Repair that Salad Spinner

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Repair that Salad Spinner

Our pal Quinn Dunki sent us this fix she made to her rope-start salad spinner. The nylon cord on it broke. Rather than toss it away, she used it as an opportunity to learn more about the mechanism that powers the device, and experimented with different replacement cord. Eventually, she ended up with a 550lb-test paracord. Yeah. That oughta hold. Better than new.

I love these sorts of humble repair n’ document projects. May a million of them bloom. Send us yours!

Salad Spinner Upgrade

8 thoughts on “Repair that Salad Spinner

  1. Anonymous says:

    I suppose that powering the device, the broken nylon might be considered a power cord, which is similar to a power chord, which thereby renders it into a nylon chord.

    Don’t mind me, just being amused by grammatical silliness. Carry on.

  2. Leona HEILMAN says:

    how do you get the lid off the spinner to repair

  3. Bruce Catalano says:

    I’m thankful that I dropped by on your blog and see this post. My spinner also got damage and maybe we have the same problem… will try to repair my spinner.

  4. Kay says:

    I tried to do that but can’t get the lid off!

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Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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