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  1. nobody wants to work anymore

    except the guy who fixed the airport wifi by unplugging it and plugging it back in

    he deserves 0.4% equity and a Patagonia vest

    #founderenergy #fixer 🛠️📶

  2. Had to fix the loop holding one end of the strap on my old leather briefcase. Rivets through leather and 4-stranded flat wire. Should last.

    #fixer
    #maker
    #repair

  3. #nerdalert #smd #helpneeded #electronics #fixer #repair Has anyone got a steer on what this is, I’m drawing a blank. It’s on the power supply board for a heating system. The DF04S that feeds it is blown, so is a 78M05 nearby (as well as 3 opto isolators). Suspect a lightning strike.

  4. #nerdalert #smd #helpneeded #electronics #fixer #repair Has anyone got a steer on what this is, I’m drawing a blank. It’s on the power supply board for a heating system. The DF04S that feeds it is blown, so is a 78M05 nearby (as well as 3 opto isolators). Suspect a lightning strike.

  5. #nerdalert #smd #helpneeded #electronics #fixer #repair Has anyone got a steer on what this is, I’m drawing a blank. It’s on the power supply board for a heating system. The DF04S that feeds it is blown, so is a 78M05 nearby (as well as 3 opto isolators). Suspect a lightning strike.

  6. #nerdalert #smd #helpneeded #electronics #fixer #repair Has anyone got a steer on what this is, I’m drawing a blank. It’s on the power supply board for a heating system. The DF04S that feeds it is blown, so is a 78M05 nearby (as well as 3 opto isolators). Suspect a lightning strike.

  7. #nerdalert #smd #helpneeded #electronics #fixer #repair Has anyone got a steer on what this is, I’m drawing a blank. It’s on the power supply board for a heating system. The DF04S that feeds it is blown, so is a 78M05 nearby (as well as 3 opto isolators). Suspect a lightning strike.

  8. Rebuilt the brakes on my old Redline bike

    I'm pleased I had these old umbrella parts as I highly doubt I'd find replacement OEM springs for a bicycle I bought in 1984

    #reduce
    #repair
    #maker
    #fixer
    #bicycle

  9. @tmcfarlane @matt303 I tried crumpled foil in used #fixer and it didn't seem to do anything useful.

  10. Just swivelled this account over to this new home. We'll be posting as often as we can, but that won't be as often as we'd like at the moment as the priority is to get some data analytics done so that we can post a few stats and stuff as well as automating a few posts if at all possible. This means that Python needs (re)learning and all of the stuff that goes with it. We'll try and keep some posts coming though. #repaircafe #repaircafes #fixer

  11. Sorry for the radio silence. Just a mix of too much to do and me being lazy. We've still doing two #repaircafes a month. First and third Saturdays of each month. Probably not December though. Well, not the third Saturday anyway. Maybe make the other a specialist one. Who knows.

    Anyway, latest stats for those interested. #repaircafe #fixer #repair

  12. Repair Cafe in Rugby this morning. Had to cancel this afternoon's RC at the Coventry Salvation Army shop this afternoon as we didn't have enough fixers to run the show. Shame, but it's August so a quiet month anyway.

    Rugby rarely suffers significantly quiet months. Never less than 20 items per session anymore.

    We're good at breaking things in Rugby and, thankfully, also good at getting them fixed again. 🙂

    #RepairCafe #Repaircafes #Fixer

  13. We're getting our repair results uploaded today so the charts should be on Repair Monitor tomorrow. I'll look at getting them up on here then.

    In the meantime a quick shout out to Repair Cafe Coventry which happened today. I haven't got a Mastodon account for that yet as I'm kinda run ragged at the moment as it is without another social media account to fuss over. Sorry. #repaircafe #repair #fixer

  14. So last Saturday was our second and thus last #RepairCafe in June. I predicted another quite session like the previous one, but everyone was very happy to point out that I got it wrong and we were almost as bust as usual.

    We still get new people coming along to become volunteers and so I think that we're still pretty much getting it right. It's all about keeping people happy, isn't it? Short term by volunteering and long term but helping the environment.

    #repair #fixer #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle

  15. Taken me a while to remember to update the stats for this year to date, sorry.

    Anyway, the numbers are fairly straight forward. Our repair percentages barely change but it's interesting to see that our textile fixers are really starting to shine.

    The next #repaircafe is tomorrow and I'll have more photos and stats for you all then.

    #fixer #repaircafes #repair

  16. The Filmumentaries Podcast: Actor Anthony Forrest

    #Filmumentaries #StarWars #FanthaTracks #filmumentaries #anthonyforrest #fixer 

    The Filmumentaries Podcast Episode 128 with Anthony Forrest.

    Read the whole story at the below link:

    fantha.news/vjnnd

  17. The Filmumentaries Podcast: Actor Anthony Forrest

    #Filmumentaries #StarWars #FanthaTracks #filmumentaries #anthonyforrest #fixer 

    The Filmumentaries Podcast Episode 128 with Anthony Forrest.

    Read the whole story at the below link:

    fantha.news/vjnnd

  18. The Filmumentaries Podcast: Actor Anthony Forrest

    #Filmumentaries #StarWars #FanthaTracks #filmumentaries #anthonyforrest #fixer 

    The Filmumentaries Podcast Episode 128 with Anthony Forrest.

    Read the whole story at the below link:

    fantha.news/vjnnd

  19. The Filmumentaries Podcast: Actor Anthony Forrest

    #Filmumentaries #StarWars #FanthaTracks #filmumentaries #anthonyforrest #fixer 

    The Filmumentaries Podcast Episode 128 with Anthony Forrest.

    Read the whole story at the below link:

    fantha.news/vjnnd

  20. The Filmumentaries Podcast: Actor Anthony Forrest

    #Filmumentaries #StarWars #FanthaTracks #filmumentaries #anthonyforrest #fixer 

    The Filmumentaries Podcast Episode 128 with Anthony Forrest.

    Read the whole story at the below link:

    fantha.news/vjnnd

  21. OK, so here's the data. Kinda.We're running second in a non-existent race to do the most fixes in the UK this year.

    As for the the Fixed / Partial Fix / Binned stats, I'm only monitoring our Binned rate as these are the items that have gone to landfill. Everything else has managed to stay in use one way or another and that is what counts to me.

    #repaircafe #repaircafes #fixer #repair

  22. Today was our second #RepairCafe in #RugbyTown in May. Things have, as expected, quietened down a little since we started opening twice a month. Enough items to keep us busy to the end of the session, but not so busy that we have to turn people away. I think that two people did leave without getting their items repaired, but I think that was because they turned up too near to the end of the session. New #repairers joined today too.

    I shall confess that I have recently built an adjustable bench top power supply with an old laptop charger and some bits off eBay and I took it with me today to do some real world testing. It passed with flying colours so I'm quite proud of that. (AKA no one died and nothing exploded.)

    I'll upload our stats once #RepairMonitor has made them available.

    #fixer #repaircafes

  23. Today was our second #RepairCafe in #RugbyTown in May. Things have, as expected, quietened down a little since we started opening twice a month. Enough items to keep us busy to the end of the session, but not so busy that we have to turn people away. I think that two people did leave without getting their items repaired, but I think that was because they turned up too near to the end of the session. New #repairers joined today too.

    I shall confess that I have recently built an adjustable bench top power supply with an old laptop charger and some bits off eBay and I took it with me today to do some real world testing. It passed with flying colours so I'm quite proud of that. (AKA no one died and nothing exploded.)

    I'll upload our stats once #RepairMonitor has made them available.

    #fixer #repaircafes

  24. Today was our second #RepairCafe in #RugbyTown in May. Things have, as expected, quietened down a little since we started opening twice a month. Enough items to keep us busy to the end of the session, but not so busy that we have to turn people away. I think that two people did leave without getting their items repaired, but I think that was because they turned up too near to the end of the session. New #repairers joined today too.

    I shall confess that I have recently built an adjustable bench top power supply with an old laptop charger and some bits off eBay and I took it with me today to do some real world testing. It passed with flying colours so I'm quite proud of that. (AKA no one died and nothing exploded.)

    I'll upload our stats once #RepairMonitor has made them available.

    #fixer #repaircafes

  25. Today was our second #RepairCafe in #RugbyTown in May. Things have, as expected, quietened down a little since we started opening twice a month. Enough items to keep us busy to the end of the session, but not so busy that we have to turn people away. I think that two people did leave without getting their items repaired, but I think that was because they turned up too near to the end of the session. New #repairers joined today too.

    I shall confess that I have recently built an adjustable bench top power supply with an old laptop charger and some bits off eBay and I took it with me today to do some real world testing. It passed with flying colours so I'm quite proud of that. (AKA no one died and nothing exploded.)

    I'll upload our stats once #RepairMonitor has made them available.

    #fixer #repaircafes

  26. Today was our second #RepairCafe in #RugbyTown in May. Things have, as expected, quietened down a little since we started opening twice a month. Enough items to keep us busy to the end of the session, but not so busy that we have to turn people away. I think that two people did leave without getting their items repaired, but I think that was because they turned up too near to the end of the session. New #repairers joined today too.

    I shall confess that I have recently built an adjustable bench top power supply with an old laptop charger and some bits off eBay and I took it with me today to do some real world testing. It passed with flying colours so I'm quite proud of that. (AKA no one died and nothing exploded.)

    I'll upload our stats once #RepairMonitor has made them available.

    #fixer #repaircafes

  27. Results from Saturday's #RepairCafe in #RugbyTown. We use #RepairMonitor to log all of our work so that it's captured by Repair Cafe International. This gives us a few stats and thanks to the fact that we have a session on the first Saturday of the month and that we have two sessions per month, we are currently at the top of the Items Through the Door chart. The percentage fixed measure isn't one that we get competitive about. As long as the end of life number is low, then we're happy.

    #repaircafes #fixer #righttorepair
    @repaircafe

  28. Results from Saturday's #RepairCafe in #RugbyTown. We use #RepairMonitor to log all of our work so that it's captured by Repair Cafe International. This gives us a few stats and thanks to the fact that we have a session on the first Saturday of the month and that we have two sessions per month, we are currently at the top of the Items Through the Door chart. The percentage fixed measure isn't one that we get competitive about. As long as the end of life number is low, then we're happy.

    #repaircafes #fixer #righttorepair
    @repaircafe

  29. Results from Saturday's #RepairCafe in #RugbyTown. We use #RepairMonitor to log all of our work so that it's captured by Repair Cafe International. This gives us a few stats and thanks to the fact that we have a session on the first Saturday of the month and that we have two sessions per month, we are currently at the top of the Items Through the Door chart. The percentage fixed measure isn't one that we get competitive about. As long as the end of life number is low, then we're happy.

    #repaircafes #fixer #righttorepair
    @repaircafe

  30. Results from Saturday's #RepairCafe in #RugbyTown. We use #RepairMonitor to log all of our work so that it's captured by Repair Cafe International. This gives us a few stats and thanks to the fact that we have a session on the first Saturday of the month and that we have two sessions per month, we are currently at the top of the Items Through the Door chart. The percentage fixed measure isn't one that we get competitive about. As long as the end of life number is low, then we're happy.

    #repaircafes #fixer #righttorepair
    @repaircafe

  31. Results from Saturday's #RepairCafe in #RugbyTown. We use #RepairMonitor to log all of our work so that it's captured by Repair Cafe International. This gives us a few stats and thanks to the fact that we have a session on the first Saturday of the month and that we have two sessions per month, we are currently at the top of the Items Through the Door chart. The percentage fixed measure isn't one that we get competitive about. As long as the end of life number is low, then we're happy.

    #repaircafes #fixer #righttorepair
    @repaircafe

  32. Another 1st Saturday and another #repaircafe in #RugbyTown. This one was quieter than usual. Or maybe we should say less chaotic.

    Today's mix included a stereo that was in for its third session and was finally condemned. The processor seems to be fried. One of the few bits we can't replace.

    We gave a shovel a new handle. That required planing the handle and adding a bolt. We don't often need woodworking tools, but thankfully we have a Library of Things and that contained a plane.

    The most satisfying item for me was a folding pram frame that wouldn't lock in place anymore. Looks like the manufacturing process damaged the riveted hinge pins. We drilled them out and replaced them with bolts and it's as good as new. The perfect example of a design that discourages repair of minor failures by fixing everything together with rivets. #fixer #repair @repaircafe

  33. So, having uploaded our fixes from yesterday onto #RepairMonitor we can now see how we are doing officially.

    I should point out that I really don't think that all UK repair cafes upload their results to Repair Monitor, so this isn't very official at all, but it makes us feel good.

    #repaircafe #fixer #repair @repaircafe

  34. So, having uploaded our fixes from yesterday onto #RepairMonitor we can now see how we are doing officially.

    I should point out that I really don't think that all UK repair cafes upload their results to Repair Monitor, so this isn't very official at all, but it makes us feel good.

    #repaircafe #fixer #repair @repaircafe

  35. So, having uploaded our fixes from yesterday onto #RepairMonitor we can now see how we are doing officially.

    I should point out that I really don't think that all UK repair cafes upload their results to Repair Monitor, so this isn't very official at all, but it makes us feel good.

    #repaircafe #fixer #repair @repaircafe

  36. So, having uploaded our fixes from yesterday onto #RepairMonitor we can now see how we are doing officially.

    I should point out that I really don't think that all UK repair cafes upload their results to Repair Monitor, so this isn't very official at all, but it makes us feel good.

    #repaircafe #fixer #repair @repaircafe

  37. So, having uploaded our fixes from yesterday onto #RepairMonitor we can now see how we are doing officially.

    I should point out that I really don't think that all UK repair cafes upload their results to Repair Monitor, so this isn't very official at all, but it makes us feel good.

    #repaircafe #fixer #repair @repaircafe

  38. We were expecting (read hoping for) a quiet session today to allow us to also do some organising, It was slightly less busy (chaotic) than usual, but still kept us busy for the full three hours.

    The forms haven't been uploaded to #RepairMonitor yet, but when they have been I'll post the charts.

    For now here are some photos from the event.

    #repaircafe #repair #fixer @repaircafe

  39. We were expecting (read hoping for) a quiet session today to allow us to also do some organising, It was slightly less busy (chaotic) than usual, but still kept us busy for the full three hours.

    The forms haven't been uploaded to #RepairMonitor yet, but when they have been I'll post the charts.

    For now here are some photos from the event.

    #repaircafe #repair #fixer @repaircafe

  40. We were expecting (read hoping for) a quiet session today to allow us to also do some organising, It was slightly less busy (chaotic) than usual, but still kept us busy for the full three hours.

    The forms haven't been uploaded to #RepairMonitor yet, but when they have been I'll post the charts.

    For now here are some photos from the event.

    #repaircafe #repair #fixer @repaircafe