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   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 25 Feb 2023 10:28:24 -0500, Retirednoguilt   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2/25/2023 8:57 AM, Max Demian wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Someone *did* throw out a microwave near where I live, so I retrieved   
   >> the turntable and roller guide in case I break mine, as they charge   
   >> about £25 (including p&p) for a replacement and the oven only cost £40.   
   >>   
   >   
   >When our microwave needed to be replaced, I salvaged not only the   
   >turntable and roller guide, but also the plastic spindle that sits on   
   >the turntable motor's shaft and has horizontal leaves that fit into the   
   >underside of the turntable.  I once had one of those spontaneously crack   
   >apart and the replacement part (plus shipping) seemed disproportionately   
   >expensive for a small piece of molded plastic.  Good to have a spare.   
      
   All our townhouses were alike when built, and when my neighbor remodeled   
   I even took the lid from the toilet tank, in case I ever break mine.  I   
   don't know where I put it.   
      
   And I had a cardboard cylinder of toilet bowl cleaner in the cabinet   
   under the sink and the fumes damaged the hinges, so the door sits open   
   an inch all the time, so when someone else remodeled, I took spare   
   hinges.   
      
   When someone else got a new furnace, I took the whole oil pump, sprayer,   
   transformer, electrodes, and the electric control box.  I've used the   
   transformer and the control box to replace ones that failed. (Later I   
   found out that they sell universal transformer replacements and probably   
   control boxes that will fit, but this way I have the part right there,   
   and free.)   
      
   And early on, when someone threw out the folding, stiff plastic shower   
   stall door, it was too long for me to have a nice place to put it, so I   
   asked my girlfriend to store it.  She had a really big basement with   
   extra-high ceiling, so her prior husband could lift weights.  We broke   
   up a year later and I'll bet she still has it, 30 years later, and   
   doesn't know what it is or where she got it.   
      
   Meanwhile, my door is still in good condition.  I thought the solvents   
   would evaporate and the door would become brittle.  Maybe it has but I'm   
   very careful.   
      
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