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 get a kick fixing broken stuff, sometimes I expect an item that’s a dollar to be broken, so at least I get a lesson on dis-assembly. If it’s already broken who gives a shit right, but if I can fix it I have the knowledge and experience working on the item Digital Cameras–portable These…
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,…
One thing about tradesmen sentimentality runs deep. You will find a lot of old pros have tools from the very beginning. this is an example of something that kills good quality tools early in their useful term I realize now a days things are just disposable, or its not worth fixing but i like to…
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
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…
Picture 3 is the remainder of the batter retainer spring
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…