So now it looks like my hobby is fixing my Nintendo DS instead of playing with it.
Yesterday I couldn't quite get the potentiometer for the bottom screen to work quite right.
Oops, in my fiddling, I broke it off.
Well, now I have a replacement, but I'm going to need help soldering this tiny thing on. I found someone local who can help me! I'll take the thing over tomorrow for the soldering job.
I need some hardware advice.
I recently re-assembled my DS Lite. The bottom screen flickers very slightly and has faint horizontal lines across it. It's not really visible at all except at certain illumination levels, like a black box with a bright background.
I tried disconnecting and re-connecting the screen three times in case I might have accidentally attached its ribbon cables wrong, but the slight problem persists. There are cheap replacements online for about 20 USD, although the reviews say they have bad electrical insulation and I should add some electrical tape to them.
What would you recommend I do?
Finally got around to changing out the broken power port on the $10 Super Nintendo I picked up.
#nintendo
#supernintendo
#snes
#gaming
#retro
#retrogaming
#repairs
Special shoutout to the repair site iFixit who are now on the Fediverse, you can follow them at:
They provide repair forums and free repair guides for phones, computers, consoles, kitchen equipment, tools, medical devices, cars etc. They also review and tear down new gadgets to see how repairable they are.
Repairing your existing stuff is much, much better for the environment than buying replacements.
This post is a re-run from last summer. But it's on my mind tonight. I believe the best advice I can give anyone right now is to buy books, learn some stuff, and figure out as much as possible about the skills common in the 30s & 40s. Hint: without a massive change of course, we're going back. Never have I been so grateful for the things my parents made me learn: #gardening #canning basic #repairs
On that cheerful note, g'nite all. I hear my pillows calling.
The work boots I break out on the rare occasions we have snow or ice in Nagoya. "Field n' Stream by Weinbrenner Shoe Company" according to the tag. I bought these when living at home and working as a sacker at the Chico Bean Growers agricultural coop in the late 1970s, they're on their third set of soles. I also bought my first suit with money from that job.
Now to dig out the Red Wing oil and get ready to go shopping …
#repairs #shoes
Repairing things instead of buying a new replacement is nice because:
1) The environment
2) Learning new skills and information
3) Afterwards you feel like a strong independent woman who don't need no man 
Spectacles back together, only lost one more screw. One was saved by the magnetic pickup stick.
#repairs
Dub'ya CPH posts videos about DIY projects and repairs in a small home workshop, covering a variety of topics including wood, leather, bicycle repairs, 3D printers, electronics, paint etc. You can follow at:
If the videos haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://makertube.net/a/dubya_cph/videos
Today's random repair task: put iron on patches on two pairs of pants (well... reapplied one, flipped the peeling patch to the inside of the pocket rather than outside). Will see how long that lasts me. Seriously considering pre-patching wear points on the inside of my pants BEFORE they wear a hole now (edge of my wallet, and rear end LOL). #sewing #repairs #diy
#introduction In 500 characters or less:
Me defined in hashtags: #widowed #cats #film #retired
From: #Poughkeepsie
Lived In: #Lomita #Torrance #Holtsville #Charlotte
Worked For: #retail #bigtech #banking #IT
Hobbies: #cameras and #photography, #oldtech
Interest: #opensource #Linux user since 1995, #movies #books #filmnoir
#coffee #food #music #electronics #repairs
Helped form #googleplus group #techandcoffee in 2011
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