Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others.
One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials. Below are some pictures and a video that discuss how he does it. Supplies needed:
Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] -Link (photos and video). [Read this article] [Comment on this article] More: continued here
Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] -Link (photos and video). [Read this article] [Comment on this article] More: continued here
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that I will probably never make, but that being said, it’s nice to know that if I ever did need a personal submarine, I could make one out of a pig trough (no, I’m not joking). Moving on though, one of their features was about an African mechanic who repairs automobile alternators with nothing more than bamboo, copper wire and a few other materials. It struck me that innovation is truely incredible in Africa, and that sometimes where you have the least ammount of resources to work with you can often find the greatest innovation.
that I will probably never make, but that being said, it’s nice to know that if I ever did need a personal submarine, I could make one out of a pig trough (no, I’m not joking). Moving on though, one of their features was about an African mechanic who repairs automobile alternators with nothing more than bamboo, copper wire and a few other materials. It struck me that innovation is truely incredible in Africa, and that sometimes where you have the least ammount of resources to work with you can often find the greatest innovation.
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supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials. Go to AfriGadget to see the video of this being done. Posted in African technology, AFRICA, TECHNOLOGY | No Comments »
supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials. Go to AfriGadget to see the video of this being done. Posted in African technology, AFRICA, TECHNOLOGY | No Comments »
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[...] I just posted a new story to AfriGadget about how this fundi named Stephan in Banana Hill can rebuild alternators very cheaply. Take a look, it’s very impressive. [...]
[...] I just posted a new story to AfriGadget about how this fundi named Stephan in Banana Hill can rebuild alternators very cheaply. Take a look, it’s impressive. [...]
[...] I just posted a new story to AfriGadget about how this fundi named Stephan in Banana Hill can rebuild alternators very cheaply. Take a look, it’s impressive. [...]
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[...] Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [...]
[...] Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [...]
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[...] Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [Read this article] [Comment on this article] update_label_counters(‘72′); [...]
[...] Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [Read this article] [Comment on this article] update_label_counters(‘72′); [...]
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[...] Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [Read this article] [Comment on this article] [...]
[...] Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [Read this article] [Comment on this article] [...]
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My father did this back in the 60’s he ran a machine shop/junkyard, but he made his real money rebuilding alternators and starters. Of course this was in Alabama not Africa.
[...] http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/rebuilding_an_alternator_in_af.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [Read this article</a>] [Comment on this article</a>] [...]
[...] http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/rebuilding_an_alternator_in_af.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [Read this article</a>] [Comment on this article</a>] [...]
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In all of my years I have never had an alternator die because of the coils. I have had brushes burn out, I have had bearings go bad. I had one expensive jap one die because the integrated regulator took a dump, but the coils themselves seem like a pretty rare failure, at least to me. Perhaps in africa they have less raw junk to pick nad choose from, but if I had to choose one to rebuild, I would go for one with a simpler problem like brushes. Use the one with the bad coils as a parts doner. Then again looking at the video, it seemed he had both the stator and a coil of wire he pulled from something.
[...] So it was rather suprising while reading the Make Zine blog that they link to story about someone in Africa who repairs vehicles with very little tools, How to rebuild an alternator in Africa. It was from this page that I made one of those serendipous voyages across the web as I read more and more websites written by people in Africa and mostly about the things they build, repair and invent and general life out here. [...]
[...] Ads by Google (Leave a comment)jcgbigler07:38 pm – Mom reportMy mom was discharged from Johns Hopkins Hospital this afternoon, and by now should be at home. The Suzuki Kingston institute finished this evening, so we’ll drive down tomorrow and spend the weekend helping her and my dad make the transition back home. We’ll probably be back in Boston on Monday or Tuesday.Current Mood: tiredCurrent Music: lotsTags: family(5 comments | Leave a comment)make_podcast05:50 pm – Rebuilding an alternator in Africahttp://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/rebuilding_an_alternator_in_af.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [Read this article</a>] [Comment on this article</a>](Leave a comment)make_podcast04:14 pm – Mario soup – art from NES cartridgeshttp://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/mario_soup_art_from_nes_cartri.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 Ben Fry dumped the ROMs of old NES cartridges and made these cool looking posters – “Any piece of executable code is also commingled with data, ranging from simple sentences of text for error messages to entire sets of graphics for the application. In older cartridge-based console games, the images for each of the small on-screen images (the “sprites”) were often stored as raw data embedded after the actual program’s instructions. This piece examines the unpacking of a Nintendo game cartridge, decoding the program as a four-color image, revealing a beautiful soup of the thousands of individual elements that make up the game screen.” [via] – Link. [...]
[...] Ads by Google (Leave a comment)jcgbigler07:38 pm – Mom reportMy mom was discharged from Johns Hopkins Hospital this afternoon, and by now should be at home. The Suzuki Kingston institute finished this evening, so we’ll drive down tomorrow and spend the weekend helping her and my dad make the transition back home. We’ll probably be back in Boston on Monday or Tuesday.Current Mood: tiredCurrent Music: lotsTags: family(5 comments | Leave a comment)make_podcast05:50 pm – Rebuilding an alternator in Africahttp://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/rebuilding_an_alternator_in_af.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [Read this article</a>] [Comment on this article</a>](Leave a comment)make_podcast04:14 pm – Mario soup – art from NES cartridgeshttp://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/mario_soup_art_from_nes_cartri.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 Ben Fry dumped the ROMs of old NES cartridges and made these cool looking posters – “Any piece of executable code is also commingled with data, ranging from simple sentences of text for error messages to entire sets of graphics for the application. In older cartridge-based console games, the images for each of the small on-screen images (the “sprites”) were often stored as raw data embedded after the actual program’s instructions. This piece examines the unpacking of a Nintendo game cartridge, decoding the program as a four-color image, revealing a beautiful soup of the thousands of individual elements that make up the game screen.” [via] – Link. [...]
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Comment from Gary Bennet 8 July 2006 - 9:36 am - :
“african ingenuity”..? interesting term, but where i come from we have a better name for it: “nigger-rigging.” and it’s only good for one thing– COMEDY.
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[...] Next time you’re fussing in the garage because you can’t find a certain part, keep this guy in mind – he rebuilds an alternator by hand in Africa, where to the best of my knowledge, even Pep Boys doesn’t have a location. The page is kinda skimpy on details, but you get the picture. [...]
[...] Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [Read this article] [Comment on this article] [...]
[...] Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [Read this article] [Comment on this article] [...]
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[...] make_podcasthttp://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/rebuilding_an_alternator_in_af.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [Read this article</a>] [Comment on this article</a>] LinkLeave a comment [...]
[...] make_podcasthttp://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/07/rebuilding_an_alternator_in_af.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [Read this article</a>] [Comment on this article</a>] LinkLeave a comment [...]
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[...] Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [Read this article] [Comment on this article] Mario soup – art from NES cartridges [...]
[...] Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [Read this article] [Comment on this article] Mario soup – art from NES cartridges [...]
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The question remains, what exactly makes these things “African” despite of the fact that they are made in Kenya (or any other African country).
Good story, though, Hash — nice. Especially since you managed to upload the video from Nairobi – considering the speed of their inetconnections it is just awesome.
Let me pls work on sometthing I would like to add here in future (some jua kali stuff I learned in Kenya and that I’ll need to blog hapa soon).
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[...] Moving on though, one of their features was about an African mechanic who repairs automobile alternators with nothing more than bamboo, copper wire and a few other materials. It struck me that innovation is truely incredible in Africa, and that sometimes where you have the least ammount of resources to work with you can often find the greatest innovation. I can remember as a kid watching Clive James in Cuba, and being astonished as people made car oil out of old hair shampoo! [...]
[...] Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [Read this article] [Comment on this article] [...]
[...] Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [Read this article] [Comment on this article] [...]
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[...] Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [...]
[...] Erik writes – “Bernard took me to see Stephan, an auto mechanic who is a master of fixing things with very few tools or supplies. Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] – Link (photos and video). [...]
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[...] How-to: Rebuild an Alternator in Africa — AfriGadget Archive One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials. Below are some pictures and a video that discuss how [...]
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Stephan is truly amazing, an example of an African who uses his ingenuity to solve problems that would seem insurmountable to others. One of the things Stephan has done, is figured out a way to rebuild alternators with limited materials.” [via] -Link (photos and video). [Read this article] [Comment on this article] More: continued here