At some time in their early childhood each of my children have found themselves with a broken toy or something of significance to them and each of them has said, “Daddy can fix it.” More often than not they are wrong… I can’t fix it! It is usually some badly made plastic piece or a specific part that I don’t have the ability to recreate or either the tools or know-how to fix.

However that doesn’t stop them declaring that I can fix it, from decapitated dolls to mangled Slinkys, they are sure I can make it as new. Even …