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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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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Replying to @vgr
Crazy thought. Prophylactically reinforce all legs with the whipping method. For practice and bling.
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