Saturday, January 31, 2009

Mr. Fix-it Addendum...

Mr. Fix-it has met his match.....He's been de-throwned...he's suffered a defeat.....a blow to his self esteem! Remember all that praising I did a post back? Steve bought a plotter (a printer for large drawings) a month back....which needed a new belt...which he quickly ordered from eBay.

Problem one...he forgot to check where it was coming from......you guessed it China! So after 3 weeks of waiting, it arrived..the master was at work! He couldn't wait to get it working!

Problem two....Did you realize the ink dries up after sitting unused for 1 year...okay we were expecting that....but then just the magenta wouldn't work....odd. So take it apart and test the circuit board (or something like that!)....not getting proper signal....start soldering on tiny board. Oops, drop big glob of solder on board....that's not good!

Joanne goes to Radio Shack to purchase 'Solder Sucker'..to remove glob of solder...doesn't work....down by another $9.98!

The story is still progress.....He will not except defeat. He will not quit! ON the upside..we can print all black copies fine....just color doesn't work (which he didn't need anyway!)

PRAY for us as we grieve with Steve.....I guess he can't fix everything! There might be a rebuttal coming.....

3 comments:

julie said...

E-Bay is starting to bug me lately. I can never win anything. I always get out bid. Then if I do win I think it must be junk or why did everyone let me get it! I miss the good ole days when no knew how fun it could be.

Good luck Steve on your project. If you need help just call Tod!!

The Hendersons said...

ouch! Steve, Julie did not mean that! she has been suffering from caffeine withdrawal and she's still a bit discombobulated right now. ignore here comment ;)

The Hendersons said...

oops... here --> her