Repairing stuff

I watched until the end, and it exhausted me. Have you tried any of these magic tricks, Splinter ?

Distracted by the superglue:baking powder video, I neglected to say that I thoroughly applaud your determination to repair rather than discard, Splinter . Surely the world’s renewed interest in the earth should lead to changing the throw-away attitude that has been so detrimental.

I do try and repair some things especially if it's impossible to buy a replacement or as is more likely in Argentina they want to charge you a way OTT price for it.

However sometimes things can work out well here. A while ago I finally decided to fix the loose strap on my favourite Seiko watch. During the procedure the locking pin flew off and disppeared so that was the end of that and back in the drawer it went.

One day while out with the missus I remembered to take it with me. She took me to a chap who does watch repairs in a small shop. She told him what I had been trying to do and set forth to put it right. He put a new pin however even at the last hole the strap was a tad too loose. He had to remove a link in order for it to fit snuggly. All in all it took him quite a while but despite that he only charged 1000 pesos in all. I had my watch back in use and saved myself a hell of a lot of hassle.

Excellent! If there is a list of items you’d like, why not post it so we can all be on the lookout for you?