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My advice is... take it to the camera shop and say, "How much to fix this?"

"HOW MUCH?? I can get a new one for that!" wait for the price to come down a bit, and if it doesn't, take it home and carefully pick your weapon

Just think of it at a great opportunity to learn brick laying skills Clutter
Mixing cement is great!
No surprise here but I have trouble with threading strimmer cord too. SO I CHEAT!
I found some plastic tie wraps and threaded three into the holes on the strimmer, works a treat, no cord needed

Hi Clutter, sorry NO you can't borrow it! I NEED IT!!!!!!!!!!!

And yes brute force is far more satisfying! My super little white van's ignition sticks in hot weather and won't turn. I spray WD40 in it and wait patiently until it lets me turn the key.
DO I HECK! I sit there thumping the steering wheel and calling it names until it capitulates.

Perpy! no more nails! What would I do with the lump hammer????

I feel it is time to help you Chuck,
common give??????
PM someone and let it all out,
we are all here for you

Yes Jerry that was it, you didn't replace, you fixed!
I remember my first motorcycling exploits... A honda 50cc moped, I thrashed the living daylights out of it and blew the engine up.
An enterprising friend put a 90cc unrestricted engine in it for me and all of a sudden I could do 50mph with a following wind, and I thought I was IT I used to do wheelies

Unfortunately I tried to give it the big un on a pub car park in front of my friends and hadn't reckoned on the gravel surface
I dumped it, and me on the ground, and they fell about laughing :-[ It managed to put up with me until I was safe to let loose with something more growlier

Sadly Chrissie, I am not allowed to mod the kettle!
I have spent ages de-scaling it with white vinegar, in the hopes that it will develop a leak, but no, it just keeps on making enough noise to drown out the radio, even with the door shut ???
In our household, you do not replace until it is definately dead, beyond all repair.
Case in point...
I have a Matsui microwave oven that I bought in 1989 for my first pad. Hugely exciting to have my first pad
The thing was white when I bought it, now it is yellow, it is also the size of a small fridge, and takes up far too much room in a small kitchen. BUT IT STILL WORKS

It has suffered at my hands for all these years, I used to dry my knickers in it, in the winter! ( I used to work in Newmarket and I did everything in a hurry, because you had to go to race meetings and PARTIES )
By the way, don't try this at home because it does your elastic in

Riv,
Buster Bloodvessel with his tongue hanging out ARRRGH!
Not sure if that was good or bad, but I loved his special brew!
I sing it to my horse (called Bruni) I love you, yes I do, you're my special bru She likes it