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Cake day: May 26th, 2024

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  • They go off of who volunteers. For example, if a person who specializes in fixing stand mixers volunteers, that will be one of the tables people can visit. That repair person brings the parts (for example, there are a few parts in stand mixers that tend to break, so the repair person would know to bring fixes for those). I have also heard of repair cafe’s elsewhere even bringing in 3D printers to help with part replacement.

    Here is the text from a recent one in my town:

    Items that are accepted at Repair Café events:

    • Electronics such as gaming consoles, CD player, DVD player, camera, adaptor cord, etc.
    • Small appliances such as toasters, coffee makers, lamps, waffle makers…you get the idea!
    • Smaller pieces of furniture such as small wooden furniture pieces, a clock, or a plastic item that needs some crazy glue.
    • Toys! Whether it needs glue or some wire soldering, we can try to repair it!
    • Clothing or housewares (clean please!) that need mending. Full alterations will not be done.

    Items not allowed:

    • Microwaves











  • Interesting! I had not thought about that being a possibility. If it wasn’t so expensive, it would be so nice to have glass that could slide open in the summer, but close for the winter and bad weather.

    (I don’t know if it helps, but even though Atrium was another word for courtyard, people here typically use it to mean a courtyard covered in glass)