Category: Troubleshooting

I was sitting at my workbench yesterday, squinting through my jeweler’s loupe at the delicate escapement of a 1920s pocket watch, when my grandson came in complaining about his phone.…

I was hunched over my workbench last Tuesday, trying to coax a 19th-century escapement back to life, when my phone decided to stage a protest. I was merely trying to…

Please don’t tell me you’ve been tempted by those “super-cleaner” apps that promise to magically boost your processing speed with a single tap. I spent thirty-four years watching students try…

I was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my jeweler’s loupe at the brass escapement of a 19th-century carriage clock, when my phone let out that dreaded, low-battery…

I was sitting in my workshop last Tuesday, mid-way through cleaning the escapement of a 19th-century mantel clock, when my grandson’s phone started radiating heat like a small, angry toaster.…

I was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my jeweler’s loupe at a delicate escapement wheel, when my own smartphone decided to stage a protest. I did what…

I remember sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, the smell of flux and old solder hanging in the air, staring at a device that had become nothing more than a…

I remember sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through a jeweler’s loupe at a 1950s pendulum clock that had simply decided to stop breathing. Most people think that when…

I remember sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, staring at a 19th-century carriage clock that had suddenly decided to lose ten minutes every hour. Most people would reach for a…

Last Tuesday, I was hunched over my workbench, the scent of aged machine oil and dust hanging heavy in the air, staring at a 1950s mantle clock that had simply…