2026 repairs (so far)

This year I've really doubled-down on my repair hobby. I've been volunteering at a local repair cafe sharing my abilities to help others and raising money for the Men's Shed that runs it. It's a monthly event and gives me a couple of hours to take some time out and generate some goodwill, which has been great for my mental health. It's also a nice way to meet new people and my specific set of skills has proven in high demand so I usually show up to a queue of things waiting for me. Laptop with Broken Screen Hinge A young lad dropped off his old laptop with a badly broken screen hinge. This was my first repair cafe customer so I wanted to give it a go although I didn't rate my chances. I took the whole thing apart finding all the 10 or so screws that held the hinge to the screen were broken clean off. I attempted a repair using gorilla epoxy but it was never going to hold and it didn't survive testing later on. I had to admit defeat and recommend buying a new laptop. It wasn't a good…

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