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Appreciation post: Found a box of old camera parts in the back of the shop
Sorting through it reminded me how we used to fix things with whatever we had on hand. I mean, now it feels like everything is sealed up or needs a new board, which just adds to the junk pile. Do you ever keep old parts around for repairs instead of ordering new ones?
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morgan.felix20h ago
Honestly, my buddy Steve is the king of this. He has a whole shelf in his garage just for old electronics bits. Last month, his vintage radio died, and he fixed it with some capacitors from a broken TV he saved years ago. It saved him a ton of cash and kept another thing out of the landfill. Tbh, seeing that made me start hoarding my own broken stuff for parts.
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jason_shah7316h ago
Totally get that, my garage is starting to look like a parts bin too. Just last week, I used an old laptop charger to fix my desk lamp, saved me buying a new one.
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the_jason11h ago
Capacitors from a broken TV saved for years? That's crazy. I would have recycled that TV the day it stopped working. Keeping it around just for parts seems like a lot of clutter, but I guess it's worth it when you fix something vintage.
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