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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Interesting, so they *could* have sent me just a new sleeve, but I’d have had to use a drill (which I own) and rivet tool (which I don’t) to finish the repair, which makes the tradeoff more complex.https://twitter.com/d_a_keldsen/status/1311785887924129792 …
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I’d have saved some steel tubing and plastic but I’d have to have access to more tooling and possessed/learned an extra skill (pop-riveting). Think I’ll work out the dollar and carbon math here. Interesting problem.
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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.