Too often people throw out broken things that can be easily repaired. This is a collection of repairs intended to demonstrate how simple it is to fix, rather than throw away.
Repaired piano/keyboard key
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I bought a keyboard from a garage/yard sale for only $25. The reason it was so cheap was because one of the keys was broken. After fixing the key it was as good as new. |
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Repaired camera tripod leg
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The bottom leg of one of my tripods fell off one day and either I couldn't find all the parts to put it back together or couldn't figure out how. So I needed to find a way to repair the tripod leg. |
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Repaired holes in a knapsack
I have a great knapsack but over the years it developed holes in the bottom. Fixing the holes was simply a matter of hand sewing a piece of cotton inside and a piece of leather outside. I needed the cotton inside to keep things from entering the holes and I wanted the strong leather outside to make it even stronger and more waterproof than it originally was. The leather was scrap that cost $0.50 at a local scout/camping store.
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Repaired bicycle lock key
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I have one of those Kryptonite bicycle locks that are extremely hard to cut and that are costly to replace. I bought it around 1988. The key snapped in two and rather than throw it out I repaired it. Click here to see how easy it was to repair this bicycle lock key. |
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If you have examples of simple repairs you've done that others can easily do, along with a photo or two, send them to me care of my email address at the bottom of this page and I'll include them here. If you have a lot of details that warrant a page of their own then see my share page.
