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In general most older machinery was designed to be repairable. Often using industry standard sizes for things such as motors, bearings, relays, screws, etc. As
by throwawayboise 5y ago
In general most older machinery was designed to be repairable. Often using industry standard sizes for things such as motors, bearings, relays, screws, etc. As long as you can get (or make) the parts and are willing to maintain the equipment, you can keep using it.
- klelatti 5y agoIndeed. It’s often the case too that it becomes outdated - more modern designs are more efficient etc. I’m probably more intrigued / surprised that it’s economically effective to keep a seventy year old machine working.