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.
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 for the spare part. twitter.com/nilaRdivaD/sta
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They very nicely sent me... an entire new leg 😱
After swapping it out, and examining the old leg, I realized why: the leg and sleep are kinda an irreversible assembly.
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There’s some sort of river pin holding the sleeve in place
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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.
The telescoping mid-leg sleeve has the same fastening system as dies the foot, which I now notice has a crack too.
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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Crazy thought.
Prophylactically reinforce all legs with the whipping method. For practice and bling.
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