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Tobias Klausmann

@klausman@mas.to · 22h ago

I have very conflicting feelings about this :D #electronics #repair #righttorepair

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Ma Quest

@MaQuest@mastodon.green · 4d ago

The Repair Directory "Find a local Repairer. Take the headache out of repairing your broken items with our online directory." https://wearerepairs.com/find-a-repairer/ #SolarPunkSunday #UK #RepairReuseRecycle #ReUse #Repair #Waste #ReCycling

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Ma Quest

@MaQuest@mastodon.green · 6d ago

Laptops For All With Tech-TakeBack "If you're struggling without a laptop, we're here to help." https://www.techtakebackfoundation.org.uk/free-laptop-scheme #SolarPunkSunday #TechTakeBack #Repair #Recycle #ReUse #eWaste #Laptops

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m0bi ⁂

@m0bi@mastodon.com.pl · May 08, 2026

@bartlomiejnestvarno@mastodon.com.pl Ale klimat fotek 👏 Uwielbiam #Repair #Reuse i #DIY 👍

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cpresser

@cccpresser@chaos.social · Apr 29, 2026

Are there uses for those PA7024P chips in #retrocomputing or #repair? I pulled them from (most likely) working equipment. And don't know what to do with them. Trash?

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Lilith Silverstein

@lilith_silverstein@lgbtqia.space · Apr 28, 2026

I'm trying to get back to tinkering with tech. I have an OGU ( https://wiki.odroid.com/odroid_go_ultra/odroid_go_ultra ) with a broken data line on the USB-C connector, so I can't flash a different distro to it. Sometime when I have the time and spoons, I want to crack it open and track down the issue to see if I can fix it myself. It would be more costly to ship it out for repairs than it would be to buy a new one. I know my partner wants my OGA ( https://wiki.odroid.com/odroid_go_advance/start ) and I'd be fine letting him have it if I can fix my OGU. I'm also interested in getting my pinephone back to a reliable state for wifi and bluetooth. Anyone know of any low-profile USB-C wlan/bluetooth adapters? I could just have it hang off of it for now. I'd love to get another keyboard attachment for it since I pretty much use it like a pocket sized laptop anymore. #pinephone #odroid #tech #DIY #repair

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tjhowse

@tj@howse.social · Apr 18, 2026

It's fixin' day. I'm gluing the tyre back onto my bandsaw's wheels. It's all perished and cracked, hopefully this gorilla glue holds it on. #repair #diy

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@thevhswizard@retro.pizza · Apr 22, 2026

#Battery and #repair nerds, need help finding the correct(ish) battery for a device. It's a mini Digital TV that was made like 10+ years ago and still works fine, but the battery is shot and doesn't hold a charge. I sort of know how to read one of these batteries, but am having a hard time finding an exact match. It doesn't need to be EXACTLY the same, in fact I'd be fine with a much larger capacity battery, as long as it fits inside the compartment on the tv - and is the correct polarity, because a lot of the ones I am seeing have the red and black wires in the opposite configuration and I don't have the manual dexterity to re-wire one of these anymore. Amazon, AliExpress, wherever, can anybody match something up to this? #Electronics

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Tog Hackerspace

@tog@mastodon.ie · Apr 22, 2026

Not everything with a cracked plastic case is destined for the bin. This Flymo came into TOG with a badly damaged outer shell. Our member Ambrose repaired it with a plastic welder, melting the plastic and embedding metal staples across the break from the inside to reinforce it. That is one of the joys of a hackerspace: shared tools, shared knowledge, and people willing to give things a second life. Blog post here: https://www.tog.ie/2026/04/bringing-a-cracked-flymo-back-to-life/ #Repair #CircularEconomy #RightToRepair #Hackerspace

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kkarhan

@kkarhan@jorts.horse · Apr 22, 2026

@jakebrake@ohai.social @rbreich@masto.ai @dgfitch@kolektiva.social @njvack@ruby.social @tankgrrl@hachyderm.io @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io @Viss@mastodon.social @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @MsMerope@sfba.social also #UseLonger & #Repair is better than #Upcycle & #Recycle, so yeah…

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Brian

@brian@awesome.garden · Apr 11, 2026

I was so excited today when I found a like-new, unused (or barely used) GAF 3100S Super 8mm projector at a thrift store for $12.99. I've had a bunch of home-recorded Super 8 reels lying around and haven't been able to watch or digitize them properly. Well, it went very well for about five seconds. It started taking in film... but there was suddenly the smell of burning, a small pop, followed by a bit of worse-smelling smoke. I've done minor electronics repair in the past... but I'm afraid something like this is likely beyond my current abilities/tools. Anyone know of someone who repairs 1970s Super 8 projectors? (Brief research seems to indicate that this is a nice projector to have, so maybe worth getting repaired?) #8mm #8mmfilm #vintageelectronics #electronics #electronicsrepair #repair #super8

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AI6YR Ben

@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org · Apr 11, 2026

Before/after! (Harder than expected, lol) #repair #restoration #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle #wheelbarrow

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Aral Balkan

@aral@mastodon.ar.al · Apr 11, 2026

So mine’s apparently an Issue 4 from 1982. Although there’s a sticker in it that reads 1 Nov 83 (maybe when it was sold/serviced?) The board’s out and yes, I was a bit of a barbarian and, since I’m not going to be using the composite out, cut the wires to it instead of desoldering them. If I ever need it, I can just connect the wires again. Now the bit that scares me… #BBCMicro #repair

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Aral Balkan

@aral@mastodon.ar.al · Apr 11, 2026

Note, if you will, the beauty of this design: There are seven places where the power supply attaches to the main board but there’s no way you can get it wrong as the lengths of the wire won’t let you. (You still have to know black is 0v.) #BBCMicro #repair

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Ari [APz] Sovijärvi

@apzpins@some.apz.fi · Apr 09, 2026

Pinball 2000 was Williams' last platform and in a lot of ways it was the culmination of every possible quality of life improvement they had come up with the previous generations. The idea was that you could have an extra playfield, that you just quickly swapped out at the location so you could clean and repair the old one at the privacy of your shop without a nosy drunk giving you their repair advice. Thanks to this, you can literally disconnect and remove the playfield in seconds, a thing that in many other platform takes forever and needs help to lift the playfield. It does not have the prop rod like virtually every previous machine ever had, but the playfield rails are at the very back, so when you lean it against the backbox, everything is nicely at your reach. The 1/3 pulled out position is also there for those of us who prefer to do flipper rebuilds that way. One fun detail is that you can leave the balls in the game, there's a flap that closes the ball trough when the playfield is in upright position. #pinball #arcade #repair #retrotech #mildlyinteresting

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Solarbird

@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net · Apr 03, 2026

So I don't know why both cases cracked themselves open, but they both did. Both cases show other heat stress, on the tops. This wasn't environmental, as these were indoors in climate controlled spaces. But the actual hardware is getting pretty warm, even with cases off, and the case ventilation is poor. Node 2 has been running most of the day. I guess I'll let it keep going while Node 3 runs for a day and just see what happens. But I do think these cases need a lot more venting. I have drills and no one will stop me. I wonder if OpenWRT will run on these things. That might be nice. #diy #repair #wifi #asus

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Solarbird

@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net · Apr 03, 2026

Whelp I've got these old ASUS nodes running; so far the only thing I've found for sure is that node 2 had a broken antenna cable (now repaired) and now they're all working. I'm wondering whether on site the broken antenna - which critically may be is the backhaul antenna - had been installed improperly but had not fully broken _until_ the node 2 case somehow opened itself right next to that antenna cable. Maybe that finished the cable off, tearing it. I don't know. (Meanwhile, in node 3, which also opened its own case somehow, the same cable was bent up a bit and kind of wedged into the area where the case separated. that cable is, however, intact.) #diy #repair #wifi #asus

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Solarbird

@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net · Apr 02, 2026

Why would these thermal pads be... wet this does not seem right. is this a breakdown mode of some thermal pads? Or is it something else entirely, or even by design? (This device powers up and behaves normally until it doesn't, at which point it flashes its one LED continuously. It feels like overheating, but since it just disappears offline, it's hard to tell.) #tech #repair #diy #asus #wifi #router

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Ari [APz] Sovijärvi

@apzpins@some.apz.fi · Mar 26, 2026

The crappy flipper buttons, don't get me started on those! Since the beginning of the time everyone used the kind where the moving part of the button was secured by an e-clip. Then something happened (early enshittification?) and a model where the center was just pushed in place surfaced. It had a small collar to prevent the center from just jumping out of the button frame, but that wore off from normal wear and tear, leaving surprised players with the flipper button center in their hands mid-game! The Mandalorian seen here is just from the era where the good old model had made its comeback and in this case the button wasn't a total loss, the e-clip had just come off for some reason. Oh and the black ones are relatively rare, I think the Mando is the only one of mine to have those. #pinball #repair #pinrepair

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weed stallman

@incentive@mastodon.circlewithadot.net · Mar 07, 2026

I use a System76 Thelio Mira Custom as my studio machine, running Arch. During a session today my screen became distorted, and the sound started buzzing. I unplugged my interface and shut down the PC. It would not power back up afterward, and I did a power drain and cmos reset. It's now booting, but the keyboard isnt being detected (lights work, no input) - this is in every USB port, and multiple keyboards tried. Am I going to have to send this in for repairs? :l #system76 #usb #repair

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