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My wife got a Bluetooth headset less than a year ago, which she loves wearing at work, listening to audio books when she can.\u00a0 This morning on the way in to work, though, she found that the power switch didn’t work.<\/p>\n

It floated back and forth freely — not with the usual friction and click to go from off to on and back again.\u00a0 She muttered, “And I probably didn’t keep the receipt.”\u00a0 She bought it at the local Fry’s store, so it’s not like Amazon or some other stores that can whip a new receipt out of the computer to give to you.<\/p>\n

Once I got home, I got to looking for support and parts information on the LG web site.\u00a0 What crap!\u00a0 Nothing of value!<\/p>\n

\"3D<\/a>

3D printed part in “clear”, original (damaged) part in orange<\/p><\/div>\n

Then of course a wider web search, which led me to a cool YouTube video<\/a> where a guy<\/a> opened up one of these and replaced busted ear plugs.\u00a0 I thought: “This looks doable!”<\/p>\n

So I opened up the side with the power switch, and sure enough, there’s some damage — looks like some missing “stuff” — to the little piece of plastic that moves the actual switch inside.<\/p>\n

I’ve been trying to 3D print a part… but it’s pretty small, and hard to get all the clearances “just right”.<\/p>\n

I did find a guy that sells the 3D printed parts<\/a> online for what I’d consider a “reasonable price.”\u00a0 I might go that route if I don’t get more success at printing my own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My wife got a Bluetooth headset less than a year ago, which she loves wearing at work, listening to audio books when she can.\u00a0 This morning on the way in to work, though, she found that the power switch didn’t work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/3d.rayharwood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20160109_143459096_iOS.jpg?fit=2448%2C2448&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p76pQa-63","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":208,"url":"https:\/\/3d.rayharwood.com\/?p=208","url_meta":{"origin":375,"position":0},"title":"NeoPixel Gas Mask at Arizona Fur Con","date":"November 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The NeoPixel Gas Mask from the Adafruit Learning Center was completed and Franklin wore it to Day 1 of the Arizona Fur Con.\u00a0 It was quite a hit! 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