{"id":10501,"date":"2019-04-14T20:03:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T00:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=10501"},"modified":"2021-11-19T12:39:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T17:39:45","slug":"wellesley-rotary-club-hosts-successful-repair-cafe-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/wellesley-rotary-club-hosts-successful-repair-cafe-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellesley Rotary Club hosts Successful &#8220;Repair Cafe&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote cite=\"mid:CAJTVbdqaX0LXiALKMYeAQYJYNdeWkt9betCwq8t-_N3_UYZjPA@mail.gmail.com\">\n<div>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wellesley-repair-cafe-image_04-2019-e1555285798451.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wellesley-repair-cafe-image_04-2019-e1555285798451-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wellesley-repair-cafe-image_04-2019-e1555285798451-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wellesley-repair-cafe-image_04-2019-e1555285798451-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wellesley-repair-cafe-image_04-2019-e1555285798451-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wellesley-repair-cafe-image_04-2019-e1555285798451-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>What is lurking in your cellar? Broken appliances? Wobbly chairs? Lamps that don&#8217;t work?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, April 6th, the Wellesley\u00a0Rotary Club held another &#8220;<em><strong>Repair Caf\u00e9<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; and put many damaged or broken items <em><strong>back <\/strong><\/em>into service.\u00a0 They are helping to add a 4th &#8220;R,&#8221; making it\u00a0Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and <em><strong>Repair<\/strong><\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Never heard of a <a href=\"https:\/\/repaircafe.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Repair Caf\u00e9<\/a>?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> They are free meeting places that are all about <em><strong>repairing <\/strong><\/em>things (together) rather than tossing them out. At the Repair Caf\u00e9 event, you\u2019ll find tools and materials to help you make many effective repairs to clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, gadgets, toys, etc. You\u2019ll also find volunteers with repair skills in all kinds of fields. There are currently over 1,300 Repair Caf\u00e9s worldwide, with more communities joining regularly.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Here\u2019s how it works:<\/strong><\/em> Registered guest visitors bring their broken items from home. With the help of the volunteer specialists on site, they start analyzing the damage, deciding whether the repair can be done, and then picking up tools to attempt their repairs right there in the Repair Caf\u00e9. It\u2019s an ongoing learning process for everyone. If you have nothing to repair, you can just drop by to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee while you watch and learn. Or you can even lend a hand with someone else\u2019s repair job. You can also get some repair inspiration at the reading table \u2013 by leafing through available books on repairs and DIY.<\/p>\n<p>At the April 6th Wellesley event, specialists were available to repair the following items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toaster<\/li>\n<li>Chairs<\/li>\n<li>Microwave Oven<\/li>\n<li>Coffee Grinder<\/li>\n<li>Vacuum Cleaner<\/li>\n<li>Phones<\/li>\n<li>Food Processor<\/li>\n<li>Toys<\/li>\n<li>Doll Bed<\/li>\n<li>Lamps<\/li>\n<li>Weather Vane<\/li>\n<li>Other Small Appliances<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Needham resident Anne Hayek brought two broken fans, both with the same problem &#8211; when she turned them on, she could hear the motor running, but the fan shafts did not turn.\u00a0 The repair team found the problem &#8211; seized bearings &#8211; and fixed both fans, explaining every step of the process to Anne.\u00a0 Not only did she walk away with two working fans, Anne also learned something about how electrical motors worked, and how they can be repaired.<\/p>\n<p>The Wellesley Free Library had a representative at the event, with a table full of repair books, and some repair-related items from their &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellesleyfreelibrary.org\/at-the-library\/library-of-things\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Library of Things<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0such as Toolkit sets &#8211; there are 100+ items in the collection!\u00a0 Minuteman Library card holders could check out a book or a toolkit <strong><em>right there<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Repair Caf\u00e9 will hopefully become a <em><strong>regular <\/strong><\/em>event in our area.\u00a0 Maybe we could even have one in Needham!\u00a0 So, next time something breaks, don&#8217;t throw it away &#8211; bring it to a Repair Caf\u00e9!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is lurking in your cellar? 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