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
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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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The telescoping mid-leg sleeve has the same fastening system as dies the foot, which I now notice has a crack too.pic.twitter.com/DtH8CaL1XC
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Anyway, alls well that ends well and I now own a spare telescoping stainless steel leg. Which I need to use in a new project. Suggestions welcome.
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Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Chris Owens
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Chris Owens @LordScavamungusReplying to @vgrThis fastener is called a "pop rivet" or "blind rivet". It can be inserted into a hole that you have no access to the back side of. The pop rivet tool then pulls the "nail" of the rivet, which causes the rivet to deform and pull the head and back side together.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread
Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Howard Abramowitz
Also, nail knots.https://twitter.com/habramowitz/status/1311784113377021954 …
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Venkatesh Rao Retweeted David A. Keldsen (Dak)
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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