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How to fix things


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Overlord
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Post Sun Oct 31, 2010 4:33 pm

How to fix things

This is a thread started by House of Tang over in the LATOC forum. It's an excellent source of the basics in machines and repair approaches. Good links from there.

I figure this knowledge is important enough to deserve cross-posting.
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Post Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:35 am

Re: How to fix things

I totally suck at stuff like this but my son inherited the gene from his dad. Unfortunately his dad makes no time for him. Anybody have any ideas how a kid can apprentice himself to learn the finer points of fixing stuff? He's just 13 but wants to begin looking for a job soon so more than willing to volunteer.

(ETA: Pondering this I realize liability insurance probably squelches this idea but worth checking to see if we can get our own coverage.)
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Post Thu Dec 02, 2010 11:09 pm

Re: How to fix things

Kids his age have bikes. Get him some basic bicycle tools and have him volunteer to fix up the bicycles that are donated to local thrift stores. Many of them need cleaning up, straightening, shifter adjustment and so forth before they can be sold. He'll learn a lot about fixing things in general that way.
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Post Sun May 01, 2011 10:50 am

Re: How to fix things

All I will say is you can never have enough hand tools.

Good tools are an investment, showing the little 'uns how to use those tools mean when you're gone they're still be of use to someone that you care about.
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