It makes sense as a small community experiment. The strongest version is a short session with a narrow repair scope, borrowed space and tools, and a clear limit on how many items you accept. With six hours a week and $120, the first dependency is repair capability: interested neighbors alone cannot make the event useful. The main failure would be accepting more kinds of repairs than the volunteers can handle. People arrive expecting a fix, volunteers spend the session diagnosing unfamiliar items, and you inherit the coordination burden. Narrowing the scope protects both the experience and your time. Before trying it: - **Essential:** at least one dependable volunteer with relevant skills; an agreed list of accepted items; suitable space and access to tools; a small booking or intake process; and a clear explanation that a repair attempt may end with diagnosis or referral rather than a fix. - **Optional:** refreshments, a second volunteer, a simple sign, and a way to document useful repairs. - **Dispensable for now:** a website, a permanent venue, purchased equipment for every repair category, and a weekly schedule. - **Unknown:** whether enough people have suitable items and will attend; whether the venue and proposed repair activities require conditions you have not yet checked. Those conditions depend on location and scope, so confirm them with the venue and the relevant local authority before hosting. I would first prepare one tightly scoped session, without spending the $120 yet. List the tools already available and the repairs a volunteer can actually attempt, then seek a few bookings for those categories. Keep planning, setup, the session and follow-up inside your six-hour weekly cap; if that requires reducing the session, reduce it. The test is whether you can deliver a useful experience without exceeding that cap. Before running it, choose a modest attendance limit and define what counts as useful: a fix, a practical diagnosis, or learning a repair step. If suitable bookings arrive and the session stays manageable, repeat the same scope. If people mainly bring out-of-scope items, change the offer. If nobody books, distinguish poor reach from lack of interest by checking whether anyone actually saw the invitation. One small session would inform the next one, not establish long-term demand. Do you already know someone willing and able to help with a specific category of repairs?