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The plastic bracket on my bike light broke, rather than buy a new light. I wanted to repair it. Unfortunately, the manufacturer did not offer replacement parts. However, someone had created the design for one on a well know database of plastic replacement parts, called Thingiverse, see https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4186517 One of the other Repair Cafe Gosport… Continue reading 3D printed part to fix a bike light

I recently broke my pannier bag for my bike, the rivet that holds the bracket to the bag pulled through the bag. Repair Attempt 1 – New Pop Rivet Repair Cafe Gosport hosts its events at the Make Gosport community Maker Space. This is a wonderful facility that ensures a wide range of tools and… Continue reading If at first you don’t succeed try something different.

Our bike workshop can be very busy in the Spring and Summer. From changing chains to checking brakes and fixing punctures there are many small repairs that can be essential to maintaining a safe bike. In this story Keith tells us about fixing accidental mirror damage.

Our volunteer David P shares with us his repair of his window vacuum. This repair saved him from having to discard the device and replace at a cost of £50 to £100! My Karcher window vacuum which is about 2 years old has developed a screeching noise whilst operating. I suspected that one or both… Continue reading Karcher Window Vacuum Repair

At Repair Cafe Gosport we often look at repairs for other volunteers. At our event in December, I had time to look at a lamp from one of the other volunteers. The initial symptom was that it did turn on but an indication light did come when it was plugged into charge. This was an… Continue reading Volunteers Together Fix Lamp

A hot glue gun is a key repair tool. My hot glue gun was damaged, so it needed to be fixed. The trigger no longer pushed the glue stick into the heated extruder. It had dropped down and jammed. Dismantling the glue gun was easy by removing 6 identical screws The mechanism work with a… Continue reading Repairing a Hot Glue Gun

Some of the things that come to Repair Cafe Gosport aren’t broken but people don’t realise, however, a second person looking at the problem will often reveal this. This is a similar story, a relative asked me to help fix some outside lights they had bought but seemed to be faulty…

I have often wanted to change the battery in my Electric Toothbrush when they stop working. However, since volunteering with the Repair Cafe I have got the confidence to have a go at doing it. It started out with needing to be charged every few days rather than lasting longer but then the red light… Continue reading Toothbrush Battery Change

My Anker Vertical Mouse needed a service, for two reasons: As always, before starting to dismantle the mouse I had a look at a guide online, the following guide from iFixit proved a helpful source: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Anker+Vertical+Mouse+Teardown+and+Cleaning/128679The first step in opening the mouse was to remove three sticky pads by gentling and lifting them with a… Continue reading Servicing an Anker Vertical Mouse

My HUMAX HDR-1100S Freesat box has lasted nearly five years, except for the faulty remote control which I fixed but that was user error. However, two weeks it turned on and it came up with no previous recording and would not allow the pausing of live TV. Turning it off and back on again fixed… Continue reading Replacing the hard drive in Freesat box