tip, and i've glued the tiny wisps of paper to the page
pic 3: i've applied a conservative amount of PVA glue to the broken section. it's going to bond against the spine, and when smushed, will also bond against the adjoining pages.
pic 4: resting the book on the spine for an hour or two to ensure a good bond, and let the glue dry a bit. that's the ph-neutral Polyvinyl Acetate (PVA) glue i use. it is the most useful glue in my house.
if this will be your first time fixing a page that has fallen out of a book, or fixing a spine like this one: a tiny amount of PVA goes a LONG way. it tends to get runny, so give the bottle a good shake before you start. it also dries a lot faster than the usual white schoolroom glue.
#mottai #diyrepair #books #bookstodon #myst #permaculture #solarpunk #repair
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one of the little skills i've begun to learn over the past few years is how to repair books. i don't mean the kind of heavyduty book restoration you see done by professionals. i mean fixing your beloved thrashed paperback that you just can't bear to toss out, because who even does that
today i wanted to (finally) read Myst: The Book of Atrus, and when i opened it up a hunk of chapters completely separated from the adjoining pages. this is probably why i got it for $2 at a thrift store years ago.
book restoration is an art, and i'm a programmer. so this is how i do it.
pic 1: the damaged section. you can see where a hunk of pages has separated from the neighbouring section. there are even little wisps of paper left.
pic 2: i glue down the little torn wisps of paper using my trusty swiss army knife of tools: a dental flosser. it has the most useful tip for almost any job. i'm using it as a poker and paintbrush today. i've put a tiny dab of PVA glue on the tip, and i've glued the tiny wisps of paper to the page
pic 3: i've applied a conservative amount of PVA glue to the broken section. it's going to bond against the spine, and when smushed, will also bond against the adjoining pages.
pic 4: resting the book on the spine for an hour or two to ensure a good bond, and let the glue dry a bit. that's the ph-neutral Polyvinyl Acetate (PVA) glue i use. it is the most useful glue in my house.
if this will be your first time fixing a page that has fallen out of a book, or fixing a spine like this one: a tiny amount of PVA goes a LONG way. it tends to get runny, so give the bottle a good shake before you start. it also dries a lot faster than the usual white schoolroom glue.
#mottai #diyrepair #books #bookstodon #myst #permaculture #solarpunk #repair
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one of the little skills i've begun to learn over the past few years is how to repair books. i don't mean the kind of heavyduty book restoration you see done by professionals. i mean fixing your beloved thrashed paperback that you just can't bear to toss out, because who even does that
today i wanted to (finally) read Myst: The Book of Atrus, and when i opened it up a hunk of chapters completely separated from the adjoining pages. this is probably why i got it for $2 at a thrift store years ago.
book restoration is an art, and i'm a programmer. so this is how i do it.
pic 1: the damaged section. you can see where a hunk of pages has separated from the neighbouring section. there are even little wisps of paper left.
pic 2: i glue down the little torn wisps of paper using my trusty swiss army knife of tools: a dental flosser. it has the most useful tip for almost any job. i'm using it as a poker and paintbrush today. i've put a tiny dab of PVA glue on the tip, and i've glued the tiny wisps of paper to the page
pic 3: i've applied a conservative amount of PVA glue to the broken section. it's going to bond against the spine, and when smushed, will also bond against the adjoining pages.
pic 4: resting the book on the spine for an hour or two to ensure a good bond, and let the glue dry a bit. that's the ph-neutral Polyvinyl Acetate (PVA) glue i use. it is the most useful glue in my house.
if this will be your first time fixing a page that has fallen out of a book, or fixing a spine like this one: a tiny amount of PVA goes a LONG way. it tends to get runny, so give the bottle a good shake before you start. it also dries a lot faster than the usual white schoolroom glue.
#mottai #diyrepair #books #bookstodon #myst #permaculture #solarpunk #repair
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one of the little skills i've begun to learn over the past few years is how to repair books. i don't mean the kind of heavyduty book restoration you see done by professionals. i mean fixing your beloved thrashed paperback that you just can't bear to toss out, because who even does that
today i wanted to (finally) read Myst: The Book of Atrus, and when i opened it up a hunk of chapters completely separated from the adjoining pages. this is probably why i got it for $2 at a thrift store years ago.
book restoration is an art, and i'm a programmer. so this is how i do it.
pic 1: the damaged section. you can see where a hunk of pages has separated from the neighbouring section. there are even little wisps of paper left.
pic 2: i glue down the little torn wisps of paper using my trusty swiss army knife of tools: a dental flosser. it has the most useful tip for almost any job. i'm using it as a poker and paintbrush today. i've put a tiny dab of PVA glue on the tip, and i've glued the tiny wisps of paper to the page
pic 3: i've applied a conservative amount of PVA glue to the broken section. it's going to bond against the spine, and when smushed, will also bond against the adjoining pages.
pic 4: resting the book on the spine for an hour or two to ensure a good bond, and let the glue dry a bit. that's the ph-neutral Polyvinyl Acetate (PVA) glue i use. it is the most useful glue in my house.
if this will be your first time fixing a page that has fallen out of a book, or fixing a spine like this one: a tiny amount of PVA goes a LONG way. it tends to get runny, so give the bottle a good shake before you start. it also dries a lot faster than the usual white schoolroom glue.
#mottai #diyrepair #books #bookstodon #myst #permaculture #solarpunk #repair
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one of the little skills i've begun to learn over the past few years is how to repair books. i don't mean the kind of heavyduty book restoration you see done by professionals. i mean fixing your beloved thrashed paperback that you just can't bear to toss out, because who even does that
today i wanted to (finally) read Myst: The Book of Atrus, and when i opened it up a hunk of chapters completely separated from the adjoining pages. this is probably why i got it for $2 at a thrift store years ago.
book restoration is an art, and i'm a programmer. so this is how i do it.
pic 1: the damaged section. you can see where a hunk of pages has separated from the neighbouring section. there are even little wisps of paper left.
pic 2: i glue down the little torn wisps of paper using my trusty swiss army knife of tools: a dental flosser. it has the most useful tip for almost any job. i'm using it as a poker and paintbrush today. i've put a tiny dab of PVA glue on the tip, and i've glued the tiny wisps of paper to the page
pic 3: i've applied a conservative amount of PVA glue to the broken section. it's going to bond against the spine, and when smushed, will also bond against the adjoining pages.
pic 4: resting the book on the spine for an hour or two to ensure a good bond, and let the glue dry a bit. that's the ph-neutral Polyvinyl Acetate (PVA) glue i use. it is the most useful glue in my house.
if this will be your first time fixing a page that has fallen out of a book, or fixing a spine like this one: a tiny amount of PVA goes a LONG way. it tends to get runny, so give the bottle a good shake before you start. it also dries a lot faster than the usual white schoolroom glue.
#mottai #diyrepair #books #bookstodon #myst #permaculture #solarpunk #repair
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Half the #DIYrepair effort is knowing the name of the replacement part you're searching for.
After that, it's 1/3 waiting on shipping & the remainder complaining about skinned knuckles or dropped nuts & bolts.
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Back in November 2013, I bought myself a new laptop to celebrate that I was in full-time employment for the first time in my life.
The laptop was a Panasonic Toughbook CF-53 Mk2. I still have it, typing on it now in fact. Its had a few upgrades, but the keyboard is still the original.
A couple of the scissor switch mechanisms are starting to fail now, with a few keys becoming unresponsive or the key caps popping up. Most annoyingly, right-shift and enter. So it's new keyboard time.
I've ordered one of these, it's a backlit chiclet keyboard. Mine's not backlit, and not a chiclet, but it says its for CF-53 so hopefully will fit. $50 isn't a lot to spend anyway, so worth a gamble.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/276625672231
Replacement doesn't look hard from the iFixit article I found, so we'll see.
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Old battery out, new one in.
Not pretty, not fast — but it works.
DIY repair beats e-waste every time.#BatteryReplacement #RightToRepair #DIYRepair #ElectronicsRepair
#TabletRepair #LiIon #HardwareHacking #FixDontThrow
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Denis bringt einen 40 Jahre alten Commodore PET 2001 wieder zum Laufen. Eine dreiteilige Story zu den Erfolgen und Rückschlägen bei der Restaurierung.
#RetroComputing #Dresden #Commodore #DIYRepair #PET2001 #8Bithttps://www.retrocomputer-dresden.de/PET-Restaurierung/?ref=mastodon
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🌟🚗 Dutch students revolutionize EVs! ARIA, a modular electric city car from Eindhoven University, lets anyone repair or swap parts with a built-in toolbox—no pros needed. Sustainable, affordable & eco-friendly with recycled materials. DIY driving future! Read more: https://www.dezeen.com/2026/01/02/aria-repairabe-electric-car-tu-ecomotive-group/
#GoodNews #ElectricCar #SustainableTech #DIYRepair #GreenInnovation
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🌟🚗 Dutch students revolutionize EVs! ARIA, a modular electric city car from Eindhoven University, lets anyone repair or swap parts with a built-in toolbox—no pros needed. Sustainable, affordable & eco-friendly with recycled materials. DIY driving future! Read more: https://www.dezeen.com/2026/01/02/aria-repairabe-electric-car-tu-ecomotive-group/
#GoodNews #ElectricCar #SustainableTech #DIYRepair #GreenInnovation
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Looks like I've got a repair job to do tomorrow. Last year I bought myself a new mask for #COVID19 and #Influenza, a Sundström SR-200 #FullFaceElastomeric which I saw going cheap… and late last year, got the ST-2 speech module that goes with it.
Hasn't had a *lot* of use, although in hindsight there are a couple of occasions I should have made more use of it than I did, but when the winter lurgies are flying around or they're burning off (I am asthmatic), it's useful.
The ST-2 basically is a small microphone that sits over the right-hand exhaust valve and connects to a small amplifier that you clip to a shirt pocket. A tumble last year managed to break the clip, but I fashioned a lanyard out of a shoelace, and I have used it a couple of times now. I'm a lot easier to understand with that device than without.
A fortnight ago I used it, and everything was working fine. Tonight I just happened to get it out for a check … nada, nothing. LED was on, but no audio. Measured the battery (a 9V), 8.8V, a little down but not flat. All I could hear was amplifier hiss.
Opened the amplifier up, I note the main amp is a LM386, an old classic (in a fetching retro PDIP-8 too)… and elsewhere there seems to be a small SMD pre-amp. Pretty simple circuit. The microphone enters the case via a hard-wired cable that terminates inside with a JST-style connector. I unplugged that and checked across the microphone terminals with a multimeter in diode-mode … nada, open-circuit.
Had a look, sure enough, the hard plastic mount for the valve housing has managed to "ring-bark" the "shielded" (shield is disconnected both ends mind you) microphone cable and cut one of the wires within.
I wonder how often that happens "in the field", but I think I'll be replacing this with a detachable cable. The inconvenience of an unscheduled disconnect beats the inconvenience of an unscheduled wire severing.
The microphone itself is an electret, nestled in a silicone insert. The cable passes through a silicone grommit, then through a hole in a hard plastic retainer. It's that hole that did the deed. To get a new run of cable through, I had to disassemble the thing, run the silicone part under a hot tap, then jam the new cable through.
I've got the cable poked through now and the retainer re-installed, but I'll dig out the soldering iron tomorrow and re-solder the electret microphone then.
There's an opportunity to fit a plug so it can connect in-place of the detachable microphone on my Bluetooth headset, which will be handy if I'm on public transport, I can use the mask's microphone for that … and if someone in person talks to me, I just need to switch a couple of cables around. No big deal.
A bit annoying that it broke, this wasn't cheap… but at least it's easily repairable.
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during this week’s aliexpress replacement screen debacle (bad digitizer) i had noticed that the lcd seemed pixellated up close, with visible jaggies on fonts. i chalked this up to my eyes getting used to a new screen.
last night i put my original apple display back into my iPhone SE. i had replaced it years ago after it got a minor scratch. it sat in my backup parts pile for exactly a situation like this.
the original screen is absolutely pixel perfect. no jaggies at any distance.
i am utterly baffled. what on earth kind of lcd display did aliexpress sell me? it claimed to have the same resolution as oem. did it lack subpixel antialiasing of some kind?
i wish i had thought of taking pics with the aliexpress screen. it is night and day with the original apple display. anyone would notice the difference.
update: @lina nailed it. shitty INCELL lcd and digitizer! check my boost after this post for a yt vid on a truly shite incell lcd
it is the INCELL/AUMOOK brand lcd:
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I was thinking this morning, there should be more things like Goodwill, more thrift stores like that everywhere, for even LESS things going to landfills. Just people getting together, even as a trade or barter system, things like flea markets or garage sales-- people do some of this already.
Reusing things is so important, and repair, when possible-- I've been seeing some cool self-repair fix-it meetups on here, too.
As I was talking to my wife about it, and I remembered this screenshot (I think about it a lot) that's attached below, that I saved from a Wired piece (right after the death of Twitter: https://archive.ph/YSCR9) about billionaires not knowing how to 'monetize' smaller groups of happier people, as we keep our tech, some try to fix their own stuff, etc. About how it's not enough to 'build a town square' on. Which is hilarious and ironic.
Billionaires don't give a FUCK about creating a 'town square'. They don't care about people, about us, about the rest of the 99%. They want to extract value until they can't, at whatever cost.
So reuse, keep things, fix things, as much as possible. That's the way of the future. Not these fuckin billionaires and their shitty corporations.
#repair #SelfRepair #RightToRepair #reuse #FixIt #DIY #DIYRepair #thrift #ThriftStores #FuckBillionaires
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Nothing like a little robotic vacuum open-heart surgery to pass the time on a long winter’s night.
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I fixored my Hamilton Beach toaster. 🪛 :neocat_solder:
The solder joints on the electro magnet that holds the lever down had broken completely.
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Eine Waschmaschine kann man ja nicht so einfach mit ins Repair Café nehmen. Umso dankbarer bin ich für dieses Video. https://youtu.be/D6hLa9zqDKw?si=VKptJWQ0O62l38QQ Es hat mich zunächst ermutigt, den Austausch der defekten Pumpe überhaupt selbst zu versuchen. Dann es mich durch die Reparatur begleitet. Und es hat geklappt!
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Has anyone out there fixed a Roland digital piano? I got an FP30 for free, but there's no sound from the internal speakers. Headphone output is fine. Going to take it apart and poke around tomorrow #DIYrepair #DIYmusic #electronics #DigitalPiano
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#FixitClinic #SanDiegoEvents #RepairDontReplace #Sustainability #ZeroWasteSanDiego #DIYRepair #CommunityEvent #FuroshikiWrapping #BonitaSunnyside #ZeroWaste #HolidayFun #Christmas #BeCreativeZone #BonitaCA #ChulaVista #RepairMovement #California
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#FixitClinic #SanDiegoEvents #RepairDontReplace #Sustainability #ZeroWasteSanDiego #DIYRepair #CommunityEvent #FuroshikiWrapping #BonitaSunnyside #ZeroWaste #HolidayFun #Christmas #BeCreativeZone #BonitaCA #ChulaVista #RepairMovement #California
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RSVP today via link in bio San Diego Fixit Clinic (https://bit.ly/SDFC-Bonita)
Walk-ins welcome, please arrive at least one hour before closing. First come, first served!
#FixitClinic #SanDiegoEvents #RepairDontReplace #Sustainability #ZeroWasteSanDiego #DIYRepair #CommunityEvent #FuroshikiWrapping #BonitaSunnyside #ZeroWaste #HolidayFun #Christmas #BeCreativeZone #BonitaCA #ChulaVista #RepairMovement #California👉🏽👉🏽 https://www.facebook.com/967084512126817/posts/1266981238803808
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RSVP today via link in bio San Diego Fixit Clinic (https://bit.ly/SDFC-Bonita)
Walk-ins welcome, please arrive at least one hour before closing. First come, first served!
#FixitClinic #SanDiegoEvents #RepairDontReplace #Sustainability #ZeroWasteSanDiego #DIYRepair #CommunityEvent #FuroshikiWrapping #BonitaSunnyside #ZeroWaste #HolidayFun #Christmas #BeCreativeZone #BonitaCA #ChulaVista #RepairMovement #California👉🏽👉🏽 https://www.facebook.com/967084512126817/posts/1266981238803808
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Micro Center partners with iFixit to make tech repair more accessible in stores nationwide
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2025/10/micro-center-ifixit-partnership-tech-repair/
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📎 Meet my new profile icon: Clippy the Paperclip! 🖇️✨
You might recognize this little guy from the ‘90s, but Clippy’s back—and this time, he’s a symbol of resistance! 🛠️💙 Inspired by Louis Rossmann, Clippy has become the mascot of a growing digital rebellion against Big Tech’s planned obsolescence, surveillance, and the "shitification" of everything we love. He’s here to remind us that tech should serve people, not the other way around.
I personalized mine with a blue beret. That’s my little wink to Blue Beanie Day—and web accessibility—to make the internet work for everyone. (Because yes, even the revolution needs to be inclusive! 😉)
P.S. If anyone knows how to add alt text to profile pics, let me know—I’d love to have an image description in my profile!
P.P.S. 📎 To fight against Big Tech's "shitification" and advocate for the right to repair and personal ownership, visit fulu.org/newsletter
📎 To get information on how to repair products you own and choose privacy-respecting and consumer-friendly products for your next purchase, visit https://consumerrights.wiki/Main_Page
#ClippyRebellion #RightToRepair #DigitalRights #PrivacyMatters #A11y #BlueBeanieDay #TechForGood #FixItDontTossIt #AntiSurveillance #WebForAll #RightToRepair #digitalrights #privacy #cybersecurity #freedom #StopChatControl #NoMassSurveillance #SavePrivacy #TechPolicy #ActNow #clippy #AntiObsolescence #TechForGood #SustainableTech #ConsumerRights #FixItDontTossIt #RepairRevolution #EthicalTech #PrivacyMatters #DIYRepair #ConsumerPower #BuyItForLife #DigitalPrivacy #EUtechPolicy #PrivacyIsARight #OSA #StopBillC2 #NoMassSurveillance #CanadianPrivacy #StopSwissSpying #PrivacyNotParanoia #NoBigBrotherCH #DemokratieStattÜberwachungsstaat #Überwachungsstaat
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📎 Meet my new profile icon: Clippy the Paperclip! 🖇️✨
You might recognize this little guy from the ‘90s, but Clippy’s back—and this time, he’s a symbol of resistance! 🛠️💙 Inspired by Louis Rossmann, Clippy has become the mascot of a growing digital rebellion against Big Tech’s planned obsolescence, surveillance, and the "shitification" of everything we love. He’s here to remind us that tech should serve people, not the other way around.
I personalized mine with a blue beret. That’s my little wink to Blue Beanie Day—and web accessibility—to make the internet work for everyone. (Because yes, even the revolution needs to be inclusive! 😉)
P.S. If anyone knows how to add alt text to profile pics, let me know—I’d love to have an image description in my profile!
P.P.S. 📎 To fight against Big Tech's "shitification" and advocate for the right to repair and personal ownership, visit fulu.org/newsletter
📎 To get information on how to repair products you own and choose privacy-respecting and consumer-friendly products for your next purchase, visit https://consumerrights.wiki/Main_Page
#ClippyRebellion #RightToRepair #DigitalRights #PrivacyMatters #A11y #BlueBeanieDay #TechForGood #FixItDontTossIt #AntiSurveillance #WebForAll #RightToRepair #digitalrights #privacy #cybersecurity #freedom #StopChatControl #NoMassSurveillance #SavePrivacy #TechPolicy #ActNow #clippy #AntiObsolescence #TechForGood #SustainableTech #ConsumerRights #FixItDontTossIt #RepairRevolution #EthicalTech #PrivacyMatters #DIYRepair #ConsumerPower #BuyItForLife #DigitalPrivacy #EUtechPolicy #PrivacyIsARight #OSA #StopBillC2 #NoMassSurveillance #CanadianPrivacy #StopSwissSpying #PrivacyNotParanoia #NoBigBrotherCH #DemokratieStattÜberwachungsstaat #Überwachungsstaat
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📎 Meet my new profile icon: Clippy the Paperclip! 🖇️✨
You might recognize this little guy from the ‘90s, but Clippy’s back—and this time, he’s a symbol of resistance! 🛠️💙 Inspired by Louis Rossmann, Clippy has become the mascot of a growing digital rebellion against Big Tech’s planned obsolescence, surveillance, and the "shitification" of everything we love. He’s here to remind us that tech should serve people, not the other way around.
I personalized mine with a blue beret. That’s my little wink to Blue Beanie Day—and web accessibility—to make the internet work for everyone. (Because yes, even the revolution needs to be inclusive! 😉)
P.S. If anyone knows how to add alt text to profile pics, let me know—I’d love to have an image description in my profile!
P.P.S. 📎 To fight against Big Tech's "shitification" and advocate for the right to repair and personal ownership, visit fulu.org/newsletter
📎 To get information on how to repair products you own and choose privacy-respecting and consumer-friendly products for your next purchase, visit https://consumerrights.wiki/Main_Page
#ClippyRebellion #RightToRepair #DigitalRights #PrivacyMatters #A11y #BlueBeanieDay #TechForGood #FixItDontTossIt #AntiSurveillance #WebForAll #RightToRepair #digitalrights #privacy #cybersecurity #freedom #StopChatControl #NoMassSurveillance #SavePrivacy #TechPolicy #ActNow #clippy #AntiObsolescence #TechForGood #SustainableTech #ConsumerRights #FixItDontTossIt #RepairRevolution #EthicalTech #PrivacyMatters #DIYRepair #ConsumerPower #BuyItForLife #DigitalPrivacy #EUtechPolicy #PrivacyIsARight #OSA #StopBillC2 #NoMassSurveillance #CanadianPrivacy #StopSwissSpying #PrivacyNotParanoia #NoBigBrotherCH #DemokratieStattÜberwachungsstaat #Überwachungsstaat
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📎 Meet my new profile icon: Clippy the Paperclip! 🖇️✨
You might recognize this little guy from the ‘90s, but Clippy’s back—and this time, he’s a symbol of resistance! 🛠️💙 Inspired by Louis Rossmann, Clippy has become the mascot of a growing digital rebellion against Big Tech’s planned obsolescence, surveillance, and the "shitification" of everything we love. He’s here to remind us that tech should serve people, not the other way around.
I personalized mine with a blue beret. That’s my little wink to Blue Beanie Day—and web accessibility—to make the internet work for everyone. (Because yes, even the revolution needs to be inclusive! 😉)
P.S. If anyone knows how to add alt text to profile pics, let me know—I’d love to have an image description in my profile!
P.P.S. 📎 To fight against Big Tech's "shitification" and advocate for the right to repair and personal ownership, visit fulu.org/newsletter
📎 To get information on how to repair products you own and choose privacy-respecting and consumer-friendly products for your next purchase, visit https://consumerrights.wiki/Main_Page
#ClippyRebellion #RightToRepair #DigitalRights #PrivacyMatters #A11y #BlueBeanieDay #TechForGood #FixItDontTossIt #AntiSurveillance #WebForAll #RightToRepair #digitalrights #privacy #cybersecurity #freedom #StopChatControl #NoMassSurveillance #SavePrivacy #TechPolicy #ActNow #clippy #AntiObsolescence #TechForGood #SustainableTech #ConsumerRights #FixItDontTossIt #RepairRevolution #EthicalTech #PrivacyMatters #DIYRepair #ConsumerPower #BuyItForLife #DigitalPrivacy #EUtechPolicy #PrivacyIsARight #OSA #StopBillC2 #NoMassSurveillance #CanadianPrivacy #StopSwissSpying #PrivacyNotParanoia #NoBigBrotherCH #DemokratieStattÜberwachungsstaat #Überwachungsstaat
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📎 Meet my new profile icon: Clippy the Paperclip! 🖇️✨
You might recognize this little guy from the ‘90s, but Clippy’s back—and this time, he’s a symbol of resistance! 🛠️💙 Inspired by Louis Rossmann, Clippy has become the mascot of a growing digital rebellion against Big Tech’s planned obsolescence, surveillance, and the "shitification" of everything we love. He’s here to remind us that tech should serve people, not the other way around.
I personalized mine with a blue beret. That’s my little wink to Blue Beanie Day—and web accessibility—to make the internet work for everyone. (Because yes, even the revolution needs to be inclusive! 😉)
P.S. If anyone knows how to add alt text to profile pics, let me know—I’d love to have an image description in my profile!
P.P.S. 📎 To fight against Big Tech's "shitification" and advocate for the right to repair and personal ownership, visit fulu.org/newsletter
📎 To get information on how to repair products you own and choose privacy-respecting and consumer-friendly products for your next purchase, visit https://consumerrights.wiki/Main_Page
#ClippyRebellion #RightToRepair #DigitalRights #PrivacyMatters #A11y #BlueBeanieDay #TechForGood #FixItDontTossIt #AntiSurveillance #WebForAll #RightToRepair #digitalrights #privacy #cybersecurity #freedom #StopChatControl #NoMassSurveillance #SavePrivacy #TechPolicy #ActNow #clippy #AntiObsolescence #TechForGood #SustainableTech #ConsumerRights #FixItDontTossIt #RepairRevolution #EthicalTech #PrivacyMatters #DIYRepair #ConsumerPower #BuyItForLife #DigitalPrivacy #EUtechPolicy #PrivacyIsARight #OSA #StopBillC2 #NoMassSurveillance #CanadianPrivacy #StopSwissSpying #PrivacyNotParanoia #NoBigBrotherCH #DemokratieStattÜberwachungsstaat #Überwachungsstaat
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Over time, Nintendo has actively restricted repairs by refusing to sell parts, withholding repair manuals, and making it harder for independent shops and DIYers to fix common issues like Joy-Con drift. That kind of repair gatekeeping goes against everything a good score stands for.
So we updated our scoring to better reflect repair access, not just repair theory, and the Switch took a hit.Read the full story here: https://www.ifixit.com/News/110747/why-were-nerfing-the-nintendo-switchs-repairability-score
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#RightToRepair #iFixit #NintendoSwitch #DIYRepair