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[Doctor Gollum]

Having checked flea bay and the link Migv6 gave it seems that on the model I have you replace the whole drum which costs c£130 as Lord Opti says I can buy a brand new machine for not a lot more.Neither option really what I need at present as the tax man cometh at the end of January Ho hum just have to take the hit and get a new one I suppose.

If you wash your work clothes, claim the cost back

[Bigron]

I was thinking flat stones on the river bank, Andy - we spoil them nowadays!

Ron.

[ronnyd]

Another joy of trying to repair white goods is the good chance of multiple lacerations due to nothing being deburred anymore.  

[Andy B]

I was thinking flat stones on the river bank, Andy - we spoil them nowadays!

Ron.

 

[Rods2]

I was thinking flat stones on the river bank, Andy - we spoil them nowadays!

Ron.

In some rural villages in France you can still see the communal clothes washing area. A shallow stone lined pool with well used warn washing stones around the outside.

The bearing on our Hotpoint washing machine is getting noisy and I keep putting off replacing it, which I think from its circa 20 year age is replaceable.

The problem with replacing with a cheap new machine is that they are only designed to last 2 years with average use. Heavy use means 1 year and a day.

[aaronjb]

Another joy of trying to repair white goods is the good chance of multiple lacerations due to nothing being deburred anymore.  

Same is true of PC cases (at least at the cheaper and 'home' end of the market).. stamped out and thrown together by Chinese children who, I can only assume, must have arms that look like they self harm from all the razor sharp edges..

[TheBoy]

Another joy of trying to repair white goods is the good chance of multiple lacerations due to nothing being deburred anymore.  

Same is true of PC cases (at least at the cheaper and 'home' end of the market).. stamped out and thrown together by Chinese children who, I can only assume, must have arms that look like they self harm from all the razor sharp edges..

Which in itself is a good reason to avoid them, and go for better quality ones. That and the sometimes suspect PSUs.  When you're paying £8 for a case with PSU, shipped halfway round the world, finishing and safety (against sharp edges) aren't top of the agenda

Aside from a flirtation with BTX about 15yrs ago, self build cases haven't changed in the last 25yrs, so if you're into self build, it makes sense to invest in a decent case


That said, for 99% of buyers, self build doesn't make sense nowadays, and probably hasn't for 10yrs or more.

[Varche]

I was thinking flat stones on the river bank, Andy - we spoil them nowadays!

Ron.

In some rural villages in France you can still see the communal clothes washing area. A shallow stone lined pool with well used warn washing stones around the outside.

The bearing on our Hotpoint washing machine is getting noisy and I keep putting off replacing it, which I think from its circa 20 year age is replaceable.

The problem with replacing with a cheap new machine is that they are only designed to last 2 years with average use. Heavy use means 1 year and a day.

Every rural village in Southern Spain has them. Our village used theirs even after electricity arrived in 1980. I remember a few years back near Teruel stopping in winter to take photos of a good example and being shocked to see an approx 80 year old woman doing her washing and having to break the surface ice!