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• n  an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
• n  a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts

• He was something more: a genius of a tinkerer, with machines and music the Edison of pop.
• But he was a tinkerer, and in his spare time he managed to rig up a solar-powered television set so he wouldn't have to miss his favorite shows.
• A car tinkerer, he added two 1969 VW Bugs to his collection recently and diverted some of his sorrow into them.

• fiddler
• tinker

News & Articles

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• Hack a Day modder builds a custom controller for disabled gamers
  Sure, when tinkerer Caleb Kraft found out that pressure switches marketed at the disabled were massively overpriced, he got mad like anybody else. But then he decided to get even the best way he knew how: by building his own, and posting the plans for all to follow on Hack a Day for free. The project came about via a kid with muscular dystrophy named Thomas, who enjoyed Minecraft but may ...
  June 21, 2013 - Engadget
• FLOYD: Jurgen Klinsmann finds consistency for U.S. in World Cup qualifying
  ANALYSIS/OPINION: Jurgen Klinsmann trends a tad on the eccentric side. No news bulletin there. The German soccer legend, after all, is a tinkerer and a trailblazer. There's no one else like him — at times for good reason. But the hazy method to his madness is finally surfacing. For a ...
  June 19, 2013 - The Washington Times
• Hot Brooklyn-Based 3D Printing Startup Makerbot Just Got Acquired
  3D printer manufacturer MakerBot will be acquired by Stratasys, a company specializing in professional-grade 3D printing. MakerBot is famous in hobbyist and tinkerer circles for its easy-to-use 3D printers.
  June 19, 2013 - Business Insider

Quotes

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• Mark Souder in News Sentinel
  You're kind of a sophisticated version of the tinkerer tradition in Fort Wayne,Souder said.
• John Ratzenberger in Providence Business News
  I am proud to be a partner with FMA and know that - with each child who attends one of our camps or pursues a career in manufacturing - we are rebuilding America's foundation one tinkerer at a time,Ratzenberger said.
• Bobby Cox in SI.com
  I talked Andruw into taking a day off. And maybe he can sit on the bench and see how easy this can be,Cox said. "Andruw's a tinkerer. He's working all the time. I hope the fans realize what a hard worker he is."