#FixItYourself

MercyjaanMercyjaan
2025-10-11

How to Locate Your Appliance Model Number

Identifying the correct appliance model number ensures you order the proper parts, download the correct manuals, or receive support tailored to your device.

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startupeditor.com

WAF Not Found :Ryyca:waf404@ursal.zone
2025-07-18

This guy deserves the name of his channel: Necroware. Bringing dead hardware back to life

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Why is this Lenovo notebook not charging? Let's fix it!

youtube.com/watch?v=TzpOLO0vVoM

#necroware #retrocomputing #dyi #fixityourself

TeenyLilSuperGuyTeenyLilSuprGuy
2025-07-08

Happy Prime Day(s)!!! I ordered a third-party replacement gear kit for my 20-year old stand mixer. I've been putting repairs off since the stroke. Got my fingers crossed. Can't wait to use the accessory hub again. My pasta roller, food grinder, and slicer/grater attachements have been sitting idle for far too long.

a.co/d/7A55vdr

Anthony Acciolyanthony@accioly.social
2025-06-03

Disclaimer: Not an ad. But honestly, buy one of these.

youtu.be/1HZbGlzf_K0

Cordless drivers are the perfect "lazy boy tool". I paid £25 for the Worx WX242 from a Chinese website, and it replaced not only my Wowstick (handy, but not very powerful) but also my "big boy" impact driver for most things.

Seriously, it's so convenient that I went from this youtube.com/shorts/Y6kf1PXIJII to running out of things to fix and tinker with.

#DIYTools #FixItYourself #Tinkering #WorxWX242 #LazyBoyTools

Paul Cormackpcrmk@mastodon.ie
2025-04-16

Broken suitcase lock fixed, crappy combi locks where the tumblers slip a digit or two... #fixityourself

The combination lock stripped from a suitcase, with a multi tool for cutting and getting open the housingA bare combination lock tumbler in the process of being fixed
John Breenjab01701mid
2025-04-15

I have this precious 30yo set of Sony headphones, and the yoke holding one ear cup had snapped like a wishbone.
After considering several options, and trying "just epoxy the pieces back together", I managed to slice 1/4" from a 60mm I.D. PVC pipe, perfect match for the yoke radius, and cyanoacrylate gap-filling glue sandwich, it's as good as new !

Set of Sony MDR-V6 headphones, and the yoke holding one ear cup had snapped like a wishbone.
Using a shopvac tube to hold a PVC fittinng I had in my collection, I managed to slice 1/4" from a 60mm I.D. PVC pipe using a bandsaw, perfect match for the yoke radius, and cyanoacrylate gap-filling glue sandwich.
TechGeeksApparelTechGeeksApparel
2025-03-22

"Do not open this device."
Me: Opens it anyway.
Warranty: Voided.

If you haven’t taken something apart just to see how it works, are you even an engineer?

🔗 techgeeksapparel.com/i-void-wa

Sadaf Awansadafawan
2024-12-21
2024-12-13

I appreciate First Dog On The Moon's "Why Not Fix it Yourself!"

Deservedly smug. Repaired a kettle.
@firstdogonthemoon

"Tell us your adorable repair stories in the comments."
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#RightToRepair #FixItYourself

Two panels from the referred article:

Self repair! Everyone is doing it -- all you need is a bit of gumption, some tools and a broken something.

The rear nozzle on my Gurgleator 5000 cracked so I watched a youtube view on how to fix it was I was able to repair it with two cotton reels, some steel wool and a glue stick.

Our dryer stared screeching and making terrible noises. The internet said it might be the roller or the bearings? I watched some youtube videos but it was super fiddly and I'm frightened of being electrocuted so after two years I called a guy ho came to the house and "fixed" it but a week later it broke again in a different way and now the guy won't return my calls.

The lesson from all this is we realized be do not actually need a dryer.
Marion Covillemoossye@piaille.fr
2024-11-28

Hey la team #Reparation et #fixityourself : l'écouteur gauche de mon casque Sennheiser Momentum 2 a cessé de fonctionner (le droit fonctionne).

Quand je déplace l'écouteur gauche, j'arrive parfois à obtenir du son et des bruits de friture. J'imagine donc qu'il s'agit d'un faux contact ou d'un problème de connectique / soudure.

J'ai ouvert l'écouteur gauche et inspecté les câbles et les soudures, rien ne semble avoir été détaché. En revanche, le câble qui relie les deux écouteurs a été entamé (cf photo).

- À votre avis, est-ce que ça peut venir de ça ?
- Si oui : ça se change / ça se répare ?

Merci pour les partages et les réponses 🙏

#repair #fixit

2024-11-18

That time I saved my old Tivo 3 from the bin.
A number of the old power supply capacitors had failed, some visibly some invisibly. This was one of my only soldering adventures.

Happy to report the Tivo works again. Just don't look too closely at my soldering joints. I'm messy, but it works.

#tivo
#fixityourself

Some new capacitors, and a lot less dustCapacitors that have failed inside a Tivo. Very dusty in there.
2024-10-28

I spent a bit of time today recovering from the weekend and clearing out my mending pile. This bag from Market Basket had some places where the panels were pulling apart from each other and the binding was falling off. I pulled off the crummy binding and replaced it with some nylon webbing, and ta-da, bag is useful again.

From a purely capitalist perspective, this is a terrible use of time, right? I could just buy a new bag from MB for, like, what, $5? $10? And I could have used that time in Economically Productive Pursuits to Increase The GDP, and someone in an exploited country could have made another one and shipped it across the ocean, and in a couple years that binding would rip and I’d buy a new one and we’d just keep doing that dance until the heat death of the universe.

Or I could spend the time and effort to keep it out of a landfill for a little longer. So I did. And it’s a small thing but it’s better than nothing. Bonus: bag is now significantly gayer.

We can fix things if we take the time.

#makedoandmend #fixityourself #mending #moveslowandfixthings #sewing #visiblemending

A close up view of the side of a Market Basket (local beloved grocery chain) insulated bag. The edge binding has been replaced with a strip of rainbow nylon webbing. A Caucasian hand is holding the edge so that both sides are visible.
2024-10-20

One zone in our underfloor heating system stopped working, but now I understand the whole system inside and out. I’ve learned terms like #Manifold and #Actuator, plus I know how to bleed #UFH and replace an actuator pin. Well done, me!”

#UnderfloorHeating #DIY #HomeMaintenance #HeatingSystems #TechLearning #HomeImprovement #ActuatorRepair #ManifoldTech #Plumbing #SmartHome #HeatingRepair #FixItYourself #TechSkills #DIYHome

2024-06-06

My side monitor fell and now has a scratch on its screen. It's okay cuz I'm already living the crusty aesthetic. My phone's buttons are taped on. The headband on my headphones got tape, too... #FixItYourself #crustpunk #DealWithIt #tech

Célia (Ah Bon) :heart_trans:ahbon@toot.cat
2024-05-22

My 20 years old speakers started rattling under heavy bass a while ago. I discovered that the light-gray part (that's called the surround or the suspension, apparently) was all cracked. It looks mild in the pic but when you move the cone it actually is very damaged.

I also learned that it is a well-known issue of this specific model of speaker, in this specific color (there was a darker model that doesn't have this issue). Ah, well.

Anyway, I also discovered that one can fix it themselves for quite cheap. The following website exclusively sells surrounds and dust caps (the center piece of a speaker cone) to fix your speakers and has detailed instruction videos showing you how to do so.

repairyourspeakers.com/en/

I received my pair of surrounds, and glue, yesterday. Now, fingers crossed, I might be able to do it.

#diy #speakers #righttorepair #fixityourself #hifi #audio

Close-up of a woofer, the rubber surround around the cone is all cracked.
Snap Solutions DIYsnapsolutions
2024-01-17

Easy Repair Guide: Fixing a Frayed Chainsaw Cord Fast! 🛠️🌲
Is your chainsaw cord frayed and interrupting your wood chopping? Worry not! In this detailed video, we'll walk you through a quick and effective fix for a frayed chainsaw cord, ensuring you can keep chopping wood without any hitches.

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