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From: Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.repair
Subject: Re: Can't get radio back in its case
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:00:38 -0700
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On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:27:35 +0100, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
wrote:

>On Sun, 28 Apr 2024 19:27:02 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 28 Apr 2024 23:15:19 +0100, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 28 Apr 2024 11:12:58 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 28 Apr 2024 18:07:38 +0100, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
>>>>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:
>><https://photos.app.goo.gl/hRQZHVcHtykygudz9>
>>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.
<https://www.simslifecycle.com/business/e-waste-recycling/how-we-do-it/>
Shredding old printers:
<https://www.shredwell-recycling.com/product-items/scrap-printers-shredding/>
Recycling plant in UK:
<https://www.recyclingproductnews.com/article/37923/recycling-lives-processes-asr-fractions-and-electronic-scrap-using-bhs-shredder>
More:
<https://www.google.com/search?q=recycling+shredder+electronics&tbm=isch>



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