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I repaired my pants the easy way. Bought new ones at lunch!

Message 11 of 78
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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.

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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.

Josh
Software is never really finished, it's just an acceptable level of broken
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@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!

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@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.

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EE's prefer repairing 'shorts' rather than pants!

 

-AK2DM

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Message 16 of 78
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@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.
Josh
Software is never really finished, it's just an acceptable level of broken
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@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

 

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Message 18 of 78
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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.


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@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 Smiley Tongue

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