The new one is the one on the top.
The top one looks like it may need replacing soon as well 😂
I thought I was in dullmensclub for a second
I rarely post there anymore because every time someone complains it’s not dull enough.
I wish I had a 3d printer at Home to repair many broken appliances that only needed a small spare part.
I’ve come to hate everything made of plastic these last few years. most my electronics went out of service because of how flimsy they were made.
I have replaced a number of broken parts in my house using my 3D printer and it’s so nice.
Fuck yea
Great, like it! It follows one of my own design rules at home - if you can’t hide it, promote it!
Here’s how good your replacement is: I assumed the one on the bottom was the DIY one and you’d 3D printed it. Top one is much prettier.
You just attached it with ordinary screws into the plastic? Hope it holds…
It’s machine screws attached into threaded inserts in the door. The same ones the original handle was attached with.
They seem to have used the original threaded holes
Damn ugly, why would a manufactuer use such a bland white block of plastic.
Also you now need a stein glass and a horned fur trimmed helmet btw, I don’t make the rules.
Now remove the bottom and re-do that one and your fridge looks meant to be that way, and better.
Not gonna lie, I spent like 5 hours on the first one. Had that been a commission for a customer, it would’ve been a 300€ fridge handle. Two of them would more than double the price of the fridge itself.
Ya lol. Thats always the way. Mass production really reduces the cost of everything like crazy. Anything one builds for themselves is always going to be crazy expensive compared to factory made. Unless they have all the equipment already, and knowhow to do it real fast.
I can lend the tools I don’t have from my local community workshop and most of the time I don’t consider the time to build/repair something work, but leisure. So while yes, all my shit would be way too expensive if I sold it, it’s still very much viable for me
Yup, I totally get that. Plus theres the satisfaction of it. And for many things the option to have it custom suited to your needs.
If I was a billionaire, there would be very few things I’d buy from a factory. Well, maybe not few, like toothbrushes toilet paper etc… obviously there are many things id get factory, but wherever possible, I’d prefer hand made by artisans, because its cooler, I want them to have jobs, and I can have it custom made. I’d be prepared to pay that premium for others to do it too.
Very stylish, barely noticable repair 🤣
Robust!
Wanted to make sure it’ll outlive the fridge!
Why did you do it in all white?
Yeah I might have at least spray painted that handle.
I like it better than the original, unironically.
Replace the other one too!
I am beyond sick to death of ‘everything is either landlord white, or stainless steel and black’.
I honestly do too.
The Japanese even have a term for this kind of thing: Kintsugi - for when instead of hiding the repair you embrace it. I like the aesthetic personally. I think it adds character. I’ve got plenty of builds and repairs like this around the house that might not look so pretty but are handmade and of high quality.
Yep, yep yep yep, fully agree and am also a fan of the concept behind Kinstugi.
Though I think that kintsugi more specifically refers to … well, a literal artform/method of repair of things like glasses, cups, vases, etc…
Yeah, the general idea of … just repairing things that break, instead of replacing them wholly… making do with what you have and what you know…
We all need to shift toward that.
Reduce, reuse, recycle, repair.
We are living in a cyberpunk dystopia and if we ever want it to inch toward a solarpunk alternative, we will need to do with what exists, produce less literal mountains and islands of garbage.
… Beyond that, you could say that a kind of custom repair like this is literally building character.
That gives the fridge ao much more character. Love it! Now do the other one!
You should also replace the bottom one. It’s a little “DIY”, but it’s still an improvement on bland white plastic
And then they match.
My dilemma would be do I really want to replace one that isn’t broken and risk fucking it up more? Versus having to look at handles that don’t match.
