Better than new

black out when drymetal rod inserted 
rod inserted 
straight 
lots of epoxy 
China 
Total defect 
China Made
Today I got a rack mount strip with some impressive text on the cover. Line conditioner. ok so I paid 2 bucks, I figured the heavy ducy courd could be used on another tool repair if all else So of course i have to look inside to see what design was used for conditioning, anyway,…
I love when I come across purchases of dumb stuff made in china. Of course this was in the BIN Disassembly soon to follow Here is the break down. 2 brand new 18650 batteries with a charging system. 2 fans with cages that can be modified to be pretty good directional cooleing running off 3.7…
The misson is to repair the manifold so a air valve can be installed to be able to fill the tank. The casting on the tank broke off eliminating the air valve purchased a air valve for a couple bucks, determined the thread count to be 18 Drilled hole per tap instructions (7/16) Although this…
Label printers are pretty common in the trash these days. It’s either they are just out of film or the batteries are dead. this one actually had a broken battery terminal, the battery unable to make contact with the lead end because itwas pushed back inside the machine. A little JB weld will hold things…
Not all tools are worth putting the time and expense to repair. These days with all the Crap coming out of china the strategy is to just trash the tool and buy another. Some times tools are worth fixing. As a fixit website it’s our motive to show the good, the bad, and the ulgy….
I sometimes purchase knock-off batteries, when they stop working I wish I had purchased batter quality but lets see what’s inside this cheapie. 7.2 volt total, the battery was not old it just didn’t want to work. Both batteries removed charge to full capacity