[talk-au] Men's Shed?

[Sebastian S.]

What about a repair cafe? Is that also community_center?

To me a repair cafe is a mixture of men shed and maker, tinker, hacker space.

They are often also community driven/operated.
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On 7 October 2019 6:07:19 pm AEDT, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
>On 07/10/19 17:43, Mateusz Konieczny wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> 7 Oct 2019, 08:39 by matkoniecz at tutanota.com:
>>
>>     Based on images it sounds close to hackerspace/makerspace, but
>>     with no (or lower) focus
>>     on software part and greater on direct working with wood and
>>     similar materials.
>>
>>     See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure%3Dhackerspace
>>
>> To clarify - not sure whatever describing it in this way is a good 
>> match, but maybe
>> it may be one of tags used to describe such object.
>>
>> At least it would be a good idea how it differs from hackerspace if
>it 
>> is not one
>> (minimal focus on software and electronics?).
>
>To me 'hackerspace' involves working with computers.
>
>Mens sheds typically involve older tools without any computers, this 
>keeps the cost down and, as they are older people, usually the users 
>have knowledge of and skills to suit these older tools.
>
>These were formed to provide social interaction of retired men using
>the 
>'work' as an aid to get them involved.
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