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From: Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
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Subject: Re: Can't get radio back in its case
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:27:35 +0100
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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