The two ways of fighting profiteering

[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.

[anivia@feddit.org]

Come on. The 1.0 release is a huge milestone, but saying it's better than the entry level commercial options is just disingenuous.

I have actually switched over to it because I run a small 3D printing business as a side income, which isn't nearly profitable enough to afford an onshape license, and although Fusion360 has an affordable startup license it simply won't work on Linux and my hackintosh laptop isn't powerful enough for cad.

It is at a point where it is very usable if you are willing to invest the time needed to learn it, but the learning curve is much, much steeper than that of OnShape or Fusion360, especially if it is your first CAD program.

For a hobbyist that just wants to model a few things and not sell them I would always recommend OnShape or Fusion360 over FreeCAD, or even Tinkercad if said person just wants to model extremely simple things.

[anivia@feddit.org]

The type of person to do this most likely already has a 3d printer, and cad software is free for personal use. The electricity and filament cost for this part would be a few cents and it would take minutes to print on modern printers

Even if you didn't have a 3d printer it would be significantly cheaper to use a 3d printing service to order the part, than to buy OEM replacement knob