Jury Rigging

 is a perk in Fallout: New Vegas.

Effects
You possess the amazing ability to repair any item using a roughly similar item. Fix a trail carbine with a hunting rifle, a plasma defender with a laser pistol, or even power armor with metal armor. How does it work? Nobody knows…except you.

Allows you to repair items based on category, instead of type. Medium armor can be repaired with medium armor, heavy pistols with other heavy pistols, single hand melée with other single hand melée. Examples: power armor (heavy) can be repaired by metal armor (also heavy), just like mk2 reinforced combat armor (worth more than 10000) can be repaired by ncr basic armor because they are both medium armors. While at a glance this is a great idea, especially at earlier levels when good gear is rare and challenging to keep in good condition, towards the end of the game this perk has limited use due to the abundance of suitable items for cannibalizing.