05-29-2012 04:34 PM
I repaired my pants the easy way. Bought new ones at lunch!
05-29-2012 08:08 PM - edited 05-29-2012 08:08 PM
I was going to suggest duct tape on the inside of the jeans, and holding the tear closed. But buying new jeans is a solution to wearing ripped jeans too.
05-30-2012 08:26 AM - edited 05-30-2012 08:27 AM
Pfft, duct tape and stapler.
Real EE's use a soldering iron! It's like sewing with wire. Add some heat shrink and a heat gun for good measure.
05-30-2012 10:05 AM - edited 05-30-2012 10:09 AM
@JW-L3CE wrote:
Pfft, duct tape and stapler.
Real EE's use a soldering iron! It's like sewing with wire. Add some heat shrink and a heat gun for good measure.
I suppose sitting on an icepack in the Burns Unit is a pretty good way of getting out of wearing ripped trousers!
05-30-2012 10:07 AM
@JW-L3CE wrote:
Pfft, duct tape and stapler.
Real EE's use a soldering iron! It's like sewing with wire. Add some heat shrink and a heat gun for good measure.
Disclaimer: this must be done WHILE wearing the pants for full EE status.
05-30-2012 10:51 AM
EE's prefer repairing 'shorts' rather than pants!
-AK2DM
05-30-2012 11:10 AM
@for(imstuck) wrote:
@JW-L3CE wrote:
Pfft, duct tape and stapler.
Real EE's use a soldering iron! It's like sewing with wire. Add some heat shrink and a heat gun for good measure.
Disclaimer: this must be done WHILE wearing the pants for full EE status.
If you're bad at soldering, there are 3 bonuses: Learning from negative reinforcement, a few days off work, and giving the doctor a funny story to tell.
05-30-2012 12:01 PM
@JW-L3CE wrote:
Pfft, duct tape and stapler.
Real EE's use a soldering iron! It's like sewing with wire. Add some heat shrink and a heat gun for good measure.
Anyone remeber double knits?
No solder required.
But while on the topic of ... While cleaning my SKS last night, a rag saturated with some argressive solvert dropped into my lap. Soon I noticed a sensation that brough back memories of an over-filled Zippo lighter in my pocket. It did not take me long to put the pieces together and the next thing you know I was doing a "ventaltaion dance".
All is well since the dance worked.
All jokes involving "Ballroom dancing" are of course fair game now.
Ben
05-30-2012 12:59 PM
Well, just last week I did try fixing a button on my pants using a soldering iron while I was wearing them. True story.
Although, I should probably point out that the button itself wasn't on the pants at the time. And it didn't work.
05-30-2012 02:29 PM
@tst wrote:
Although, I should probably point out that the button itself wasn't on the pants at the time. And it didn't work.
Was it a plastic button? That would definitely cause problems