Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jeff Liebermann Newsgroups: sci.electronics.repair Subject: Re: Can't get radio back in its case Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:00:38 -0700 Lines: 82 Message-ID: References: <7a0t2jp9udk4p2252gir1ljv9i2be3pgda@4ax.com> <454t2jpcbmevao675b9hi4m291emang9jk@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 4/dhBAkd3oqCoJyhKfaHcgUO92WAVrMPskAsWV4bO+37cActUQ Cancel-Lock: sha1:BkduvqWvp6/sI6u3r+J0nmSjbcA= sha256:QZ7Lm4JxJ6gw8B436f8+pzrkMtyao3J2zPM+nvnC+v8= User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Bytes: 4695 On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:27:35 +0100, Cursitor Doom wrote: >On Sun, 28 Apr 2024 19:27:02 -0700, Jeff Liebermann >wrote: > >>On Sun, 28 Apr 2024 23:15:19 +0100, Cursitor Doom >>wrote: >> >>>On Sun, 28 Apr 2024 11:12:58 -0700, Jeff Liebermann >>>wrote: >>> >>>>On Sun, 28 Apr 2024 18:07:38 +0100, Cursitor Doom >>>>wrote: >>>> >>>>>Gentlemen, >>>>> >>>>>I had a really strong urge to smash a vintage radio into smithereens >>>>>earlier today. I just couldn't get the damn thing to go back into its >>>>>case. The chassis assembly is fouling on something and it's preventing >>>>>it from re-seating. Plus it nipped my fingers when I tried to force it >>>>>in. I just wanted to destroy it so badly. I could have totally smashed >>>>>it to bits with a club hammer to be honest. >>>>>It just gives me a renewed admiration for repair technicians. I don't >>>>>know where they get their patience and forbearance from. I have very >>>>>little, personally. Maybe that's why I'm not a repair tech. >>>>> >>>>>CD >>>> >>>>You give up to easily. Pull out the chassis from the case. Shove a >>>>piece of paper in between the chassis and case where you suspect it >>>>might be binding. Push the chassis into the case until it stops. Pull >>>>it out again. You should see some damage to the paper where the >>>>chassis and case are binding. >>>> >>>>When that happens to me, most of the time it's either loose wires or >>>>wrong length screw. >> >>>Jeff, have you ever smashed anything to bits when you couldn't repair >>>it or just became impatient? >> >>No. If I want to exercise my frustrations over a failed repair, I >>have a wood pile that always needs chainsawing, bucking, splitting and >>stacking: >> >>It's excellent exercise and also a good time to practice my profanity. >> >>The closest I've come to destroying uncooperative electronics are with >>devices that can't be easily opened or are intentionally designed to >>be impossible to repair. Apple products come to mind. I save them in >>a box to age slowly. Once fully depreciated, I offer the remains to >>the various electronics gods as burnt offerings, usually on the >>barbecue grill during summer and inside the wood burning stove during >>winter. If I'm too lazy to fix something, I sell it on eBay as "parts >>only". When I was younger and didn't have a proper alter on which to >>process burnt offerings, I practiced cannibalism by unsoldering any >>parts and pieces could be salvaged. I also owned a large axe (named >>"coin return"), which was quite useful for reducing large repair >>problems into smaller repair problems. > >That's a great idea, Jeff - break the problem down into small, >manageable parts. Then scrape them up and toss them in the garbage. >Every one's a winner! :-D Thanks, but such pre-processing is not an original idea for recycling electronics. Shredding and granulating electronics is exactly what the eWaste recyclers do today. Shredding old printers: Recycling plant in UK: More: -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272 Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558