At what point is a gadget not worth restoring? @CelGenStudios
At what point is a gadget not worth restoring?  @CelGenStudios
Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
While this cute little portable fax machine would be cool to demo, the more you look into it you begin to realize there has to be a point where it’s simply not worth it.

Battery damage?
Capacitors so leaky the pads are rotting off the board?
It’s a model running a firmware that is in a native language you can easily understand?
Is the rubber grip coating so badly degraded but so essential to the functionality you can’t remove it?

Where would you draw the line?
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At what point is a gadget not worth restoring?

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