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Seems crazy that some kind of third party couldn't make replacement parts for these; march of dimes still raises money, so there's plenty of money available to
by rdl 9y ago
Seems crazy that some kind of third party couldn't make replacement parts for these; march of dimes still raises money, so there's plenty of money available to fund a small prototyping shop to do this, or it could be a charity effort.
- ceejayoz 9y agoThe article indicates there are only three remaining in use, and the person featured in the article seems entirely able to have it maintained as it uses generally available (or readily manufacturable) parts. This isn't a "these people have a problem to fix" article. It's a "these people are interesting" one.
- rtkwe 9y agoThe neck gasket seems like the biggest issue; hard to repair, critical to the functionality and it sounds like it was designed originally as a perishable part. One of the women is carefully nursing only two spares she bought out of 10 that the company had when she used to replace them every few months.