Poll: DIY

[rockera]

Simple enough question have you ever DIY (done it yourself) when trying to fix something?
and share your experience's.

E.g I used masking tape to fix a hole in my gaming chair.

 

[The Rockerfly]

Polls broken

And yeah I tried to fix my gaming chair once and we both know how that ended up

 

[BonsaiK]

When I was a kid I used to fix Commodore 64 joysticks with blu-tac and sticky tape. Strangely my repairs often wouldn't last that long...

 

[Pegghead]

The chair I'm currently sitting in is one of those office chairs with wheels, one fell off so I duct taped a brick supported by popsicle sticks to where it was oncew fixed and the chairs fine. I shit you not it has worked without fail.

 

[AvsJoe]

Does tearing the already-ripped sleeve off of a shirt to form a sleeveless one count as fixing it?

 

[hittite]

I fix and make stuff. Mostly with duct tape.

Like I made a holster for my Nerf gun. a sheath for the Nerf sword. I velcro'd a tac-light to the gun gave it a few cosmetic upgrades.

 

[The Salty Vulcan]

Tried DIY surgery once.
I think I did rather well.

 

[Jfswift]

Hehe, I almost forgot but a few years ago I bought this crazy blue party couch and like.. when I got home I found out one of the wheels had exploded (all the bearings fell out), and it was a discontinued model (thus the great price) so I had to improvise. I ended up finding a rolly wheel at home depot that perfectly matched the height of the one I replaced but was like half as strong. I installed it and tucked it in a bit so no one would ever know

 

[unicron44]

Does tearing the already-ripped sleeve off of a shirt to form a sleeveless one count as fixing it?

Yes I do believe it does, plus you can turn it into a work out shirt in the process. So you never lost anything it just evolved.

 

[Jark212]

Yup, I fixed my computer chair arm supports that were falling off with duct tape, never had any problems with it sense...

Pro Tip: Always keep a roll or two of duct tape around (In your car, in your house, in your bug-out bag (for the paranoid folks out there)), it might save your life...

 

[Death on Trapezoids]

I am currently looking at a backpack that is more held together by duct tape than stitching.

Pretty much any fixing I do is either percussive maintennance, or involves liberal amounts of duct tape and/or WD-40.

 

[Luftwaffles]

Hmmm my DIY seldom involves fixing....i superglued broken stuff together...made a lock for my ammo can...a mousetrap that didnt work...a fuel pump...

My summer project is gonna be a homemade magnetic pickup and a small amp to go with it.

 

[Keava]

Fixing things with tape is not exactly the essence of DIY to be honest. DIY is about making things for yourself, from scratch, instead going to shop and buying them.

I mend and sew majority of my clothes, i made myself a pocket guitar amp, some furniture in my house, and of course i fix most of thing in here that don't require very specialized knowledge or tools. That way im getting things i want exactly as i want, plus it's fun to spend hours working on something you can be proud of later on.

 

[Last Bullet]

That practice is basically hardwired into my brain, so yeah. If it's not electronic, duct tape will fix it. If it is electronic, duct tape might fix it. Though I am capable of more... uh, knowledgeable fixes -- I once soldered one of those old handheld games when it broke when I was a kid. I felt like a god.

 

[Kouen]

Yes,

Just recently I DIY'd my Laptop Battery!

My Laptop Battery was only lasting 2 mins, and had an acer battery laying around which while was a little less in total mAh (400 less) was the same voltage so I got it open and salvaged the cells!

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So I then Proceeded to open the original battery up

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Solder in the replacement cells (Yes i know theres alot of tape I used that to hold the cells while i soldered, besides its behind plastic in a sealed case so no big issue.

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After 2 charges and discharges just short of 2 hours battery life, not bad for used cells that are also totaling 400mAh less.

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[Betancore]

Well, I've made things from scratch, but I'm not so good at fixing things. If it's like sewing up a hem or altering a shirt or something, I can do that pretty well, but I remember the time I tried to reattach the handle to a chest of drawers. I ended up taping the whole thing down and covering it with a chair.

 

[Anarchemitis]

Tried DIY surgery once.
I think I did rather well.

With hardly any brain damageamageamageamageamage.

This tea smells like burnt toast.

 

[HappyNoodleBot]

Yup, I fixed my computer chair arm supports that were falling off with duct tape, never had any problems with it sense...

Pro Tip: Always keep a roll or two of duct tape around (In your car, in your house, in your bug-out bag (for the paranoid folks out there)), it might save your life...

You can also take duct tape, wrap a short length of it around an old bank card and keep it in your wallet for emergencies.

Yesterday I fixed our washing machine motor using £10 of spare parts rather than take the advise of a plumber and buy a new one plus I soldered my network cable back together after the dog chewed through it. I'm a fixing machine right now.

PS Kouran - the laptop battery fix is very impressive.

 

[The Salty Vulcan]

Tried DIY surgery once.
I think I did rather well.

With hardly any brain damageamageamageamageamage.

This tea smells like burnt toast.

Anarhemetis I thought I told you not to pick at your stitches. Now I'm going to have to patch you back up.

*grabs rusty needle and fishing line*