We are back at The Bevy from 12-3pm.
We will be offering help with repairing bikes, electrical goods, gluing, darning & sewing.
We will also have the amazing Pocket Science Festival with their Mind Mangler Machine.
Bring your kids along!
August repairs at the Bevy
Michael helped Perry and Megan fix their outdoor solar lights which had accidentally been snipped through with gardening shears.
He re-combined the wires and secured them with electrical tape.
Perry and Megan also fixed the wire on their portable vacuum cleaner using a similar technique. On this occasion the wire had been damaged by a chewing pet rabbit!
Mattia was set with the challenge to fix a laptop. The top line of the keyboard has ceased to work. 
Both he and Michael had to take the laptop completely apart before they could diagnose the problem. 
Dirt had accumulated in the recess between the keys. Beatricia used a tooth brush to remove it. 
Michael had the daunting task of putting the computer back together. 
With help from Izzie, Valerie took the hem up on a pair of her son’s jeans.
After trying many, many different screwdrivers Kate found one that would fit the unusual star shaped screw head. Once she got in it was relatively easy to fix her glue gun.
Victoria fastened the belt loop back on to her maternity jeans
Sewing a small denim patch on the inside to reinforce the loop.
July’s repair café
was a fairly quiet but we still got a fair few things fixed…
This lovely vintage vanity case needed a bit of TLC.
The lining was re – glued where it had come away from the case (due to the age of the glue).
Another vintage item, brought in by Ruth was this lovely leather jacket
which had its buttons sewn back on.
A draw which had its handle come loose 
was glued back on by Babs using two-part epoxy
One chap brought in a temperamental hedge strimmer for some advice
along with his own tools.
With some guidance from Mattia the device was taken apart to access the switch.
After a bit of a struggle to get to the right part it was fixed.
It will be tested in action to see if the problem is totally resolved.
Eva brought along her radio
Mattia diagnosed that the capacitor was the problem
and went about replacing it.
I brought along a favourite cardigan that had a frayed sleeve.
Blue wool had been used to prevent it from fraying further.
Tom went about showing me how to reknit it with orange wool
to create this lovely visible mend.
A quick fix at the end of this session on one chaps blend left him rather chuffed.
We love it when people bring in their handmade projects to show us
& this is hand knitted Noah’s ark was no exception.
The lapping waves at he bottom of the are an especially nice detail!
Brighton Repair Café 