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Maker Movement / Mending Things

Roger B
Having finally received my E&T and read the section on repairing consumer items I wondered how many people here  actually mend/make things?

To start thing off I have attached a couple of pictures of recent repairs I have made. Did it make sense to make these repairs? I think so.

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Roger
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    Carl Watkin:

    We have become a throw away society, spurred by the relative cheapness and market abundance of the most commonly used items




    Some methods of manufacture prevent repair. Sometimes, this is unavoidable, such as multilayer boards. Have a PC at home that almost certainly has a dry or broken joint in the motherboard - not worth even considering looking at it.


    In other cases, for example clips on casings, I sometimes wonder whether they are designed that way for ease of manufacture ... or to make it devilishly difficult to repair. I wouldn't like to speculate on all the motives for any particular product, as I can see both sides of the argument for many.


    However, a particular case which often causes me to start to boil up, is that of "wall warts" that are glued together ... and then the glue becomes brittle with the heat in use, and fails ... so the casing comes apart when you try and unplug it, leaving a very dangerous situation.
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    Carl Watkin:

    We have become a throw away society, spurred by the relative cheapness and market abundance of the most commonly used items




    Some methods of manufacture prevent repair. Sometimes, this is unavoidable, such as multilayer boards. Have a PC at home that almost certainly has a dry or broken joint in the motherboard - not worth even considering looking at it.


    In other cases, for example clips on casings, I sometimes wonder whether they are designed that way for ease of manufacture ... or to make it devilishly difficult to repair. I wouldn't like to speculate on all the motives for any particular product, as I can see both sides of the argument for many.


    However, a particular case which often causes me to start to boil up, is that of "wall warts" that are glued together ... and then the glue becomes brittle with the heat in use, and fails ... so the casing comes apart when you try and unplug it, leaving a very dangerous situation.
    angry

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