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"  Recently the rawhide band of a favorite necklace simply wore away. Being an engineer and a pretty handy do-it-yourselfer, I decided to fix it myself instead of bringing it to a jeweler to be repaired. First step: Selecting a new band at Michael&amp;#039;s craft store. I found there were tons of bands to choose from, including ones with beads, crystals, and my own selection, natural leathers. Doing the actual repair was easy. I used needle-nose pliers to open up the attachment and remove the old rawhide that was already in there. Then I put a drop of Gorilla Glue superglue into the attachment and on the end of the new leather band and inserted the band into the attachment. Using the pliers I then closed up the attachment and repeated the process on the other side. I allowed the necklace to sit overnight before I wore it again and it&amp;#039;s as good as new. While I didn&amp;#039;t need to replace the connections, if you do, you&amp;#039;ll find lots of choices at your local craft store. It probably wouldn&amp;#039;t have cost me much to have the work done by a jeweler, but it wasn&amp;#039;t the money that I saved that made me so excited about this project\u2014it was the feeling that I did it myself. I found it so rewarding that I&amp;#039;m now looking for other small projects I can do. What small do-it-yourself repairs have given you satisfaction? Be sure to check out other how-to ideas on Good Housekeeping including: How to Fix Nail Problems, Easy Home Fix-Ups, and Live Well for Less! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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