Namit’s ceiling fan ran only on one slow speed so he took off the blades and brought it to the Fixers. The switch was cracked and the wire displaced. Jan and Namit soldered the wire back into place and when they put the fan back together again, they proudly announced: “We’ve fixed it to the point where nothing works.”  Then they figured out which wires were hot and which neutral and with that breakthrough, Namit now has a fan which runs on three speeds! 

Since the Fixers have had some umbrella breakthroughs in the past, Sandy brought in her beautiful old umbrella to see if she could fix the broken spoke. She used parts of old umbrellas, a nail and wire to restore the rib. Now she can open and close the umbrella and gets a full canopy when opened.  

Evan’s canvas boot was separating from its rubber sole, revealing layers of canvas material in the upper with rubber sole intact. He’s going to work on it at home. We’ll ask him how he did next week.  

Ann is new to the Fixers, brought in a tensor reading lamp with a broken hinge at the base. Tony is grinding it with a drummel cutting disk. Don’t know why. 

Meanwhile, David and others spent some time mending the giant American flag. It will be done someday.