Every now and then my father would go to the basement to tinker with a gadget, but he rarely got anything repaired.

Many classic car owners will tinker with their prized possessions so that it will look like new.

After a few hours, my handyman began to tinker with the oven in hopes of getting it to work properly.

“Please call a professional to repair the hot water heater,” the wife complained to her husband, “because it still doesn’t work after you decided to tinker with it.”

After months of spending hours on the faulty clock, the customer was getting tired of waiting for the repairman to finish trying to tinker with it.