Repair Media Cliffnotes: April 2019
This month’s themes: Right to Repair hits a national stage and trailblazing repair entrepreneurs earn some local interest headlines.
Stories
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Mending and Memory
Repair Reflections: PRF’s Sara Quinn has a broken film camera.
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ReBuilding Center Q&A: Sam Serling-Sutton
ReBuilding Center Lead Instructor Sam Serling-Sutton shares his community wisdom.
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Repair Media Cliffnotes: March 2019
No time to read it all? No problem.
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Magic and Design for Repair
Repair Reflections: PRF’s Joel Newman considers how to design things so they want to be repaired
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JD’s Shoe Repair
In 2017, her business squeezed by rising rents in the Alberta District, cobbler Julie Derrick happened upon a unique opportunity
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Know Before You Go: Portland’s Tool Libraries
We visited Portland’s four tool lending libraries. Here’s what to expect.
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A Case for Maintaining
Repair Reflections: PRF’s Molly Simas considers pizza, innovation, and different languages of value.
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In one local repair workshop, a year-round giving season
When it comes to compensation for his work repairing KitchenAids, Brett Stern has a unique perspective.
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Good as New: Refurbishment and You
“Refurbish” may be a ridiculous word, but it is definitely the prettiest member of the repair family.
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The Internet Is Kind Of The Worst But Can Also Teach You Everything: A Sunday guide to online repair resources
We’re all adults here.
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Some Black Friday thoughts on value
Fifteen minutes after the start of last Saturday’s Repair Cafe, the waiting area was already half full
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Right to Repair
A legislative battle is being fought over access to parts, tools, and technical information required for repair work.
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“Making a good piano great”
Marshall is a technician who works on high-end pianos, and focuses on grand piano playing actions
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State of Disrepair
Portland’s repair shops have been disappearing for the last 60 years. There’s now less than a sixth of the 1955 level.
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Bricks and Mortar
Carly moved to Portland in 2014 and answered a Craigslist ad for a masonry laborer.
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“A Welcoming and Useful Space”
Momoko Saunders moved to Portland in 2005 and couldn’t find a community bike shop, so she started one.
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“Not the norm anymore”
“When people find out they can repair something, they get really excited about it” says Cindy Correll, one of Portland Repair Cafe’s co-founders.
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“Cheaper to buy than resole”
When cobblers describe people, they start with the feet. Cobbler Bill’s founding story is one about ill-fitting shoes told by Bill’s wife, Maria.
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“So I have this idea”
Brian is a jack-of-all-trades maker and repairer at Dignity Village, a tiny house community for houseless people near the Portland airport.