The new one is the one on the top.
Here’s how good your replacement is: I assumed the one on the bottom was the DIY one and you’d 3D printed it. Top one is much prettier.
Skyrim fridge
I like it better than the original, unironically.
Replace the other one too!
I am beyond sick to death of ‘everything is either landlord white, or stainless steel and black’.
I honestly do too.
The Japanese even have a term for this kind of thing: Kintsugi - for when instead of hiding the repair you embrace it. I like the aesthetic personally. I think it adds character. I’ve got plenty of builds and repairs like this around the house that might not look so pretty but are handmade and of high quality.
Yep, yep yep yep, fully agree and am also a fan of the concept behind Kinstugi.
Though I think that kintsugi more specifically refers to … well, a literal artform/method of repair of things like glasses, cups, vases, etc…
Yeah, the general idea of … just repairing things that break, instead of replacing them wholly… making do with what you have and what you know…
We all need to shift toward that.
Reduce, reuse, recycle, repair.
We are living in a cyberpunk dystopia and if we ever want it to inch toward a solarpunk alternative, we will need to do with what exists, produce less literal mountains and islands of garbage.
… Beyond that, you could say that a kind of custom repair like this is literally building character.
You need to break the bottom handle too
Nice! I’ve got not metal or woodworking skills, but I do have a 3d printer. I’ve been doing these types of repairs lately and it’s just soooo damn satisfying. I replaced some broken pieces of a shoe rack the other day and felt like a god among men.
I’m yet to dive into that rabbit hole but it’s just a matter of time. My understanding however is that the technology is already mature enough to be actually practical for normal users too.
Yeah I got my first printer something like 5 years ago and it was much more tinkering than the average person would probably want to put up with.
I bought a more modern printer recently and it’s a night and day difference. For the most part, you can just tell it to print something with substantially less manual intervention.
I love this
If it weren’t crooked, I’d vote for painting it.
I quite like the aesthetic in general, the crookedness would drive me mad.
Now remove the bottom and re-do that one and your fridge looks meant to be that way, and better.
Not gonna lie, I spent like 5 hours on the first one. Had that been a commission for a customer, it would’ve been a 300€ fridge handle. Two of them would more than double the price of the fridge itself.
Lot of DIY fridge repairs on Lemmy lately.
You should also replace the bottom one. It’s a little “DIY”, but it’s still an improvement on bland white plastic
And then they match.
My dilemma would be do I really want to replace one that isn’t broken and risk fucking it up more? Versus having to look at handles that don’t match.
Why did you do it in all white?
Yeah I might have at least spray painted that handle.
That gives the fridge ao much more character. Love it! Now do the other one!
the door will come off before that handle does
Very stylish, barely noticable repair 🤣
Cool!
