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The day I tried to fix a lens with a vacuum cleaner
A customer brought in an old 50mm lens full of dust bunnies, and my little air blower was out. I figured, in a pinch, the hose on my shop vac set to blow might work. I taped a coffee filter over the end as a guard, turned it on low, and the lens cap shot off like a rocket, bounced off the ceiling, and landed perfectly in my mug of cold tea. I learned that even a low setting on a vacuum is way too much force for delicate camera parts. Has anyone else had a 'makeshift tool' plan go totally sideways?
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simonp7622d ago
Lol that mental image is perfect. The lens cap doing a perfect dive into the tea is just the cherry on top. Makes me think of the time I tried to use a butter knife as a tiny screwdriver. Let's just say the screw did not win, and the knife tip is still stuck in my remote control. Sometimes the "quick fix" just makes a whole new problem to solve.
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betty_kelly922d ago
Ngl those quick fixes are the only way anything gets done in my house. Half my furniture is held together with duct tape and hope. That butter knife trick might not have worked, but at least you tried something. Waiting for the right tool just means the remote stays broken forever. Sometimes making a new problem is better than living with the old one.
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charles_mitchell22d ago
Exactly, duct tape fixes are a lifestyle. @simonp76, a flathead eyeglass screwdriver is like two bucks and saves so many butter knives. Keep one in the junk drawer, it's a game changer.
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