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It’s not about the money - it’s about sending a message
Repair > replace.
It’s not just about how much money it costs.
Less waste thrown into a dump, gain knowledge of how to fix the issue, can help others with fixing the same issue, and sends the message that we’d rather repair than replace.
Doing stuff against planned obsolesce and throwaway culture are much more meaningful than recycling.
If you are a hobbyist, you can break them in to components and build something new. Preferably something that doesn’t burn your house down or electrocute someone. Stay under 50V.
Hell yeah brother.
I legit contracted with an OEM over Alibaba to make a custom piece of glass to adhere to the new LCD screen to replace the broken screen in my wife’s Playdate.
Though in that case it was like $150 total.
Damn, sounds impressive! The experience that inspired this meme for me was swapping the buttons in my mouse for newer ones from a dead donor mouse, which admittedly took much less than 2 hours haha
That’s so great. You should be proud.
When you can’t earn money, then, time isn’t money, Money IS Money! Sure that device costs $5 to replace, but with those two hours that you weren’t earning cash, you saved $5 that you can spend on whatever your heart desires. When you aren’t earning, save.
You can be making money anytime nowadays if you’ve got a driver’s license. Not that I’d recommend it though.
Don’t most of those jobs require you to supply your own vehicle, fuel and other vehicle-related expenses?
They do which is why I wouldn’t recommend it.
I fix stuff when it’s harder than buying a new one just because it’s rewarding. I guess the guy in the picture embodies that feeling but I don’t picture it that way, it’s just how I was brought up. Same reason I make meals instead of ordering doordash.
I personally prefer to break a slightly broken device further
Everyone here fixing stuff with 3D printers while I am here struggling how to sew up wool silk leggings in a way that keeps them elastic and fighting for my life with darning
I still have my CRT TV still open due I do not have the time to buy a 16v capacitor. Has been like, 2 weeks now. Wow. I need to fix it
If you haven’t yet, go order that cap. It’ll take like 7 minutes tops.
yea, fix that tv it’s going to be the weekend’s adventure
Finally!!! It’s done.
Hell yeah! Nice work dude!
I mean it’s not that crazy if it saves you a trip to whatever store.
Going to a single place to replace something can take an hour so we can subtract that. Getting paid $5 an hour for a fun activity is also an absolute steal.
I just like fixin stuff. It’s why I got a 3d printer and I’m learning CAD.
I would rather spend 8 hours banging my head against a wall than spend 10 dollars on Amazon to order a replacement part lol
IMO, building your own devices/fixing is just plain more fun
I’ve gotten shit for taking apart the filter screen on my toilet’s filler and cleaning out the sediment when I could just spend $20 to replace it. It’s really not even that hard once you figure out the trick for spreading the clips holding it together. They really didn’t want this to be user fixable.
As a person is not very handy around the house, I can’t tell you how good I feel about myself when I can actually fix something. It’s better than sex.
I personally designed and 3D printed a case to hold 4 rechargeable batteries, so I could charge them with 5 Volts from a USB cable, instead of buying a new charger.
Fun Fact: this ruins the batteries. Gave up on designing myself and downloaded a design for a battery-adapter (plastic shell + 1 screw that makes small battery fit in big devices). My stockpile of small batteries then lasted me 2 months before I finally bought a charger and new rechargeables.
