Altoids Door Handles

Today I decided that it was about time I tried to fix the door handle to our office. Over recent months the door handles on both sides have started coming away from their fixings, this could be very bad if they broke completely as we would potentially be stuck in the office with no way of escape!

So after dismantling the door handle I found that the plastic inside the handle which holds it all together had completely broken up and wasn't doing its job.
I then set about trying to find something in the office that could be used to replace said plastic inserts.

So after a little while trying to find a bit of wood or something similar (and you can never find any wood in an office other than the desks) I found an old tin of altoids - the altoids had gone all weird in the tin so I threw them out and set about cutting and bending the lid into a suitable shape.

Good news it worked! I fitted the tin pieces and screwed the whole lot back together (with a little bit of gaffa tape of course!)

Both handles are (for the time being...) back on securely!

( thanks to Lloyd for the altoids - thanks to Phil for taking the photo)