Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!
Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!
Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.
So, how’s it going?
I try hard to.
We have a spot on the bench where the kids put broken things to be taped or superglued back together.
The dishwasher that was here when we moved in had issues with the electronics, we got someone in to fix it and it struggled on doing an average quality job and occasionally refusing to go, we finally replaced it about 7 years after we moved in (it was probably already 5-10 years old then). Not gonna lie, having a new one that just works and does a good job is great, but I don’t like replacing things that are doing the job.
My laptop is a Framework, which is very easy to repair compared to others. I’ve had to do a display panel replacement and hinge replacements, it wasn’t a problem. Previously I’ve done the occasional repair on more typical laptops but normally nothing too complicated.
Phones are hard. Unless you have a FairPhone, your phone is probably glued together or otherwise difficult to even open. I got a second hand phone off trademe almost 4 years ago. It’s still going strong, though the battery is not as good as it once was.
I have fixed our dining table after a leg fell off (new bolts + glue), and have fixed chairs but will remove them if I don’t think I’ve done a good job because of the safety factor. Our dining table and chairs were also second hand, we got them about 8 years ago.
These are just some things that come to mind. I try to repair anything before throwing it away, but I’m not that good at it. Improving with practice, though.
I totally understand the not being that good at it.
I’m a automation engineer, I work with computers…so fixing things is something I’m getting better at.
I’ve had some help over the years, mostly in the encouragement to give it a go. I have some memorable moments, such as my father-in-law helping to fix a scotia that wasn’t quite the right shape. He looks at me and says “I think I can fix that with my chainsaw”, then proceeds to shape the wood using his chainsaw to fit perfectly in the slot, will less than a mm of tolerance.