Small Appliance Repair Workshop
Newton At Home (NaH) Appliance Workshop
If your small appliances aren’t working or need repairs, Newton at Home has an answer. For those of you hoping to repair rather than replace, several NaH fix-it volunteers are taking on everything from irons to clocks to toasters.
This service is available to anyone in Newton, regardless of NaH membership, and is free of charge (with the exception of any replacement parts that may need to be ordered).
Among the diverse items that our volunteers have repaired over the years are teapots, record players, staplers, hairdryers, toasters, pencil sharpeners, Mix Masters (1945), bracelets, lamps (including antique vases made into lamps), vacuums, leaf blowers, radios, slide viewers, coffee machines, fans, paper shredders, sewing machines, and incense burners.
The Small Appliance Repair shop is only open on Wednesdays between 1 - 3 PM.
No appointments are needed -- just come drop off your appliances during that timeframe.
To reach the Small Appliance Repair shop, please call 617-795-1247.
Carl Alsmeyer has been repairing appliances for the Newton at Home community for over 10 years. With a background in electronics developed for over 30 years at The Raytheon Company, Carl is an expert at determining the reason for the failure of an appliance and the necessary remedy for restoring the appliance back to service.
Carolyn Cogswell has been volunteering for the Newton at Home community for over 4 years. Her work experience was with nonprofits, including being a contracts manager at MGH Harvard Research. Her father’s influence in nurturing her curiosity of how things work led her to becoming a valued member of the appliance workshop crew.
Bob Drukman has been repairing appliances for the Newton at Home community for the past two years. Bob has been a music educator and has operated a woodwind repair shop for over 50 years. He is currently a professional musician.