Gluing a complex fracture in a plastic structural component is simply not something the world economy wants consumer humans to do. This thing is made in China and getting the part probably means an hour in the phone and months waiting for it to be shipped across the world. Silly.
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In a better world, 3d printable CAD files would be available to any buyer. The most environment friendly solution here is 3d printing this at home. You’d fix the problem without shipping a small package from China OR sending an otherwise perfectly fine tripod to the landfill.
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In general the world needs to be a lot more in situ repairable. We’ve reached the extreme of mass production, process industry concentration and minimal initial unit cost economics.
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Industry optimized for minimum TCO over maximal lifespan and minimal lifecycle environmental cost. Will need a gradual shift to wabi sabi aesthetics over likenewism.
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Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Krampus with Golem Characteristics
Update on this saga. Much as David predicted, the superglue didn’t hold. But rather than try the epoxy plus whipping solution he suggested, I decided to just... ask
@Celestron for the spare part.https://twitter.com/DavidRalin/status/1295090129808195584 …Venkatesh Rao added,
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They very nicely sent me... an entire new leg
pic.twitter.com/3eqNPkbaep
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After swapping it out, and examining the old leg, I realized why: the leg and sleep are kinda an irreversible assembly.pic.twitter.com/M0EVyraCnH
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There’s some sort of river pin holding the sleeve in placepic.twitter.com/o3IZhj0C4X
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I’m not even sure how it goes on
Any guesses?
Only thing I can think of is some sort of long tool that inserts the pin from the other end of the tube.pic.twitter.com/cuudddlLcJ
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Replying to @vgr
Installing rivets is much more straightforward than you think. ;)
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I’m a mechanical engineer which obviously means I had no clue 
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