Better than new

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….

My flea market find, 1 dollar bin. I thought i had this until i opened one of the outlet doors and there it was.The defect that rendered it to the china bin. Perfect 15min fix project (5min needs update) Disassembly reveals a pretty good quality, simple design. And great condition!The defect obliviously from running to…

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 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

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…