Nowadays, most items cannot be fixed because the parts are not available, or are too expensive, or there is no one experienced enough to fix it. For example, last month I tried to fix my projector. I needed a small prism-like piece of glass that was one of the lenses. Probably, a five dollar part, but you could only get the whole lens assembly which was $1,500.00 bucks! When Brent accidenty broke my 55-300MM lens by holding on the focus ring while he was trying to focus, I told myself I was going to fix this lens if it killed me. The hardest part was getting the nerve to take…