The two ways of fighting profiteering

[chaoticneutralczech@feddit.org]

My oven is so old I came across an identical one in an e-waste pile behind a store. I stole the timer knob and mechanism so I don't need to keep using it on manual anymore.

[dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works]

Ah darn I've gone and overthought it. Please carry on.

[hawlsera@lemm.ee]

The two types of players

[alligatorblizzard@sh.itjust.works]

Maybe I'm missing something obvious here, but how do you use the stove?

[texas_hangover@sh.itjust.works]

Wes Watson over here.

[prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Holy shit, talk about blast from the past...

[vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works]

Channel locks, adjustable wrench, or plyers are also acceptable. Plus then ya know damned well where they are.

[prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

If they're trying to do it to you, and you are aware of it, that means they're getting away with it.

Just thought I would point that out in case it wasn't obvious to you already.

[geometrinen_gepardi@sopuli.xyz]

That's a humongous oven, must be a 10+ person household.

[canonical_warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

This is why I always buy cheap vice grips whenever I see them in a box of tools at an estate sale or something.

"Oops, I broke a handle on (thing)."

Clamps vice grips on the bit left over

"Fixed it."

Right now both of the seats in my truck just have a vice grips for the reclining lever.

[canonical_warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

You're still putting too much work into this. Just heat up the metal shaft where the knob was with a torch and press any old hunk of thermo plastic onto it. Now you have janky done even more quick and cheap.

[anothermadhatter@lemmy.world]

You push the knob in and turn it. The guard goes around the knob, but doesn't stop it from turning.

[anothermadhatter@lemmy.world]

Yeah, we had a different stove when our kids were small, and it had the knobs at the back of it.

I think some newer stoves will automatically shut off after a certain amount of time when the gas is on but no flame is detected.

[evil_shrubbery@lemm.ee]

It brings all the funky people to the yard tho

[heythisisnttheymca@lemmy.world]

DON'T TELL ME WHAT I WOULDN'T STEAL

[evil_shrubbery@lemm.ee]

You mean like US healthcare insurance?

[rebekahwsd@lemmy.world]

Or its the house people designated as the holiday house, maybe! Only actually used fully a few times a year.

[bastingchemina@slrpnk.net]

Me too I enjoy putting my meatloaf in Evil_Shruberry oven

[evil_shrubbery@lemm.ee]

If Amazon was a legit normal business this wouldn't have worked and everything would have been progressed. As you said, sheer evil made makes this.

[anothermadhatter@lemmy.world]

If you do not have a 3D printer and CAD software, you are 100% right.

If you already have those things like OP, then why not just design / print one? I am also a 3D printer / CAD person, and I love designing replacement parts that are wither too expensive, or often impossible to find. Mostly though, I design and print things that make my and my families lives easier / nicer / more convenient. And they are customized to the exact item and function, something that you would most likely never be able to get in a store or online.

Stove Knob guards. https://www.printables.com/model/278668-stove-knob-guard

Salt / Pepper Grinder Holder. https://www.printables.com/model/155219-salt-and-pepper-grinder-caddy

Spice Jar Organizer. https://www.printables.com/model/151171-spice-jar-spacer-organizer

Just to name a few things.