Community for makers · since 2019
Where things get built, mended and shared.
Werkbank is a forum and a workshop: ask questions, show projects, borrow tools — and once a week stand together at the workbench.
Become a memberGo to the forum
- members
- 1,248
- forum topics
- 4,312
- meetups a year
- 36

Now in the forum
What the community is building, asking and mending right now.
What we work on
Six workbenches, one forum: every category has people who are happy to help.
Wood & furniture
Joints, finishes, restoring.
1,204 topics
Electronics & soldering
Circuits, microcontrollers, meters.
986 topics
Sewing & textiles
Patterns, patches, machines.
642 topics
Repairing
From toasters to coffee machines.
811 topics
Bikes & mechanics
Truing wheels, gears, bearings.
397 topics
Garden & upcycling
Raised beds, compost, old into new.
272 topics
Next meetups
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0511.2026
Open workshop
Bring your own project, use the machines, ask questions. An experienced person is always there.
Everyone
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1411.2026
Repair Café: mend it, don’t bin it
Bring whatever no longer works: toaster, bike, trousers, toys. We look for the fault together.
Everyone
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2111.2026
Soldering for beginners
Your first kit in three hours: a blinking night light. Soldering irons and material are provided.
Beginners

Repair-Café
Mend it, don’t bin it
Every other Saturday, soldering stations, sewing machines and a coffee machine are ready. Bring whatever no longer works — we look for the fault together.
Electrical appliances, bikes, clothes, toys
Spare parts at cost
Coffee and cake for a donation
Announcements
The new forum is open
Faster, clearer, with notifications and solutions at a glance. All your previous posts have moved over.
Repair Café in November: sign-up open
On 14 November we mend again: appliances, bikes, clothes. Reserve a place so we have enough hands.
New: borrow tools
Forty tools are now ready to borrow — reserve them in the forum under “Toolbox”.
From the community
I came with a broken record player and left with three new friends — and a record player that works again.
Lea Brunner@lea.loetet In the forum I get an answer to every woodworking question — usually three, all with photos.
Marco Keller@marco.hobelt The open workshop on Thursday is my favourite evening of the week.
Sina Rossi@sina.naeht
Joining costs nothing.
Create an account, choose a name, ask your first question — or simply drop by on Thursday.