The Nokia 6170 is a flip-phone which has two screens; the main one on the inside, and a secondary screen on the outside for displaying various information without having to open the phone. My outer screen got broken when the phone was in my pocket.
I used a small flat-blade screwdriver to lever the case open. I didn't have a spudger at the time and the screwdriver left a few marks on the plastic case. It didn't bother me too much but if you're doing a similar repair and any kind of damage would upset you, get a spudger. In fact, get several; they're handy to have around.
Once inside, the screen connector just lifts up and the screen pops out. The new screen goes back in, and the job's done.
But for some reason the new screen now shows everything in negative (ie white-on-black instead of black-on-white, red instead of green, etc). No pic, unfortunately. There were some tiny sheets of plastic near the screen - I can't remember if they were on top or underneath - and they might have something to do with polarisation or something. I've been meaning to open it up again and do some experimentation but never got round to it.
I used a small flat-blade screwdriver to lever the case open. I didn't have a spudger at the time and the screwdriver left a few marks on the plastic case. It didn't bother me too much but if you're doing a similar repair and any kind of damage would upset you, get a spudger. In fact, get several; they're handy to have around.
Once inside, the screen connector just lifts up and the screen pops out. The new screen goes back in, and the job's done.
But for some reason the new screen now shows everything in negative (ie white-on-black instead of black-on-white, red instead of green, etc). No pic, unfortunately. There were some tiny sheets of plastic near the screen - I can't remember if they were on top or underneath - and they might have something to do with polarisation or something. I've been meaning to open it up again and do some experimentation but never got round to it.
I sewed a button back on my trousers. This is big news for me since I'm usually a clumsy fat-handed idiot. The button had fallen off a couple of months ago and I hadn't worn the trousers since. But I decided to stop procrastinating and figure out how to to fix them. I followed the instructions on this page and now I have a well-attached shanked button and a functional pair of trousers. Hurrah!
About seven months after we moved into our house, there was a fairly big winter storm which tore out part of our fence. This panel was pretty rotten and crappy, and it turned out that the post was also rotten and crappy. The pic shows my dad inspecting the damage.
So we bought a new 6-foot-by-6-foot panel, a new post, and a Metpost fitting from a local hardware shop. We removed all the damaged stuff, then installed the new post. You can probably tell that the space doesn't require a full panel. We measured the space and cut the new panel to size, then removed two vertical battens from the rest of the panel and nailed them to the cut edge of the new piece. This mini-panel was then fitted to the post and nailed to the wall on the other side. The next pics show the repaired fence before I painted it.
So we bought a new 6-foot-by-6-foot panel, a new post, and a Metpost fitting from a local hardware shop. We removed all the damaged stuff, then installed the new post. You can probably tell that the space doesn't require a full panel. We measured the space and cut the new panel to size, then removed two vertical battens from the rest of the panel and nailed them to the cut edge of the new piece. This mini-panel was then fitted to the post and nailed to the wall on the other side. The next pics show the repaired fence before I painted it.
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