Repair Cafe – Fix Your Broken Items

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kayson•25 minutes ago

I love this idea. A lot of repair knowledge is buried in non-English forums or unsearchable Discord servers (grr Discord). We need to localize it and rebuild community expertise.

canada_dry•about 1 hour ago

I've been involved for several years. If you don't yet have one in your area, are handy at fixing things and have the inclination - contact them for info on starting one up.

Recently I revived a $2K CPAP machine and rewired a homeless guy's old laptop to replace a broken power and missing battery.

Every event is something new!

washbasin•about 1 hour ago

I have been a "repair mentor" at our "repair studio" for 3+ years. It's very rewarding. We did have to set some ground rules: (clean your fan/vac, bring batteries, etc). Collaborated with our local library.

canada_dry•39 minutes ago

> clean your [item]

Anecdote: I gave an apprentice a small vacuum to fix, when he opened it up several live bed bugs emerged. That was fun! /s

eterm•about 1 hour ago

We have one in my town, meets once a month at the local community centre. I've only been there once, but It's pretty awesome seeing all the stuff people bring in to get repaired.

tocs3•about 3 hours ago

Is it growing? Is anyone in Austin TX starting one up?

matthewfcarlson•about 2 hours ago

lol, I was just thinking that. The assmbly makerspace is probably closest I know of to something like this.

QuercusMax•about 1 hour ago

We have at least one in Portland, and they do both clothing and electronics repairs. It's great to see a repairability movement!

Repair Cafe – Fix Your Broken Items

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