20:08 "I found this in the box..." Was fully expecting a PCBWay poster LOL

I'm barely even interested in "repair' videos, but your nostalgic intro song and charming personality makes me keep coming back for more.

"Can you hear the fan?..... Fan-tastic" hah!

My thought was to use an unused pop rivet. Use a pin vice to drill down the shaft and epoxy it into place, this way you would be reinforcing the rod and even the bottom would have a rounded end.

As usual Vince, very entertaining. I was shouting at the TV to lengthen the spring as soon as you opened the fryer. Sounds like you fan blades are catching on something and it's Brown sauce all the way for me. 👍

Another very nice fix indeed Vince, well done

To me; it sounds like the fan has something interfering with the blades.

Ingenious fix Vince, agree about the brown sauce, also on fried eggs!

Might wanna check out that fan, again, for a follow up video. It sounds like the noise is fixable. :)

You could also rebuild the broken of part with baking soda and superglue. That makes a very strong bond and builds up layer by layer, there are some videos where people rebuild plastic hinges and other parts with It. Give It a try, Vince.

I'd probably get some thin walled brass tubing (model shops) cut a length and place it over the plastic actuator, fill it with epoxy, then file down the tip it a slope to interface with the basket.. An alternative solution with the microswitch is to add a sliver of plastic between the actuator arm and the microswitch plunger, sticking it to the actuator arm, bending those arms and getting angle right can be a right pain in the A.

Great save again Vince, personally if it would be for my use only i would've bypassed that lousy mechanism altogether because i wouldn't have the patience to fix that plastic switch.

I'd be tempted to completely cut off the sticky-out bit, drill a hole in the end of the rest of it and press fit a length of steel rod. I have lengths of precision ground steel rod in all sorts of sizes from stripping down printers and whatnot :D Also that fan might need a look :O Not sure if the bearings are shot or if an impeller is rubbing on something. Nice little unit though, great video! :D

Vince you been reading my mind, first the Meta 2 and now the Cosori, I have one but the 6l, So I want to see how to open it.Thanks mate.

I have this for my motorhome and that fan is definitely catching! Mine is near silent 👍👍👍

I was thinking of a little screw, but then you said it in the video so you beat me too it😂

Hi Vince. I saw a recall on Cosori air fryers. Last February, about 2 million Cosori air fryers faced a recall because of faulty wiring and reports of air fryers catching fire, burning, melting, overheating and smoking. Some consumers reported minor burn injuries and property damage. “Every time I use the air fryer my smoke detector comes on,” wrote one consumer from Costa Mesa, California, last February referring to their Cosori Pro air fryer.

Nice fix. My plan of attack would be to lengthen the rod, with a screw. Precision drilling required, into the end of broken rod. Then insert a screw, (preferrably with a round head). Adjust the length by trial and error, then epoxy the exposed thread and smooth over.

That's a clever fix. I was trying to think of a way to replace the last part with a metal rod, like drilling out the lower part and trying to glue in a metal rod into the lower half of the mechanism or similar but I wouldn't have thought of dremeling off part of it to make it stick through more.

Very clever man 😊

Another good video, thanks.

I think as it's plastic it will break again, personally I would have sleeved the broken shaft with some copper car brake pipe or similar for strength. But love your videos, keep it up..

Keep the videos coming. Sir vince

A ball rod switch are good, not seen them used in years they used them on elevators and draw lights for shop displays like a pin with a little wheel on lasted years that what you have there friction pins basically designed to not last so you go out and buy a new one Great video thank Vince

"wear gloves" he says not wearing gloves 😂keep em coming Vince love your videos

What a nice way to end the day by watching another brilliant repair! Thanks for the entertainment vince!

Always.. always at least one of them snaps!🤣 On first thought I wantet to make it longer, but I like your fix more.

breakfast sausage in the air fryer is the best you'll ever have, does nice job on roasts, ribs and so on. i have a 4L fryer brand name is instant vortex plus

Tartre Sauce is best with Fish Fingers...Great repair Vince..👍

3D printing is perfect tool for such parts which you unable to buy of the shelf 🙂 It have saved me many times in simillar situations 🙂

Good plan. Had it been me and especially after reading the reviews that it's a heat related problem, I may have opted to measure the pin length from the bottom of the wider area. Then cut it flush with the bottom of the wider area, drilled a hole into the wide area and used a long piece of all-thread (or screw with the head cut off) and threaded it into the hole. That would create a metal tip and would make it more durable in the long run.

@5:37 - I'd be jumping out that switch in less time than it took me to slap the like button on this video.

Good fix, I have a slightly larger version of that air frier. Sounds like the fan is catching slightly on something. Our fan doesn't sound like that.

Amazing video as always :). I really like watching your videos, they are really stress reliefing for me and I can always also learn something new.

Hi Vince, nice fix! I thought you'll be going for Lathe jobbie 😀for even more entertainment of the masses 😀The alternative would be a 3D print using ABS filament.

Brown sauce FTW. My mum wanted to buy me 1 of these for xmas but I was hesitant because we want to move onto a narrow boat (and obvious power usage issues), but I think I may have to get 1 just for the fishfingers

Great video vince well saved,seems like the fan is catching on something maybe it was dropped, perhaps a revisit video to put the people's mind at rest about the fan?.

3d printing a new piece is what came to mind

Great fix. Another possible approach could be using shrink tubing that has glue inside the tube. I've used that type of shrink tubing to fix a broken plastic arm for a tablet stand and it worked perfect, especially because the glue dries hard as a rock making it an incredibly strong bridge. You could have either used the shrink tube to elongate the shortened piece of plastic, or use the shrink tube to add another longer piece of plastic to the existing piece and trim it to size.

Great work but I was shouting stretch spring! 😂 I think screw would work better since the tip of plastic that broke was very small.

You did good and there is no point in more complex solutions for something that will melt within few months

How would i approach it? i don`t know m8 but sure as heck i am back at fixing stuff at home thanks to your videos, i try to take a similar approach as yours, simple plain logic and what i have learned in your videos, chhers from mexico.

Brilliant!

I would have made that pin with brass rod. Great video though if I buy one of them I'll remember this fix 👍

5:51 I’d wired the safety switch closed and print a label saying “do not use without drawer installed”. A one-minute job.

_Hissy Fit_ - I learned something today ✌

Thanks Vince loved this fix - But brown sauce on bacon is a food crime. Although Daddies on a good breakfast banger fixes my day... 🤓

@my mate vince. You could 3d scan it alter the length in programme and print a replacement.

Hi Vince If there was a lathe small enough. I would turned the piece of plastic. As it is safer that way.

I would redesign the mounted plastic part and print it using a 3d printer. Since space is not the issue here, the plastic part can be much stronger as 3D printing does not require the injection molding rules. The new switch mount could be shaped like the switch itself. It would even be possible to use a metal pin instead of the plastic, so the exposed part is metal. The great thing about 3d printing is that you not even require the original position of the switch, so it is all about the latch mechanism and the position of the micro switch can be changed with the new design. Of course the heat is an issue here, but again you can shield the area with capton tape. However the micro switch is not protected, too, so the heat is not a real issue here and stays below 80°C, so even ABS holds up. Usually my fixes are better than the original, because the weak point got removed, which is the real advantage of 3D printing. Not only repair stuff, but make it better and create a long lasting result and with some luck someone else already did the job and you just need to download a file and print it. Or you are the first and upload your design, so others can profit from your work.

I have a bunch of small brass tubes (from hobby shops) I would find one that fits the end of that piece tightly and use that to extend the end (would not break), I would use high temp epoxy to bond it in place permanently. Of course I could also 3D print the entire piece in a high temp plastic (like carbon fiber polycarbonate) and that would be a good fix as well and you could always have spares just in case.

Your way works fine but for future wear on the end you could try this. Carefully drill a small hole in the end of the rod, screw on a thin dome head (m2/m3) machine screw with some washers, round off the end with dremel or equivalent.

Brown sauce is for sausages only. Fish fingers or bacon get tomato ketchup. FACTS! (Nice video, Vince!)

Nice fix! I would have cut off the complete bottom thin part, drilled a hole through the rest and screwed in a threated bar.

Dang, I miss fish fingers. They do have fish sticks here, but they are smaller and the ratio of fish to breadcrumbs is all wrong. Brown sauce I agree is WAY better. All you need now is a couple of slices of bread! Oh, and top video as always!!

3d print ? or put a small screw on top ?

Ooh a vince video ❤

9:18 drill a small hole concentric into the pin. Get an appropriate length of piano wire to couple another extension (plastic, whatever) to it. cut to length, fix with epoxy. It doesn't even have to be the same diameter, it could sleeve over the pin, just drill the retaining hole of the bracket to suit, fill with epoxy . There's plenty of meat there to cope. I have a lathe, so I'd just make another pin.

You will want to investigate in 3D printers. If you would to design and print this part and publish the design files for free others could do the same repair and thousands of air fryers would not end up in landfill.

I thought if you had a metal tube that would fit over that shaft but was slightly longer, it might work to elongate it. Metal drinking straw section maybe.

Great fix Vince, definitely a design fault there… get a pork joint in there the crackling is amazing well it is in the ninja, good thing with the air fryer is things cook quicker too 😊

That blade on your multi tool is not blunt. It does not cut your hand because it vibrates instead of spinning. I have a retired one from the hospital my father used to work in as a doctor. They used the tool to cut off the casts from arms or legs or whatever. I got that tool for free when they retired it. It is a very useful tool. I am making kevlar mesh reinforced plastic bodies for homemade pedal/chain driven cars, and it cuts through it like if it was butter.

Good video the fan sounds bad, maybe you should give it a go?

Brilliant Vince - now how about looking at Karcher 18V (2.5Ah & 5Ah) batteries. They are dying a death on a regular basis. There are so many folk with 2 year old lawn mowers and trimmers just out of warrantee with dead batteries. I have two that have fully charged cells all balanced but no display or output. I'tsa common failure yet no one has done a fix it video - unless .....

I would have gone for the 'super glue and baking soda' solution to build up the end of the plunger, very quick and super hard, easily shaped after with either a rat tail file or sandpaper. I discovered it as a way to repair guitar bridges which had their slots had been accidentally filed a a little too deep. It is a brilliant method to build up very quickly tabs that have broken off etc, etc

Get yourself a set of those pry tools for interior vehicle panels. They are made from sturdy plastic and are designed to decouple clips and not mar the panels.

Hi Vince, here is a suggestion to your modification: instead of having to cut the plastic to increase the length would it be useful to slide the metal top off a cheap pen? Might have to super glue it on but once fitted the repair would last considerably longer than the plastic. Would be interested in your thoughts. Great upload as ever. Best regards, Brian 👏👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👏👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I think after understanding how that switch works , I wouldve bridged the switch so it always thinks the basket is in. It might not be safe but i think it would be fine for personal use

Thinking about the fix (before it's been done in the video) I think if I were keeping it for my own use only then I would just bypass the microswitch and manually pause it when I remove the drawer.

I had the same idea as at first but then though cut both sides on the bit that pushes the micro switch then drill the middle out to take a new metal shaft. Won’t break or be effected by heat

my first thought before you started filing and bending would have been to stretch the spring to start with.

Nice fix Vince. Maybe it is a safety feature having it melt incase of extreme heat. That would be my excuse if i was the designer ;P

Vince, answering your question, what I thought of is a solution, but not to everybody though - scan it it with a 3d scanner, change the design a little bit to make it longer and print a new one

Vince i have the same model. My fan sounds nothing like that at all. Not saying it sounds brilliany but doesnt sound as bad as your fan vince As always great repair

Sad to say but if it was mine i would disable that switch to make it think is was in al the time, your fix is alot better! Thanks for the entertainment!

This brand (perhaps not this particular model?) was subject to a HUGE recall in North America. Burns and fire risk. You had to send pictures with its power cable cut off, and they sent you a new one.

Hi Vince. If I send a repair in to your pobox would you be up for attempting it? It’s a Nintendo game and watch climber. I took a look at it myself but I can’t trace the fault of it having no sound. I thought it was the flat speaker so tried another speaker in its place but to no avail. There is some corrosion on the flexi board where a 2032 had been left in for years. It powers on and functions but without sound. You up for it?

Brown sauce is great! Can't imagine it not being in fashion.... Unsure about with fish fingers though personally......

Quick trip to the lathe and turn one out of aluminum. File a flat and Bob's yer Auntie. Dun!

Vince, check the model of this. Cosori did a major recall recently. Make sure that's not one of them. Air fryers were catching fire and melting.

I would have cut it a little bit more at the broken end and then drill a hole inside the bottom and put in a screw so it extends again to the original length.

You should have put the brown Sauce on the Yellow mat 😂😂

add a spacer or a few washers to compress the spring more.

Thumbs up for the brown sauce

vince try tighten the nut for the blade i got one new and the nut was loose was making that sound

you know those 2 metal rods that the laser assembly in cd players slides around on? i think one of those would be a good starting point for repairing this with something that wont break, on its own it wont work but with a little modification, i think it would. the right sort of nail would probably work just fine as well

/fixes air fryer... "Here you go Mrs Vince... happy birthday" :P :P :P

For me i stretch the spring abit to make it stronger to compress and would have plastic welded a stronger plastic piece that is heat resistant or if you have the 3d printer might be a help depending on the material required. As for the fan been noisy it rubbing off somthing or out of balance causing a wurrly type noise usually the bearing failed or the fan fins is crooked

Agree, lube the fam bearings and maybe put a little lithium grease on that safety slidey bit so it wont cock and break more plastic off.

Only small things i would have done differently, but still the same results : . Before going in all this trouble, I would have tested it is the main issue, even though 99% it was going to be . Would consider wrapping the end of the fixed end with some thin metal, to avoid snapping once again . Maybe add a small nut at the end of the spring, to make sure the tension is going to be the same after lengthening the travel ( but apparently that was not needed ) -. I would consider 3d printing a replacement part made from heat restisting filament, like Nylon, since the fryer will not generally go over 200 C- Edit : scrap that, seems like there is no generally available 3d printed material that can come close to the glass transition you would need to resist cracking on things close to 200 C, might as well machine a metal part instead.... Overall though, good job modifying the end, pretty classy fix there.

I bought a Tower 2.5 Ltr air fryer from Amazon for £20 in a good friday deal, It worked well for a couple of weeks then it would not turn off when the basket was removed. After some investigation I thought the basket switch was stuck in the up position. Took it apart and the mechanism and switch is identical to your one. The plastic had not broken but melted and jammed together, obviously the plastic has a fairly low melting point, or the fryer leaks heat where the switch is. I cobbled up a M5 bolt to use as the rod that activates the micro switch, where it presses on the switch bar I placed washers held together with 2 M5 bolts, these also held the spring. After a lot of fapping around and adjusting the bolts and washers and spring tension it finally worked as it should do. I'ts been working for around 3 weeks now with no problems, but I'm wondering if the metal nuts an bolts etc will eventually get very hot melting something else

Should have extended it with metal, Vince. It's bound to suffer the same fate. If you can't drill heat a pop rivet and jam it in.

I agree with you on the brown sauce, I love it!!!❤

Brown Sauce and Pok Pie yum 😋

Great fix on switch but the fan certainly needs attention with the noise its making something is catching.

I recently did a full disassemble and deep clean of my Philips airfryer. I don't know why they make these things so difficult to clean, but i bet i'm gonna get another 6 years out of it now, where most would have thrown it out.

Good solution. I would have drilled a hole in the rod inserted a small bit of paper clip and used a styrene rod with a hole in it and used plastic weld on it.

Looks like someone as tried glueing the black plastic piece that's prone to lifting and coming off , same happened to mine when separating the basket from the pan.

I would've 3D printed a new piece for a quick fix. For a quicker fix I probably would've screwed in a tiny screw or some kind of pin at the end to lengthen it. looking forward to the 3D printer fix 😄

Manufacture a new metal one on a lathe? Great fix though.