We Need More Repair Cafés
Repair cafés around the world offer guidance in repairing the broken tech in your life.
Continue ReadingRepair cafés around the world offer guidance in repairing the broken tech in your life.
Continue ReadingIt’s fairly easy and cost-effective to replace the dead cells on rechargeable battery packs.
Continue ReadingWhile on a trip to Mendoza, Argentina, I came across a man sharpening scissors using a bicycle to power his grinding wheel. It’s a clever lo-tech combination.
Continue ReadingOur 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 it, and experimented with different replacement chord. Eventually she ended up with a 550lb-test paracord. Yeah. That oughta hold.
Continue ReadingBicycle Maintenance: How To Maintain Your Mountain Bike For Peak Performance Here’s is a very thorough way of tuning up your bike after a hard ride. The rest of the site has some other good information, but you have to dig through a lot of ‘lifestyle’ type entries before you find the making goodies. The […]
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