Hacks Basic Sewing Machine Maintenance: Tips From an Expert Want to make sure you get the most out of your sewing machine as it ages? Then keeping it regularly maintained is crucial. Sewing machines are delicate, complicated creatures—but with… July 6, 2016 by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit
Right to Repair Louis Rossmann Might Lose His Repair Videos After Legal Threat We talk a lot about why it’s getting harder to fix electronics. Not just because of how those devices are designed, but also because a lot manufacturers don’t want anyone… July 1, 2016 by Julia Bluff
How To How to Buy the Best Sewing Machine—New or Used Like almost everything else we’ve seen at iFixit, sewing machines aren’t really designed to last very long these days. Rob broke down the difference between the behemoths of yore and… June 27, 2016 by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit
Repair Stories Fixing Dad’s Bike: Repair in Remembrance of My Father Grieving is a weird process, and part of mine involved spending time with my dad's old bike. The thing was a mess. The tires were brittle and crumbling, spokes askew,… June 21, 2016 by Marty Rippens
Consumer Rights Nest to Brick Revolv, Pull the Plug on Smarthomes Nest Labs, pioneering overlords of our smarthome future, is about to do something pretty inhospitable to customers. On Sunday, they will pull the plug on Revolv—a home automation hub that… June 17, 2016 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Consumer Rights Copyright, the Internet of Things, and the End of Ownership People don’t want to own anything anymore. They much prefer licenses that let them use it. At least that’s what lawyers from The Software Alliance and the Motion Picture Association… June 9, 2016 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Repair Stories Even Muppets Repair Their Stuff Big Bird and the gang instantly transport me back to my childhood—in footie pajamas, singing along to Sesame Street’s familiar theme song. Since its premiere in 1969, Sesame Street has… June 2, 2016 by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit
Teardowns Hats off to HP’s Repairable Elite x2 1012 G1 Tablet This week, we got a little treat from HP—a tablet that they actually want you to fix yourself. HP is billing the Elite x2 1012 G1 as a tablet designed… May 23, 2016 by Evan Noronha
Events You Thought We Only Fixed Phones? iFixit is known for fixing electronics, but we want to help people fix everything—whether or not it has a motherboard. After all, everything breaks eventually. Recently, we challenged folks to… May 23, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Teardowns Pixel C Teardown—the C Stands for Confusion Google’s Pixel C launch received such a resounding “meh” that we initially skipped a teardown. But the Pixel C returned to headlines once Google dropped the price, offering the Pixel… May 18, 2016 by Kay Kay Clapp - iFixit
