Spent the last couple of days helping to maintain and repair the two phenomenal automata in the Pagoda at Kew Gardens

Makes a change from teaching people soldering and how to fix toasters...

Very cool to work on this, plus some nice mechanical problems to solve

A new Repair Club is forming in Tooting, SW London

What's the first rule of #RepairClub?

"Move fast* and fix things!"

Come onboard for the repair revolution

Open evening, 5th March

Part of #RepairWeekLDN

*moderately fast, safety first!

#FixItDontDitchIt

tooting-repair-club.eventbrite.com

Got myself some Felder lead free solders to try: Sn100Ni+ and Sn305

I've been a lead solder user for some decades, and have always believed it to be the most versatile for repair work...but I'm willing to change my mind

Teaching other people to solder has made me re-evaluate my own practice!

One of those 'they didn't know what they had' purchases

My partner and I found this in a South London flea market

We've not yet worked out how to activate it - suggestions welcome

#TheoJansen

Is it wrong to be a little bit excited by socks?

Community Clothing is a brilliant UK based purveyor of superb long lasting, ethical, and locally sourced apparel, led by @patrickgrantism.bsky.social

Check them out: communityclothing.co.uk

And as if to prove it...we're hiring a workshop manager for our upcoming Wood Green #FixingFactory

wearepossible.org/careers

(I've also downloaded the report and looking forward to reading it)

Honoured to join the judging panel at the London E-waste Hackathon at King's College on 27th November

Excited to see what emerges from this day of of big brains brainstorming

100+ students, 11 universities, multiple disciplines...puting their minds to solving the challenges of electronic waste