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Went

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 6:37 am Post subject: The forgotten art of repairing things
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22812944 Great initiative

earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
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Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 8:04 am Post subject:
Great idea EV

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 8:36 am Post subject:
I already repair things until there's none of the original left, but anything that keeps stuff out of landfill is good by me.

MikeM

Joined: 20 Oct 2010
Posts: 76
Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 9:01 am Post subject:
fantastic idea, can't see the manufacturers being happy about it, won't somebody think of their profits?!?

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 9:16 am Post subject:
Ah. Hadn't realised it was that electrickery stuff. That's another matter. I'd LOVE something like that here!

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 9:17 am Post subject:
I tried to repair my original Bosch hammer drill yesterday after getting the spare bearings and other parts through the post. Not a chance, the old bearings are press fitted and there's no way they are coming out.

Went

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 9:17 am Post subject:

mochyn wrote:

Ah. Hadn't realised it was that electrickery stuff. That's another matter. I'd LOVE something like that here!

I think it is anything, it's just that electrickery stuff (love that word) and circuit boards are what most people struggle with.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
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Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 9:19 am Post subject:
Yes: between us we can mend most things as long as they're not electrickeral.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15433
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 9:47 am Post subject:

vegplot wrote:

I tried to repair my original Bosch hammer drill yesterday after getting the spare bearings and other parts through the post. Not a chance, the old bearings are press fitted and there's no way they are coming out.

This is something that we, as society need to be more resistant to.
We need to stop accepting that things break down and cannot be repaired.
We really need to stop accepting that things break easily because they are cheap and nasty: if they cannot make them well enough, then they should not be making them.

Luckily for you lot, I have to go get busy: you've been saved from a rant about gerbil wheels... at least for now.

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9891
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 9:47 am Post subject:
great idea things are made to be less repairable these days - is why I am fond of my old kenwood chefs and hand crank sewing machines

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16093

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 5:00 pm Post subject:
If manufacturers are made responsible for disposal of their products at the end of their life, I suspect they may be a little more inclined to make them repairable. We repair what we can, including some electrical items as both husband and I have been in electronics industry, and he had a job as a 'Saturday boy' many, many years ago with a repair firm.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15433
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 5:42 pm Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

If manufacturers are made responsible for disposal of their products at the end of their life, I suspect they may be a little more inclined to make them repairable.

If consumers went back to the shop and complained more often when things break, then manufacturers might make them a bit better to start with.

A lot of modern electronics is not made unrepairable deliberately though: they use sub minature, surface mount components that need a microscope to solder. If they didn't then phones would still be the size of a brick.

Went

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 6968

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 5:45 pm Post subject:

Hairyloon wrote:

Mistress Rose wrote:

If manufacturers are made responsible for disposal of their products at the end of their life, I suspect they may be a little more inclined to make them repairable.

Even Gerbil wheels?

bagpuss

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
Posts: 10507
Location: cambridge

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 6:26 pm Post subject:
I just like the statement in the article which says Warning: Electrical repairs should only be attempted by a competent person

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 13 7:32 pm Post subject:

Hairyloon wrote:

vegplot wrote:

It was close to 30 years old and had a hard life.

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