This blog contains a number of simple money saving solutions I have discovered to potentially expensive repairs or replacements. For Example: Cleaning of the shower mould using domestos grot buster saved me hundreds of pounds, and the fact that it keeps the mould out of the caulk saves me hours of additional cleaning.
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Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Deck Shoes Sole Repair Of Clarks Deck Shoes
Unboxing Angelus Clear Shoe Cement
Friday, 2 December 2022
Removing Laser Printer Drum Lines And Marks Quickly
As I've highlighted in many of the descriptions of my @fixed1t
youtube videos, most of them came about due to a repair I needed to
carry out for myself or from the very long list that my wife keeps just
for me ;-) a growing and expanding list. One such item was the fact
that her laser printer was now putting messy lines, spots and smudges on
her laser prints.
After running the clean the drum routine (it hardly ever works) she
asked me to fix it. So this is me Removing Laser Printer Drum and
removing the Lines And Marks quickly and effciently. Althought this
video is about a Brother laser printer the same principle applies to
laser printer makes. However, there is never guarentee this will
complete work and I accept no responsibility if you decide to copy what I
show in this video, but it does work and often buys time to get another
roller and or ink cartridge.
I hope you like the video, if it helps you or saves you money, please
consider using the Superthanks heart link under the video to buy me a
coffee or biscuit. Most of all, don't forget to subscribe to the @fixed1t channel and share it with others.
Malcolm aka #fixed1t
Wednesday, 9 November 2022
Unboxing A Small 250 ml or halt a pint Turkish Copper Bottom Milk Pan
This video is an Unboxing A Small 250 ml or halt a pint Turkish Copper Bottom Milk Pan. Over the coming weeks, months and years, I plan to use it and others in a series experiments. Due to the rise in Fuel Poverty with people not having sufficient income to pay for fuel or energy for cooking, I've decided to look into the minumum that is required to provide cooked food, hot drinks and personal heating. The reason I have gone for this small pan is; its highly conductive copper bottom; its sturdy stainless steel design and its size make it heatable by a low heat sources. My new austerity and survival playlist with be active shortly so make sure you subscribe to @fixed1t for information on all the amazing videos.
Malcolm aka @fixed1t
Monday, 7 November 2022
Unboxing A Vintage Valtock Spirit Burner And Blowtorch
Unboxing A Vintage Valtock Spirit Burner And Blowtorch This video is an Unboxing A Vintage Valtock Spirit Burner And Blowtorch usually used with Methylated Spirit. I have purchased this to carry out a number of experiments on how somebody with very little money can provide hot food, hot drinks and body heating with the minimal amount of resources or when the electricity and gas has been switched off or temporarily disconnected. This would provide an excellent small cooker in the event of the electricity and gas being cut off or reduced. It can reach very high temperature despite its size. I Hope you like the video and subscribe to the channel so you can check out my money saving and off grid tips as the videos are produced. Malcolm aka
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Unboxing A Fix A Zipper Zip Repair Pack - Part 1
My wifes golf back water proof zip is broken so I ordered this Fiz A Zipper repair pack to try and repair the zipper, as they are really expensive to replace. So I'm going to attempt a repair using this pack which I am unboxing in Part 1 of this video series. In part 2 I'll be trying to fix the gold bag zip and several other zippers. If you find the video useful, please subscribe to my @FIXED1T channel and if it helps you or saves you money please consider using the Super Thanks Heart below the video to buy me a coffee. Thanks Malcolm aka @fixed1t
Thursday, 6 October 2022
Fixing My Flat High Power Lithium Car Emergency Battery Pack Part 2
Fixing My Flat High Power Lithium Car Emergency Battery Pack - Part 2 In previous video, I showed how I restarted my dead Toyota Auris Hybrid car after Covid 19 lockdown using a portable powerpack. It started my dead car but the next time I went to use the battery it was dead. Putting it on the charger gave an instant green light, but it was totally dead. You must watch Part 1 for Part 2 to fully charge the battery. In - Fixing My Flat High Power Lithium Car Emergency Battery Pack - Part 1 I showed how I could revive the battery to 3 volts. In this video I show how I took the battery and work on it further to fix the power pack. Please remember. Doing anything with Lithium batteries can be dangerous and should only be tackled by a crazy competent person like me. Please ensure you subscribe and if the video helps you then please leave a comment and consider a Super Thanks. Malcolm aka @FIXED1T
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
Fixing My Flat High Power Lithium Car Emergency Battery Pack - Part 1
In a previous video I showed how I restarted my dead Toyota Auris Hybrid car after not using it during the Covid 19 lockdown. I purchased this power pack to power my telescope rather than lugging a huge battery and torch around and to be able to charge my phone at the same time. The battery dead indeed start my dead car but I forgot to recharge it in the car as I drove. The next time I went to use the battery with the telescope it was dead. Putting it on the charger gave an instant green light, but it was totally dead. If there are no protective circuits in a power pack, they let the lithium cells discharge to far, and the protection circuits cut in and they die, DEAD never to be recharged by the charger. However, after weeks of research and messing about, I've figured out a way to recharge it. If you bought one of these super power packs and its died and its out of the return time, on the supplier from overseas won't help, here os what I did. You must watch Part 1 for Part 2 to fully charge the battery. Doing anything with Lithium batteries can be dangerous and should only be tackled by a crazy competent person like me. Please ensure you subscribe and if the video helps you then please leave a comment and consider a Super Thanks. Malcolm aka @FIXED1T
Wednesday, 2 February 2022
How To Fix Plastic Box Broken Lids
Saturday, 29 January 2022
Unboxing Original SHIXE XML L2 Power Torch Part 1
Monday, 17 May 2021
How To Smooth Solitary Bees House Beam Holes Tip
Tuesday, 6 October 2020
How To Freeze And Store Carrots To Save Money And Prevent Food Waste
You may ask why did we buy more than we needed, well its cheaper to buy in bulk than in a few small packets that never seem to have enough in for a weeks shopping. This is a great tip and follows on from our really successful 'Mushroom Freezing Tip' which you will find here https://youtu.be/knn5NdTFG34 or linked at the end of this video.
If you like it please share it, and subscribe to the channel by clicking on the subscribe button in the button right hand corner of the video.
Malcolm aka @FIXED1T
Thursday, 17 September 2020
How To Remove SIM Stuck In iPhone Or Android SIM Slot
In My First Video On Removing SIM Trays Stuck In The SIM Tray Slot I Showed How The SIM And Tray Can By Easily Removed But If Your SIM Is Stuck In The SIM Slot Without A Tray, Here Is My Technique To Remove The SIM From The Phone Slot And fixed1t
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Thursday, 10 January 2019
How To Start To Become A Gadget Fixer By @fixed1t
No I was always interested in dismantling things and putting them back together as a child, I used to ask people for old broken watches and after buying myself watch makers screwdrivers, tweezers, rubber grommets, and oil I'd taken them apart clean them and rebuild them. Then in my early 20s I tried to fix our band 'CIRCUS' guitarist fuzz box and failed badly, so I decided to build myself an analogue synthesiser from scratch from articles I'd seen in magazines on the lines that by the time I had it working I'd know what I was doing.
As I couldn't afford the PCB's I made my own, and couldn't afford components so I ripped apart people old junk and desolder the parts and only bought what I couldn't obtain and this process has continued on from there. All of the fixed1t video fixes were done out of necessity for myself or to help others and then posted to help others who might want to try things themselves. the fixed1t name came from repairing toys for a friends disabled son who had a habit of breaking them, I was there one bay when he deliberately broke something and was being told off and he turned to me and said "Uncle Malcolm Will FIXEDIT" but when I tried to use the name I discovered there were a lot of variations but no "fixed1t" thus fixed1t was born.
I still try to work on cheap solutions that most people could do with infinite patience. You may have noticed complaints from people about a few of my slow ambient compositions I put on my early videos, but I wrote them to be calming background pieces that help me relax and maintain my patience doing delicate slow work and for those who watch the entire video they'll see its by me fixed1t and its called "Patience Pays" and it does. They also complain my videos are tooooo looooong, without realising they are paced so that others can literally follow along pause, work move on, pause work. Alas people want instant 30 sec fixes, and thats the way to create crap fixes or to screw it up so bad that you end up throwing it away.
Saturday, 17 November 2018
Dead NiZn Battery Not Charging Fix - Part 2 It Works
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Have You Noticed That Some Fairly New Rechargable NiZn (Nickel Zinc) Batteries Won't Recharge After Just A Few Uses
In Part 1 Of This Video I put This To The Test
In This Part 2 I'll Show My fixed1t Solution
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Dead NiZn Battery Not Charging Fix - Part 1
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Have You Noticed That Some Fairly New Rechargeable NiZn (Nickel Zinc) Batteries Won't Recharge After Just A Few Uses? Its really infuriating when you've thrown away the receipt or you bought them online and the won't take them back. But all is not lost thanks to fixed1t. This video is in two parts. Please watch the entire video and remember
In Part 1 - Of This Video I put This To The Test
In Part 2 - Of This Video I'll Show My fixed1t Solution
WARNING: You Must Not Put NiZn Batteries into a normal charger for more than a few minutes unsupervised as they will be destroy and may cause a fire.
Charge NiZn Batteries in a dedicated NiZn charger
I do not recommend you do this fix, the video is to show only what I have done, you do this at your own risk.
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The NiZn Nickel Zinc Rechargeable Batteries, NiZn BPI Charger, XTAR VC-4 (NMH and LiION) Battery Charger are recommended by me and available on my fixed1t AMAZON Pages using the link below:
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Regards Malcolmaka
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Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Save Money How to lengthen Two Short RJ45 Cat 5 Network Cables Using A C...
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The cable connector is one of the items I recommend and link to in my AMAZON Influencer Page
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
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