Resources


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Repair Café Toronto has put together the following resources. We hope you will find them helpful:

  1. Repair Shops in Toronto
  2. Repair Shops in Scarborough
  3. iFixit: The Free Repair Manual
  4. eReplacementParts
  5. Restart Wiki – a site of shared experience and skills in mending appliances and gadgets.
  6. Repair Café Information in Translation
  7. How to Start a Repair Café – includes Outreach Tips, a Basic Supplies List, Steps to Starting a Repair Café (2014 Workshop Powerpoint), Detailed Steps & Questions to Consider when starting a Repair Café and a Volunteer Descriptions Pamphlet.
  8. A PowerPoint Presentation on Troubleshooting Workshop
  9. Common Failures Workshop and Soldering 2023
  10. Toronto Public Library – Electronics Repair Manuals – 275,000+ from 1925 to today
  11. ElektroTanya – Repair Forums
  12. Use Waste Wizard to find out what waste items go where in Toronto, and other City offerings to reduce waste.
  13. You could be using super glue all wrong: https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/youre-using-superglue-all-wrong/
  14. How to clean your jewellery: https://www.thespruce.com/how-to-clean-any-kind-of-jewelry-8748747?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=other
  15. Watch and learn: Zipper Repair Hacks 
  16. Watch and learn: Michelle Elise’ Zipper Fixing Workshop (Courtesy of Hudson Valley Repair Café)