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How to justify your TOM to your significant other! by Bluemetal is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
© 2011 by Bluemetal
Instructions
1. Find the most expensive broken thing in the house that can be fixed with a piece of plastic that fits in a 100x100x100mm cube
2. Try to see if no one has already braved that path for you in Thingiverse? You will be surprised with what is out (or in here for that matter).
3. Take plenty of photos so you can have a before and after show to demonstrate to your SO and others the enormous savings you are creating with your 3d printer.
4. Conjure some way to add a printed part to the solution. You get extra points if the solution is visible but not offensive - the limited number of ABS colors is a problem here!
5. Be sure that the fix works and that the SO is witness to the lovely functionality your talent and the 3d printer have restored.
6. If you have to choose, go for function over form ( as I so clearly did! ). Better ugly and alive than dead and pretty! So just to keep the concept fresh - be sure the thing is fixed or the wrath will rain upon thee!
7. Be really, really sure that it is fixed. You really do not want your savior image destroyed after such a failure!
8. Keep looking for expensive broken things (be sure that there are no witnesses if you have to produce them yourself or get a cat).
I have added the .stl for the parts, because someone would eventually complain about it, though I am sure that the chances of someone having the same issue are zero!
The impact on my Significant Other's opinion of my Thing-o-Matic after this repair has been phenomenal. Everything else I did before were only "trinkets".
I now have to find something broken that needs a part that fits in a 200x200x200mm cube so I can justify a Ultimaker - I am not telling her about gluing pieces together just yet! :)
Good Luck!