I should mention that I’m updating the blog while using my
treadmill desk. In no particular order here are a few things I worked on this month.
Our friend
Tonya has had this bracelet for years. The stone fell out and she attempted to fix it herself. Then she sent it to me. I hate doing jewelry repairs but it’s for a friend, so…
The stones were raised with sawdust underneath as you see by the gap.
I used a bamboo chopstick to make a tool for pushing open the bezel.
Stone removed and bezel somewhat massaged back to oval.
I decided to try some cork gasket material.
I put the stone in and carefully teased out the cork grains from the opening, then solidified everything by wicking in some superglue.
Then I burnished, pushed and burnished.
Not perfect, but the best I could do without de-soldering the bezel and fitting a new one. Tonya was happy.
Felice likes these boots.
One button had broken.
I made a coil of brass wire with a loop.
Made it screw-like and screwed it into the torn hole.
Folded the torn metal (from the original loop) over the new loop.
Looks pretty good.
The electric mower wouldn’t start. This plastic piece inside the switch assembly had broken. I used superglue to glue the pieces back together…
Then mixed up some
J B Weld epoxy and filled all the voids in the piece with it, adding some pieces of stainless steel wire for rebar.
I added a piece of shim stock on the other side. In hindsight I should have put a few holes in the shim stock to grab the epoxy better.
Then I let it dry.
The switch assembly. Notice that they use a trigger style switch inside the housing.
The piece went back in and the mower works. If it breaks again I’ll make a new one from scratch out of aluminum.
I can fix anything with my BS hammer.
Our friend Tonya has had this bracelet for years. The stone fell out and she attempted to fix it herself. Then she sent it to me. I hate doing jewelry repairs but it’s for a friend, so…
The stones were raised with sawdust underneath as you see by the gap.
I used a bamboo chopstick to make a tool for pushing open the bezel.
Stone removed and bezel somewhat massaged back to oval.
I decided to try some cork gasket material.
I put the stone in and carefully teased out the cork grains from the opening, then solidified everything by wicking in some superglue.
Then I burnished, pushed and burnished.
Not perfect, but the best I could do without de-soldering the bezel and fitting a new one. Tonya was happy.
Felice likes these boots.
One button had broken.
I made a coil of brass wire with a loop.
Made it screw-like and screwed it into the torn hole.
Folded the torn metal (from the original loop) over the new loop. 
Looks pretty good. 
The electric mower wouldn’t start. This plastic piece inside the switch assembly had broken. I used superglue to glue the pieces back together…
Then mixed up some J B Weld epoxy and filled all the voids in the piece with it, adding some pieces of stainless steel wire for rebar.
I added a piece of shim stock on the other side. In hindsight I should have put a few holes in the shim stock to grab the epoxy better.
The switch assembly. Notice that they use a trigger style switch inside the housing. 
The piece went back in and the mower works. If it breaks again I’ll make a new one from scratch out of aluminum.
I can fix anything with my BS hammer.
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