We Need More Repair Cafés
Repair cafés around the world offer guidance in repairing the broken tech in your life.
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How to Replace Dead Battery Pack Cells
It’s fairly easy and cost-effective to replace the dead cells on rechargeable battery packs.
Mobile Sharpening Rig
While 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.
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 it, and experimented with different replacement chord. Eventually she ended up with a 550lb-test paracord. Yeah. That oughta hold.
How-To video: bike maintenance
Bicycle 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 […]
