Godammn vacuum cleaner broke. Took it apart, its just a part of the brush roller that is broken. Should be an easy fix. But they don't sell spare parts for my vacuum. They never have, they just want you to buy a new one. So one little easily replaced plastic bit makes the whole thing into non-functional mostly plastic waste. The vacuum is even clearly designed to be easily repaired, it's one of the most intelligently laid out appliances I've ever seen.

But it's not profitable to sell spare parts, so I have to send this thing to a landfill if I can't figure out some ghetto fix. This intentional wastefulness is one of the things that pisses me off about capitalism nearly every day.

  • pooh [she/her, any]
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    4 years ago

    Came here to ask the same question.

    OP, you got a pic of the part in question by any chance?

    • Sushi_Desires
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      4 years ago

      I gotta get a structured light scanner, it sucks that they are so pricey still. If the price point for 3D scanning got pushed down to where the printers are at now I think we would start to see this technology on most homes personally

      • pooh [she/her, any]
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        4 years ago

        You can actually create 3D models from phone camera photos with software like Meshroom, as seen here. Autodesk ReCap also does this, I believe. Not sure about cost, but I’m sure there’s a way to pirate it if you need.

      • thomasdankara [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        like 5ish years ago I remember hearing about people using xbox 360 kinects and lazy susans for 3D scanning, that might be a look.

        or, CAD and a set of calipers.