Category: Fixers | Page 28

We’re inspired by people who put things back together. Meet the crafty folks pushing the boundaries of repair.

When Learning How to Solder a Cell Phone, the Devil’s in the Details

Component-level repair cell phone repair is becoming increasingly uncommon in the west. But in Delhi, any good mobile repair worker knows how to solder. I took this photo in a…

May 12, 2012

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Fixers

How You Can Make Bank with Broken Phones

The cracked iPhone screen, with its web of glass shards that turn the digitizer into a kaleidoscope, is now practically as iconic as the iPhone itself. with a few good…

April 30, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Fixers

The Boy Who Stole America’s Hearts With a Cardboard Arcade

Bored last summer, hanging around his dad's East LA auto parts store, Caine Monroy decided to make his own entertainment. He built an elaborate cardboard-and-tape arcade. Every time Caine wants…

April 24, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Repair Stories

The Audacity of Self-Repair: How A Boiler Engineer Fixed His Own Heart

British boiler engineer Tal Golesworthy fixed his own heart. Why? He has Marfan syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that often leads to a weakened aorta. The typical treatment for a dilated aorta…

April 21, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Tools

What’s in Your Tool Kit?

When we visited the Oakland technology project space Tech Liminal after MacWorld | iWorld in January, some Fixit Clinic folks there let us dig around in their tool kits. Steve…

April 15, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Repair Stories

Learning Arduino Kung Fu

When a postal truck arrives at the iFixit office with a delivery, we don’t even have to get up. All we have to do is tell our garage door robot,…

April 11, 2012

by Alexander Jansen

Repair Stories

Making a Motorcycle Talk: A Story of Motorcycle Repair

From Matthew Crawford's Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work: "Seeing a motorcycle about to leave my shop under its own power, several days after arriving…

April 10, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Tools

The Hand Tool Shortage That Stalled WWII

I wouldn't have thought that the powerful Allied forces could have been stalled by a lack of wrenches and hammers—just as I wouldn't have expected that American soldiers in Iraq…

April 9, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Repair Stories

It’s Important to Have a Back-Up Option

I took this photo in Seelampur, after exploring the second-hand electronics market and watching some e-waste processing. In Delhi, I saw fixers turning almost any space into a repair space.…

April 7, 2012

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Repair Stories

Fixing My Daughter’s Voice: An Important Battery Replacement

Nate Hanson's 8-year-old daughter, Whitney, has an iPhone 3GS. But she doesn't use it to call her friends or play video games, as you might expect. Rather, for Whitney, the…

April 6, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit