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An unusual repair by Wokingham Repair Café – most of our repairs are done on-the-spot on Saturday mornings, but as a one-off, one of our volunteers went above and beyond for this case.

Mrs.E. starts the story "This sewing table belonged to my Auntie. Apparently, I broke the spindle between the legs when I was a child, and it had been subsequently repaired, badly. I was recently given the table, but the repair had given way, leaving the table so unstable it couldn't really be used - the gift came with the caveat that as I had broken it, I would need to get it properly fixed!

I asked the Repair Cafe if they could recommend someone locally who could take a look; I was delighted when Colin said he would give it a go. I really thought he would just put a new block underneath the very dodgy joint, and screw things together, but he really took it as a challenge.

Colin took the whole thing apart, made new parts, and painstakingly put it back together again. Wow. A much bigger job than I had expected, and I'm thrilled that the table is once again a stable piece of furniture which can be used as intended! Thank you so much to the Repair Cafe team, and especially Colin for this work, I really appreciate it!"

Colin would like to mention that this repair was done in collaboration with the Wokingham Men's Shed – we used their lathe to modify and fix the cross-brace spindle and make new parts as supports to re-fit it. Note that this is on the boundary of things the Repair Cafe would normally take on!

Our next repair cafe at All Saints Church Wokingham England will be on Saturday 14th December opening at 10am - note that we will be closing at 12:00 rather than our usual 12:30. However - we will have music!

🧵 Have something you'd like repaired? You don’t have to book a place – but if you register the repair before at wokinghamrepaircafe.uk/request-a-repair you’ll get checked-in on the day quicker, and we’ll be better prepared. Repairs are processed on-the-day in order, based on the next available repairer for that type of item.

Can't make it this time? Add the event to your Facebook diary here fb.me/e/56OBz8h6n

Thanks to our supporters Maya’s Refillables, Wokingham in Bloom, Wokingham Lions Club and spaceforall at All Saints Church Wokingham England.

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