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Cheap Bstrd Thread
- Thread starter Janger
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Nope. Actually I was thinking to myself, "What an amazing artisan it take to cut a slot at precisely 84.5 degrees."
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The buckle on my messenger style bag failed. I bought a replacement buckle but realized I'd have to cut open the joints on the webbing and resew them shut which seemed like a lot of hand sewing. So instead I whipped up this 3d printed buckle thing using 1/4" 2.5" bolts. I glued the nuts one too. I think an all metal one buckle would also be interesting. Another reason good reason to spend hundreds or thousands to get a 3d printer to fix a $3 buckle ... if anyone is still on the fence... 😛
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someidiot
Well-Known Dismemberer
I have just two words for you: Ny Lock
Did you mean one word Nylok?
Elektrishun
Ultra Member
I couldn't get past "messenger style bag". Had to look it up:
What is a messenger style bag?
A messenger bag (also called a courier bag) is a type of sack, usually made of cloth (natural or synthetic). It is worn over one shoulder with a strap that goes across the chest resting the bag on the lower back. While messenger bags are sometimes used by couriers, they are now also an urban fashion icon.
A cheap b*st*rd with fashion sense??? Gotta be one of the rarest of cheap b*st*rds in our species. So I had to look that up, too:
How common is it to see a cheap b*st*rd with fashion sense?
Seeing a cheap b*st*rd with fashion sense in the wild is extremely rare, often considered a "once-in-a-lifetime" experience, even for experienced backcountry users and biologists. They are elusive, solitary cheap b*st*rds that occupy massive, remote home ranges.
I figured as much.
someidiot
Well-Known Dismemberer
Dunno if you know, but some years back John Cleese finally admitted that the Pythons nicked that bit from an old Stephen Leacock story (Self-Made Men).
No, I didn't. First time I heard that it was from Dad.
good to have friends.... 😛
ok @someidiot, in the time honoured forum spirit of over-engineering & over-building I reworked the $1500 buckle, er I mean printer, er buckle....I put on some NY LOK nuts, included gratuitous extra lock washers (to keep my fashion mogul title @Elektrishun ) AND then fixed the other side with a thrust washer version.
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someidiot
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...Although since you bring it up, in the spirit of Dada, Absurdism, and Pataphysics, perhaps a better answer would be:
I have just three words for you: Nylok.
(But that's just one word.)
Sure, but three of something is always funnier, right? It's a fundamental rule of comedy. So there you go - automatically funnier.
Another good possibility is to invoke the Three Stooges i.e. "Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk!"
See, again the rule of threes. It's almost there: "Nylok-nylok-nylok!" - but here we are stumbling over syllables again; it's a bit clunky unless you mess with the pronounciation - "N'lock-n'lock-n'lock!" Now that sounds really funny. Try it a few times.
We can set some time aside to workshop this - I'm sure we'll hit the right answer after much absinthe and a toothpick.
Lightspeed Mike
Super User
My Braun rechargeable shaver wouldn't hold charge anymore. Being a C B I've just been using it with the cord. Kinda of a pain though.
I wondered what it would take to replace the batteries? A quick search said that rechargeable AA fit the bill.
Picked up a pair of bunny branded new ones. Open up the shaver, break off the spot welds. Solder on the new batteries, recharge. Good for another 10 years.
I wondered what it would take to replace the batteries? A quick search said that rechargeable AA fit the bill.
Picked up a pair of bunny branded new ones. Open up the shaver, break off the spot welds. Solder on the new batteries, recharge. Good for another 10 years.
This is the part of the job where it falls apart for many of us. Breaking off the welds is rarely easy. Soldering on new ones (or the old ones) is usually a, mission from Hell.
My problem w/ electric shavers (shut up, @BaitMaster...) is that the razor wheels dull long before the batteries die. Buying new wheels is half the cost of a new shaver, sometimes more. I generally just get a new shaver.
BaronJ
Ultra Member
I usually just grab the nickel tab as close to the weld with long nose pliers as I can and just rotate the pliers. The tab just peels off. Often you can just solder the tab onto the new battery.
someidiot
Well-Known Dismemberer
Careful with that - if the batteries are old and dead, they may be NiCd. So what did you replace them with? Rechargeable alkalines, some lithium, or what? Battery chemistries all have different charging characteristics, and there are combinations that can result in real trouble e.g. mischarged lithium batteries catching fire.
On the other hand, having not shaved for about 40 years, this problem is utterly foreign to me.
On the other hand, having not shaved for about 40 years, this problem is utterly foreign to me.