Had an "accident" where the chuck on my lathe attacked my HF DMM. It just reached out, grabbed the leads, and smashed it on the ways. "Damn", I thought, "there goes a perfectly good $3 meter!"
The case was cracked & the LCD display knocked out. Reassembled it, glued the crack & it works! Good thing, too, 'cause the price of a new one is up to $5.
HF believer, Bob