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

Rickshaw Repair Tool Camouflage

Last week, I posted about a rickshaw repair shop in Delhi, showing off some photos of a man putting spokes on a wheel by hand. Today, I want to show…

February 1, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Fixers

New York Fixers Collective Breaks the Mold by Fixing Stuff Together

Collaboration is so widely and enthusiastically lauded that even the word "teamwork" feels like a cliché. Yet, much repair ends up being a solitary experience. If you're looking for a…

February 1, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Repair Stories

Seating a Tire Bead with Fire in Kenya

The man squatting on the ground put a little bit of gasoline around the rim, then lit it on fire. The tire then popped into place.

January 30, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Fixers

Sewing Machine Repair in Seelampur

India is the second largest producer of textiles in the world, after China; it produces 23% of the world's textiles, by spindles. Seelampur (also spelled Silampur) in northeast Delhi is…

January 29, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Tools

Let’s Play Name That Object in India!

Two men sit in a Delhi shop with shiny metal cylinders stacked from floor to ceiling. When I first saw this picture, I couldn’t figure out what they were—not motors,…

January 28, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Fixers

iFixit Answers Repair Guru Mayer Hits 100K Reputation Points

Richard Mayer has been answering people’s repair questions on iFixit Answers, our repair question & answer forum, for just over two years now. Answers has a reputation system, designed to…

January 27, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Fixers

Tim Hunkin, Engineer Cartoonist

Jeff Stephens is an inventory specialist at iFixit. He posted earlier this week about Museum Wax. On the early ‘90s Discovery Channel show The Secret Life of Machines, an enthusiastic man…

January 27, 2012

by Jeff Stephens

Repair Stories

Roadside Speaker Repair

Among a sea of motorcycles and shoppers on Hardhyan Singh Road in New Delhi, four men stand over a broken Sonilex MP3 dock.

January 25, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Tools

Hold On, Museum Wax Is On the Job

Jeff Stephens is an inventory specialist at iFixit, and he worked for six years as a supervisor of installations at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He has installed…

January 25, 2012

by Jeff Stephens

Repair Stories

Rickshaw Repair in Dheli

At a bicycle and rickshaw repair and sales shop in Delhi, a man with lightning fast hands puts spokes on a new wheel.

January 24, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit