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100 items repaired in Washington County since April

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 repairfair beaverton, forest grove, tigard, Tualatin

In April, May, June and August, the repair folks put their skills and experience to work helping people at the

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Spring repair events are going great!

March 29, 2019March 31, 2019 repairfair cedar mill, Repair, repair fair

Volunteers at Robinwood Station repaired lamps, a pottery wheel, a blender, a paper shredder, a leaf blower, a record player,

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West Linn & Hillsboro PlanetCon event Recaps

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 repairfair Hillsboro, planetcon, West Linn

Robinwood Station’s 7th Repair Fair was busy as 10 fixer volunteers (plus 8 other volunteers) repaired lamps, vacuum cleaners, space

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Thank You Notes….

December 31, 2018January 2, 2019 repairfair

After several years of running these repair events, it still makes me smile to see people helping other people out

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First time fixing things in Forest Grove

November 25, 2018 repairfair

Repair Fair volunteers had a good turnout for the first repair event to be held in Forest Grove. We had

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Garden Home Sustainability Fair

October 25, 2018October 26, 2018 repairfair

Each October, Repair Fair joins the Garden Home Sustainability Fair event with other organizations like Washington County Solid Waste &

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Over 1000 items brought to Repair Fairs!

October 5, 2018October 7, 2018 repairfair

Repair Fairs are gaining a following and considered valued community events. The two in September – in West Linn and

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Repair Fair pops up in Tualatin for the first time

September 1, 2018September 1, 2018 repairfair

Over 20 folks came to Tualatin’s first Repair Fair and brought almost 40 items to be fixed including a coffee

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Keeping cool at the Cedar Mill Repair Fair

August 8, 2018September 1, 2018 repairfair

Although temperatures were high the last weekend of July, the repair event at the Cedar Mill Library was cool (thanks

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June Repairs at the Beaverton Library

July 14, 2018July 14, 2018 repairfair

The June Repair Fair at the Beaverton Library was the biggest repair event in Washington County to date. More than

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Detecting whether a remote control is transmitting infrared signal

Posted by repairfair on June 28, 2017

What do you do if your remote control stops working? Process of elimination. First, batteries of course. What next? You can eliminate the potential that it is the infrared bulb on the remote by checking that it is transmitting. Although we cannot detect infrared with our bare eyeballs, the glow is visible through the lens of a digital camera or your smart phone. Watch Michael – a fixer volunteer with Repair Fair – demonstrate this infrared bulb check.

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Booklight – other uses

Posted by Richard on December 18, 2016

Here’s something that I noticed when my babies needed a diaper change late at night: if I turned on the large room light, they would become more irritated, squinching their eyes and crying harder, and would subsequently have a harder time getting back to sleep.

My solution was to screw the “Itty Bitty Book Light” to the wall just above the “area of interest”. It would supply the minimum amount of light to get the job done. My baby would be less upset and would go back to sleep more easily afterward. It turns out that the lowered light level would also help me go back to sleep for the same reason. Double benefit for all concerned!

Richard

Category: Hmm, that's a good idea

Tags: booklight, changing table, nightlight

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