Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cursitor Doom Newsgroups: sci.electronics.repair Subject: Re: Can't get radio back in its case Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:27:35 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: <7a0t2jp9udk4p2252gir1ljv9i2be3pgda@4ax.com> <454t2jpcbmevao675b9hi4m291emang9jk@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:27:36 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="cac28d9792094f37962d482f9c07d1b9"; logging-data="1813477"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18WODJBknkGYh4uCQVna3ijGowHVdFEhZ4=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:IrXS0C1YMKPh1AQzJ/dfpaXbZa4= Bytes: 3918 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