Repair Cafe

Repair Café Silicon Valley will be at Palo Alto City Library offering free repairs and repair advice. This community service organization is dedicated to encouraging the repair and reuse of goods. Repair Cafe will bring tools, materials, and volunteer experts to help you make any repairs you need on clothes, furniture, small appliances, bicycles, crockery, electronics, lamps, toys, and more. Their goal is to extend the life of everyday items.
For this session, the following repairs and maintenance will be offered:
Small Electrical Appliances: Troubleshoot and fix basic household appliance problems such as frayed wires, corroded battery contacts, jammed printers.
Small Non-electrical Items: Troubleshoot and fix basic non-electrical items such as mechanical tools, jewelry clasps, loose screws, broken knobs.
Bike Repair Diagnosis & Education: Bike fitting, adjustment and repair including troubleshooting and fixing flat tires, kick stands, brakes, shifters, tightening seats and baskets as supplies and tools allow.
Clothes Mending: Simple tasks such as sewing on loose buttons, ripped seams, and patching holes.
This is a fun, welcoming event where neighbors share tools, skills, and ideas—all while keeping useful things out of the landfill. Bring your broken household items, electronics, small appliances, lamps, or whatever else you need help with, and we’ll try to fix them together. Visit repaircafesv.org/ for more information.