Am I the only one who gets a customer who brings in a camera they 'fixed' with a kitchen knife?

Last week a guy walked into my shop in Portland with a Nikon F3 he tried to pry open with a butter knife, and now the film advance is locked up tighter than a drum, so what's the most creative 'home repair' disaster you've had to undo?

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bethpalmer22d ago

Got a Pentax K1000 last month where someone used super glue to reattach the leatherette. They glued the film rewind knob shut in the process. Had to soak the whole top plate in acetone, which then ate the original finish. The real fix was a full parts swap. Sometimes the "repair" does more damage than the original problem.

leoward22d ago

My buddy had a client who tried to fix a lens zoom creep with a rubber band and some duct tape. Like @bethpalmer said, the fix wrecked it worse, it jammed the whole focus ring.