Fun and Failure
My sister is a beekeeper, or maybe a meta-beekeper. She ends up making more money by breeding and selling new queen bees to other beekeepers than she does by selling …read more Continue reading Fun and Failure
Tag Archives: Repair
Unusual Tool Gets an Unusual Repair
In today’s value-engineered world, getting a decade of service out of a cordless tool is pretty impressive. By that point you’ve probably gotten your original investment back, and if the …read more Continue reading Unusual Tool Gets an Unusual Repair
Fixing a Busted Fluke While Fighting a Wonky Schematic
Fluke meters have been around for a long, long time. Heck, we’ve got a Fluke 73 that we bought back in 1985 that’s still a daily driver. But just because …read more Continue reading Fixing a Busted Fluke While Fighting a Wonky Schematic
Vintage Ribbon Cable Repair Saves Poqet PC
It sometimes seems as though computing power in your pocket is a relatively new phenomenon, but in fact there have been ultraportable computers since the 8-bit era. They started to …read more Continue reading Vintage Ribbon Cable Repair Saves Poqet PC
Hack All The Things, Get All The Schematics
When I was growing up, about 4 or 5 years old, I had an unorthodox favourite type of reading material: service manuals for my dad’s audio equipment. This got to …read more Continue reading Hack All The Things, Get All The Schematics
How To Find Replacement Parts When Model Numbers Don’t Match
[Sharad Shankar] repaired a broken TV by swapping out the cracked and malfunctioning image panel for a new one. Now, part-swapping is a great way to repair highly integrated modern …read more Continue reading How To Find Replacement Parts When Model Numbers Don’t Match
Ribbon Cable Repair Saves Touch ID
Some might consider a broken ribbon cable to be unsalvagable. They’re delicate and fragile as can be, and sometimes just fussing with them further is enough to cause additional damage. …read more Continue reading Ribbon Cable Repair Saves Touch ID
M1 Development Board from Scraps
Apple is fairly notorious for building devices that are difficult to repair, but with the right tools it’s often not completely impossible to circumvent some of their barriers. As they …read more Continue reading M1 Development Board from Scraps
Upgrade-friendly TWS earbuds designed to let the music play on
Many of the gadgets we use every day have a limited shelf life, and often end up as e-waste before their time. The Dutch company that launched a repairable, upgradeable, sustainable smartphone has now taken the challenge to true wireless earphones.Cont… Continue reading Upgrade-friendly TWS earbuds designed to let the music play on
How Do You Make A Repairable E-Reader
Mobile devices have become notorious for their unrepairability, with glued-together parts and impossible-to-reach connectors. So it’s refreshing to see something new in that field from the e-book reader brand Kobo …read more Continue reading How Do You Make A Repairable E-Reader