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This is why I manufacture a lot of my own appliances these days. The parts are all available online, and I trust my engineering moreso than manufacturers these days.


Fridges and washing machines and so on?

Have you documented any of the builds?

I would be very interested in open-source plans like this, and joining (or helping form) a community around the idea of appliances built to last, or more importantly, using modular standard parts and designed for repair.


Didn't know the Finger is active on HN :)

https://www.fingers-welt.de/gallerie/eigen/maschine/kaffee2/...

With hilarious quotes like:

> The first test produced the following conclusion: perfect fountain. The valve distributed the coffee perfectly outside the cup, the inside remained completely dry. So a “coffee deflector” had to be installed around the outlet.

> Somehow the thing is starting to look like a construction site compressor... Well... In the meantime I've brewed my first coffee on the moped. Tasted like crap. After some optimizations to the software, the second cup tasted better, but not as much as I thought it would.

> An increase in the pump pressure resulted in the hose bursting from my boiler and I was suddenly standing in a white cloud. GRMPF!

There is a video too.


That probably voids any kind of accident insurance. One house fire and you're homeless. One injury to another person and you're facing millions in bills.




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