#Tag · bonfire.cafe

lol, I was gearing up to have a fight with Google's warranty people over the failed charge port on my 25 month old Pixel 6a phone... The slightest movement would cause the USB plug to fall out.

Port looked, fine even under magnification. Decided to gently dig around in there with a pin anyway, before going into corporate battle... Little by little an unbelievable quantity of tightly packed pocket lint came out...

Port charges like new again now. 🤦‍♂️

#repair

Gus

@projectgus@aus.social · 3 days ago

lol, I was gearing up to have a fight with Google's warranty people over the failed charge port on my 25 month old Pixel 6a phone... The slightest movement would cause the USB plug to fall out.

Port charges like new again now. 🤦‍♂️

#repair

scribe

@scribe@mastodon.sdf.org · last week

Job at the Restart Project, to help run the Hackney Fixing Factory in London, and related work: https://therestartproject.org/about/jobs/

#london #jobs #repair

Olimex

@olimex@mastodon.social · last week

We have Retro Computer Repair party on September 17 at Olimex! https://olimex.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/retro-computer-repair-party-on-september-17th-at-olimex/ If you’re a fan of retro technology or interested in computer repair - come join us on September 17th at the Olimex training building #retrogames #apple2 #repair #retrocomputer

DerReparierer

@DerReparierer@social.tchncs.de · 2 weeks ago

Wenn die Ummantelung des Fahrradschlosses kaputt geht, scheuern die einzelnen Kettenglieder den Lack am Fahrrad ab. Um weiteren Schaden zu verhindern, wird die Ummantelung hier ausgetauscht. Auf dem Markt gibt es auch Universalschläuche, falls der Hersteller mal keinen Ersatz anbietet.

If the coating on the bike lock breaks, the individual chain links will rub off the paint on the bike. To prevent further damage, the coating is replaced here. Universal tubes are also available on the market if the manufacturer does not offer a replacement.

https://derreparierer.codeberg.page/derreparierer/bike/chain_lock_abus_cover_replacement/readme.html

#repair #reparatur #bike #fahrrad

Replacing the lock coating of a bike lock.

Eliot B

@bigblen@mastodon.nzoss.nz · 4 weeks ago

Just finished some #upholstery. Replaced saggy webbing, fabric. The hardest part was getting the corners smooth enough for the seat to fit back in to the base.
#furniture #repair

A dark oak framed stool (piano?l with fabric seat cover in small, regular green,white,black,brown shades, slightly suggestive of piano keyboards

Beardy Star Stuff

@dennyhenke@social.coop · last month

I got new stickers from @fsf so I fixed the outside of my 2012 Mini to match the inside which runs Trisquel GNU/Linux.

Many of us spend a lot of time using computers everyday and we can do more to make sure we use an OS and software that is built to respect our freedom, privacy and security.

Bonus: It runs great on old computers, is climate and resource friendly, saves money.

#Apple #FreeSoftware #GNU #Linux #Computing #FreeComputing #repair #Resist #BigTech #Degrowth #ClimateDiary

A rounded square computer made of aluminum covered with stickers leaning against a white wall. Sticker text:
GNU/Linux Inside, GPL 3 Free Software Free as in Freedom, I am a part of the Rebel Alliance FediverseForFreedom, Freesoftware Foundation, Science, It's like magic but real, Protect Freedom #1 Eliminate DRM — A rounded square computer made of aluminum covered with stickers leaning against a white wall. Sticker text: GNU/Linux Inside, GPL 3 Free Software Free as in Freedom, I am a part of the Rebel Alliance FediverseForFreedom, Freesoftware Foundation, Science, It's like magic but real, Protect Freedom #1 Eliminate DRM

Gus

@projectgus@aus.social · last month

Reassembled this early-2000s Denon AV receiver for the second time tonight. It was my friend's when he blew one of the channels, and it's been sitting in my study waiting to be repaired for almost four years...

This era is hard because it's both fully computerised and almost all analog. Daughterboards, interconnects, and sprawling complexity galore. Did anyone ever use all those S-Video inputs?

Still, it's pleasant to feel the presence of Serious Japanese Engineers in suits and ties, and imagine them designing close to the limits of what was possible in consumer electronics at the time.

(Not to mention that this is actually repairable, and has a pretty decent service manual.)

#electronics #repair

Underside of the main amplifier board, sitting upright on my desk. You can see the solder-reinforced power tracks

Close up of the back of the display/controller front duahgterboard

Back end of an AV receiver sitting on a workbench. Various daughterboards are laid out beside it.

neil 🍄 boosted

Monique :coffefied:

@zenlan@mstdn.social · 2 months ago

One of the best things that happened at today's Repair Cafe was this chap caught me as he was leaving to say thanks for recommending Mint Linux for his son's old machine last month. First time Linux users, the lad (14ish?) was stood there thumbs up and beaming. #Linux #LinuxMint #RepairCafe #repair

Mre. Dartigen [maker mode] and 1 other boosted

Jan Beta

@janbeta@chaos.social · last month

New video! Repairing the Panasonic JU-253-043P floppy disk drive from my Amiga 600.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/jDxcNkC2J8w
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/5JSaGyYfmVYdxxEBQFxzPa

#Amiga #Commodore #A600 #Amiga600 #DiskDrive #Floppy #FloppyDiskDrive #Repair #Alignment #Recapping #Panasonic #ESR #Capacitor

Thumbnail for my video, showing a closeup photograph of a Panasonic disk drive from an Amiga 600 on my workbench. The overlayed text reads: "Amiga Disk Drive Repair".

Jan Beta

@janbeta@chaos.social · last month

New video! Repairing the Panasonic JU-253-043P floppy disk drive from my Amiga 600.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/jDxcNkC2J8w
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/5JSaGyYfmVYdxxEBQFxzPa

#Amiga #Commodore #A600 #Amiga600 #DiskDrive #Floppy #FloppyDiskDrive #Repair #Alignment #Recapping #Panasonic #ESR #Capacitor

Eliot B

@bigblen@mastodon.nzoss.nz · 2 months ago

A successful afternoon of #repair. Replacing the sun-perished part of my bike pannier

Red pannier with new black cloth drawstring top part attached

Before. Old ripped black cloth removed from red canvas pannier. New cloth, scissors & sewing machine behind.

Monique :coffefied:

@zenlan@mstdn.social · 2 months ago

alcinnz boosted

iFixit

@iFixit@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

You buy a new iPhone and your wallet cries. You wake up in your bed and believe that you have to buy a new phone every year. Or, you take the repair pill and you stay on iFixit.com and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.

#Matrix #redpillbluepill #iFixit #repair