Bodge JobsIf you can't fix it with a hammer and a roll of duck tape, it's not worth fixing at all, my old mate said minutes before that nasty business with the hammer and a roll of duck tape. Tell us of McGyver-like repairs and whether they were a brilliant success or a health and safety nightmare.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 11:58)
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Most impressive bodge jobs I've done/seen1) Spliced 2 broken laptop chargers together to make one working charger. Harder than it looks as there's an inner insulated cable. Duct tape and a kitchen knife. Surprisingly it worked long enough for me to buy a new one. Might still work for all I know, but the duct tape heated up a bit too much for my liking.
2) Removed a bed post and replaced it with rope and a bit of wood. So far still holding....
3) My Grandad's one this one. Basicaly he never bought fuses, instead he just rolled up some of the silvered lining from the inside of the old style cigarette cartons and used those. When he finally relented and called in an electrician the guy went pale just looking at it.
4) My brother's laptop. First the keyboard broke, so he bought an external USB keyboard and plugged that in. Then the mousepad, so he bought a mouse. Then the speakers, screen, and yeah - wound up with the most unportable laptop ever.
(, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 19:18, Reply)
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