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[–] [email protected] 3 points 54 minutes ago (1 children)

China mastered copying things well. A five pack of replacement knobs that actually match is $34 on Amazon. A crappy homemade knob for a $4000+ range is crazy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 31 minutes ago

And Bosch makes and generally stands by their good products. Yeah they're a company, but they're not the worst!

Also, where did original knob go, I need to know.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

So one is creative and solution seeking and now proud about himself and an inspiration to others and the other one -- not, but just a thief.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 minutes ago

Shoplifting is a noble crime.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Just a thief?? That’s creative, solution seeking, and ecologically conscious problem solving right there

[–] [email protected] 0 points 44 minutes ago

Yes, he's just a thief. The ends don't justify the means. I can't believe that needs to even be said.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

That's a humongous oven, must be a 10+ person household.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 51 minutes ago (1 children)

And yet it runs with gas, as if we're still cavemen cooking meat over open fires.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 28 minutes ago* (last edited 27 minutes ago)

Its the cheapest ¯\_(ツ) _/¯

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

90cm.

We have one for our 4 adult, 2 kid household. Its amazing how often it's not big enough for all sorts of things.

I think 2 X 60cm ovens make more sense in hindsight and they also dont take as long to heat up

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Or its the house people designated as the holiday house, maybe! Only actually used fully a few times a year.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

That's my house. We have dual ovens and use them simultaneously several times a year, mostly holidays.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

My oven is so old I came across an identical one in an e-waste pile behind a store. I stole the timer knob and mechanism so I don't need to keep using the broken one (manual only) anymore.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You didn't steal it, you 💫recycled💫.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 hours ago

*Reused, which is preferred to recycling even if the materials are 100% recyclable.

That's what I told to the store employee I encountered coming to work via the back door. He wasn't too happy but ultimately let me do it.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A BOSCH OVEN KNOB

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Now you can

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 hours ago

DON'T TELL ME WHAT I WOULDN'T STEAL
Robber Pepe

[–] vaultdweller013 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Channel locks, adjustable wrench, or plyers are also acceptable. Plus then ya know damned well where they are.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

I had my shower knobs as vice grips for a long while

[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I'd eyeball the measurements in Blender and laugh at my crooked knob every time I use the stove.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I laugh at my crooked knob all the time.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

What about the old vice grips that are now a permanent part of the stove trick?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 hours ago

Nothing is more permanent than a temporary fix.

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[–] [email protected] 175 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (6 children)

When an artificer and a rouge are faced with the same problem.

Edit: my english sucks

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