I don’t have parts that make pads or cups necessary, but is this something that would pair well with a menstrual cup? Or is any kind of pad generally not needed with a cup?

DIY perks has some great videos where he recycles stuff! Super cool channel :)

Oh Jeremy Fielding is excellent, thanks for sharing! A great engineering channel if you want practical nity gritty advice for making stuff :)

Thats an awesome idea, thanks for sharing!

Fuck yeah, you love to see it! I’m hoping to do exactly the same when the motherboard on my Framework laptop eventually needs replacing. Right now I just use it as a media center on an intermittent basis

Not sure how to link it properly for those using an app or whatever, but there is a visible mending community

https://lemmy.world/c/visibleMending@kbin.social

If you want good results while thrifting it pays to get comfortable with going regularly. If you go consistently and pick through stuff you’ll find great stuff, but ultimately you’re picking through a haystack for the couple of needles you care about- youre getting cheap clothes but putting in your time. Also its way more fun if you go with friends, and then you can also learn what each other like and keep an eye out for each other :)

I’ve always thought of Patagonia being decent, does anyone know of ethical concerns with them? They’re pricy though, and only have specific kinds of styles