Restoring that old percolator felt like solving a tiny puzzle.

Seeing it brew coffee again after decades made my week.

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Restoring a percolator from the 80s must have taken FOREVER. Kind of overkill for making coffee, if you ask me. But whatever floats your boat.

abby_martinez1mo agoTop Commenter

Remember my dad's old movie projector from the 70s. Found it in the basement, all tangled up with film that looked like spaghetti. Took a whole afternoon just to get one cartoon to play without the film jamming up. That weird whirring sound when it finally worked was pure magic.

jenny_lane121mo ago

Yeah, that whirring sound is the best part. I had the same thing with my uncle's old slide projector. The film kept getting stuck and I almost gave up. What worked for me was using a soft cloth with a tiny bit of rubbing alcohol on the film gate, just to clean off any old gunk. Letting the film sit out to warm up a bit first seemed to help too, made it less brittle. That first clear picture felt like such a win.

young.michael1mo ago

Man, that reminds me of my grandpa's old tube radio. Spent a weekend trying to get it working, cleaning all the dust out of the back. When I finally turned it on, the dial lit up this warm orange color. Tuning the dial felt so heavy and solid. Found some weird station playing old timey music, it was like a time machine.