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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.

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members
1,248
forum topics
4,312
meetups a year
36
Old wood workshop with a workbench, saws and planes on the plank wall
Workshop open · Thu 6–10 pm

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.

Next meetups

  • 0511.2026

    Open workshop

    6–10 pmHall 2, Beispielgasse 714 places

    Bring your own project, use the machines, ask questions. An experienced person is always there.

    Everyone

  • 1411.2026

    Repair Café: mend it, don’t bin it

    10 am – 4 pmWorkshop and café, Beispielgasse 730 places

    Bring whatever no longer works: toaster, bike, trousers, toys. We look for the fault together.

    Everyone

  • 2111.2026

    Soldering for beginners

    2–5 pmElectronics corner, Hall 28 places

    Your first kit in three hours: a blinking night light. Soldering irons and material are provided.

    Beginners

Breadboard with a microcontroller, resistors and colourful wires on a dark table

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

See the dates

Announcements

  • NewPinned

    The new forum is open

    Faster, clearer, with notifications and solutions at a glance. All your previous posts have moved over.

  • Meetup

    Repair Café in November: sign-up open

    On 14 November we mend again: appliances, bikes, clothes. Reserve a place so we have enough hands.

  • Update

    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.

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