The new one is the one on the top.
Robust!
Wanted to make sure it’ll outlive the fridge!
You should also replace the bottom one. It’s a little “DIY”, but it’s still an improvement on bland white plastic
And then they match.
My dilemma would be do I really want to replace one that isn’t broken and risk fucking it up more? Versus having to look at handles that don’t match.
Steampunk fridge, it may need some more cogs and pipes to get to the next level.
Did it pass the WAF?
She took off about 6 months ago. Couldn’t live with the missing fridge handle I suppose.
Maybe I should call her…
Maybe she took off with the fridge handle and they now live together and thinking about getting a dog…
/s hope it’s not a painful wound to poke fun at.
I like it better than the original, unironically.
Replace the other one too!
I am beyond sick to death of ‘everything is either landlord white, or stainless steel and black’.
I honestly do too.
The Japanese even have a term for this kind of thing: Kintsugi - for when instead of hiding the repair you embrace it. I like the aesthetic personally. I think it adds character. I’ve got plenty of builds and repairs like this around the house that might not look so pretty but are handmade and of high quality.
Yep, yep yep yep, fully agree and am also a fan of the concept behind Kinstugi.
Though I think that kintsugi more specifically refers to … well, a literal artform/method of repair of things like glasses, cups, vases, etc…
Yeah, the general idea of … just repairing things that break, instead of replacing them wholly… making do with what you have and what you know…
We all need to shift toward that.
Reduce, reuse, recycle, repair.
We are living in a cyberpunk dystopia and if we ever want it to inch toward a solarpunk alternative, we will need to do with what exists, produce less literal mountains and islands of garbage.
… Beyond that, you could say that a kind of custom repair like this is literally building character.
I love how the plywood gives the handle texture.
I was going to paint it first but decided against it. Should probably still seal it with something or it’ll look dirty real quick.
I love this
Lot of DIY fridge repairs on Lemmy lately.
Great, like it! It follows one of my own design rules at home - if you can’t hide it, promote it!
You need to break the bottom handle too
The top one looks like it may need replacing soon as well 😂
At this point just rebuild the whole fridge with wood and steel. It looks so much more long lasting, durable and worthwhile than the white poly* material.
Fuck yea
You just attached it with ordinary screws into the plastic? Hope it holds…
It’s machine screws attached into threaded inserts in the door. The same ones the original handle was attached with.
They seem to have used the original threaded holes
