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First, one of those retractable dog leashes had broken and wouldnt retract. I opened it up and found a few pieces of broken plastic and built new stronger pieces from scratch. The leash works like a charm now.

The other thing was a clip to hold my sisters car door inner handle on. After two weeks of trying to order this very small plastic piece for less than 30$ I just broke down and built one using the original as a guide. Also seems to be working well.

Have any of you ever managed to use the skills you developed with this hobby for anything unrelated and useful? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/235150/644688.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/235150/644688.page GMT When modeling skills help in life.
My daughter has had some Disney toys, single mold plastic pieces, that she broke accidentally. She was devastated.
After she went to bed, Daddy got ahold of them, pinned them, and matched the paint colors to touch them up.

She woke up a happy girl.

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I'm in the completion stages of refinishing my basement to have a huge gaming cave in it... and I had the same exact issues.

"Can't use that 2x4. It has bark on it."
"But, Eric... It'll be BEHIND the drywall!"
"Yeah, but *I* will know it's there."

LOL
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Kidding aside, I have on occasion busted out a pin vice and super glue and paperclips to repair things around the office. People looked at me like I was crazy, but then I took an extra 20 minute break.. the amount of time it would have taken me to go to the store, buy a new one, and then come back. Who's crazy now?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/235150/645409.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/235150/645409.page GMT When modeling skills help in life.
the disc holder is on runners (like all are) and some of the teeth snapped off it, a simple plasticard and pin job and its working fine now ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/235150/645414.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/235150/645414.page GMT