▶ BBC World News – Click, 16/02/2013 GMT, Can anyone do DIY tech?.
If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing yourself – at least according to people who own more than one power tool.
But what of those who swap circular saws for circuit boards? Can you really do techy DIY – and make something useful?
LJ Rich got her soldering iron out to see how far she can get.
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