Back home on the #NorthShore of #Massachusetts , #Fixers and #Repairers are FIXING! ❤️

We are looking for Fixers for our next #RepairCafe!

#IpswichMA - The next repair cafes will be:

December 6 from 10am -2pm at Ipswich Town Hall.

We are looking for Fixers for our next Repair Cafe! If you like to fix things and have skills you think will be useful please fill out the form linked below for more information!"

https://www.ipswichlibrary.org/ipswich-repair-cafe/

#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafes #RepairCafesMA #RepairReuse #FixIt #RightToRepair #RepairCafe #RepairCafesMassachusetts

Today was our second #RepairCafe in #RugbyTown in May. Things have, as expected, quietened down a little since we started opening twice a month. Enough items to keep us busy to the end of the session, but not so busy that we have to turn people away. I think that two people did leave without getting their items repaired, but I think that was because they turned up too near to the end of the session. New #repairers joined today too.

I shall confess that I have recently built an adjustable bench top power supply with an old laptop charger and some bits off eBay and I took it with me today to do some real world testing. It passed with flying colours so I'm quite proud of that. (AKA no one died and nothing exploded.)

I'll upload our stats once #RepairMonitor has made them available.

#fixer #repaircafes

#MadisonNJ Rotary, Grace church, #RepairCafe team up for free ‘#Repair, #Reuse, and #Recycle’ event on April 12

Mar 13, 2025

MADISON, NJ – "The Repair Cafe, an event during which volunteers help make all possible repairs of various items for free, is coming to Grace Episcopal Church at 4 Madison Ave. from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 12.

"The event will be hosted by the Madison Rotary, Grace Episcopal Church and the Repair Cafe.

"#Repairers will show attendees how the repairs are made and what tools are needed.

"All types of items can be brought in including lamps, bicycles, clothing and other fabric items, small appliances, wooden things, jewelry, toys, knives in need of sharpening, phones and computers. Items should be small enough to be carried in by one person. No gasoline motors or hazardous materials are allowed.

"There will be a #TechTable, where experts will help with #troubleshooting settings and software on phones and computers, as well as repairs on other tech items. There will be no screen replacements.

"The Kids’ Take-Apart Table will return. Children will get to take apart common items with supervision including laptops, small appliances and toys.

"The last repairs will start at 2:30 p.m. and will be on a first come, and repairs will be made on a first come, first serve basis. If possible, attendees are asked to email Paul Lemaire at [email protected] to tell the repairers what they will be bringing in.

"The repairers always looking for new volunteers to join the team. Expert repairers with their own tools and people who want to help out with logistics and organization are welcome. There is no age requirement, and volunteers have ranged from their teens to their 80s."

Original article:
https://www.newjerseyhills.com/madison_eagle/news/madison-rotary-grace-church-repair-cafe-team-up-for-free-repair-reuse-and-recycle-event/article_b76c02ac-fea1-11ef-b252-df808ac040a8.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/LA2lo#selection-2647.0-2667.12

#TakeApartTables #SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafe #RepairCafes #RepairCafesNewJersey #RepairReuseRecycle #BuildingCommunity

"Unlike many #RightToRepair movement strategies in the overdeveloped world that primarily rely on legislative initiatives and media advocacy, #Huaqiangbei #repairers are able to adopt a form of anarchist direct-action repair that cuts out any representational politics"

https://www.e-flux.com/journal/146/613173/the-unauthorized-repair-of-the-world/

Confronted with the black boxing of #smartphone technologies, smartphone #repairers engage in situated acts of #CriticalUnmaking

Learn about the #CareEthics of smartphone repairers in Switzerland in
@nicolasnova
& Anais Bloch’s visual essay: https://doi.org/mvhc

#maintenance