Solarpunk

I found this map, but there ain't many of them that side of the pond.

Or like an osm-based map that shows them then you could easily take it international

It always blows my mind that we’re such a car centric hellhole but when I was in college living in an apartment I’d have to sneak to work on my car because there wasn’t any DIY garages and it was against lease terms to work on cars on the property.

I’d have to wait until 5/6 at night right before it got dark and rush to change my oil or brakes before it got too dark to see.

These days I give my younger coworkers the pin and 24/7 access to my garages if they want to work on their cars or any projects really.

It looks like there are some! https://www.repaircafe.org/en/visit/

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

@aviation_hydrated @Blair I imagine it depends on the repair cafe. But where I go we just have generic consumables, e.g fabric, thread, solder, glue, batteries (most volunteer provided, some in common). No so much specific parts - fixers will help determine what part is needed and where it can be found, if possible and feasible.

I just learned about these so don't really know how they do it, but you can cannibalize some of the broken ones for spare parts. Also for what I understand many are periodic or even stable so people who need a part can get it and come back another day. I've seen one looking around done in a place where they have a 3d printer.

With cleaning and lubing; screws, bolts, nuts; cables and contacts you can resuscitate a lot of appliances and domestic machines. If you can also 3d print the shitty small plastic parts that break, even for a sturdier one if possible, that could save people a lot of money and tons of waste.

This one doesn't list all of them, but it has some: https://www.repaircafe.org/en/visit/

This site might help with planning!