Category: Repairs
-
3D printing with TPU
(original post with nicer layout here) #TPU material is one of my favourite materials for #3Dprinting. During the last year I’ve printed some usable objects for home improvement. Why? Material I’m using Overture’s orange TPU. Settings I’m printing with the following settings: Practical cases: 1. Gaskets A rubber gasket for my garden hose connector broke.…
-
3Dprinting drainage pipe connector
#3Dprinting drainage pipe connector What’s #3dprinting printing today? Oh, nothing special, just a simple drainage pipe connector. The plastic pipe connecting the gutter and rainwater container broke some time ago and I attached it with duct tape. It looked gross and I decided to make a pretty female-female connector. #TinkerCAD: See these little teeth inside…
-
Fixing junk LED light found on the street
I have a nasty habit of picking up bolts, nuts and other ‘trash’ lying on the ground. A few days ago, I was walking on the road (which also leads to a local waste collection centre) and found a drywall LED spotlight. It looks like it fell from somebody’s trailer. I picked it up, maybe…
-
Dishwasher saga part 3 (it wasn’t a microswitch!)
As I wrote in my previous post I was so happy when I finally discovered what’s wrong with my 20yr old #Bosch #dishwasher. A faulty microswitch. Except that it wasn’t. The joy was over after a day and the symptoms returned: I disassembled the dishwasher for the 23rd time. Added a bolt to a microswitch…
-
Popravilo pipe Camargue Toronto
Problem Voda iz kopalniške pipe (Camargue Toronto, stara eno leto) nima pravega pritiska – teče po kapljicah. Odstranil in očistil sem mrežico, vendar ni bilo pravega učinka. Sumim, da je pipa zamašena nekje drugje. Poleg tega – googlanje ni vrnilo nobenega pravega razultata, zato sem na hitro spisal tale navodila, morda komu pridejo prav. Rešitev…