Have you ever cranked up the music in your car only to realise you just blew out your cheap factory speakers with too much bass? If you have, you know that once the speaker’s blown, it sounds distorted. Thankfully, Instructables user sgtjasonshrout outlines a simple way to fix busted speakers with masking tape. More »
If you have a video game controller that’s worn down so much that the buttons barely work, you can give it new life with a few small pieces of aluminium foil. All you need to pull this off is a torx scredriver (something every techie should have on hand), a hole puncher, and a bit of glue or tape. More »
If you have a cutting board that’s showing its age or wooden furniture that could use a little wax, beeswax is a cheap and surprisingly easy to obtain solution to conditioning or restoring cracked or ageing wood cutting boards, chair legs or butcher blocks. More »
One of the most difficult facets of doing any repair work yourself is figuring out how to keep round or slippery objects in place after gluing them. Home Repair show host Ron Hazelton suggests using a bicycle tube as a simple, cheap clamp for holding awkward-shaped objects in place. More »