Community DIY Workshop

[Smifffy]

I have a great idea that would make the whole thing work. No H&S issues, no thieving etc.
What everyone does that wants to fix their own stuff, is gets a shed of their own, either at home or somewhere else & buys all the tools & equipment to tackle the kind of work they are capable of & then they can fix their own stuff at that place & possibly even charge other people to fix their stuff as well.
I'm not sure it will catch on though.

Yeah, I would have gone in for this a few years ago. Would have been happy to pay for a rent-a-shed type place and used it as a base to do projects using my own tools etc. Except all the rent-a-shed places specifically prohibit that, so the other option was to lease a full size workshop, but on a hobby basis that was not economically feasible. Now I'm moving to a place with a decent size garage and a barn, so lack of room should no longer be an excuse. Lack of skill is likely to be the real problem.

[bugn8r]

Cheers guys, responses have been awesome.

I wanted/needed both sides of the argument too.

I do honestly think a lot of the problems raised could be overcome but I think the main hurdle would be start up costs. In aussy the kustom kommune raised $41k through crowdsourcing, that just wouldn't work here. So far the most viable option I've come up with (without introducing a restaurant/bar into the mix) would be to have a small bike shop (not a yamaha dealer or anything, one of the more so parts places) open up some extra space to run these work spaces. That way they're still selling basic parts plus bringing people in.

Problem is I can't really say this for the assignment

[sidecar bob]

Crowdsourcing? is that a flash word for begging?

[bogan]

Crowdsourcing? is that a flash word for begging?

Begging and market testing.

[sidecar bob]

Begging and market testing.

Id like to test to see if I like the taste of beer. Does anybody want to crowdsource me?

[jellywrestler]

Id like to test to see if I like the taste of beer. Does anybody want to crowdsource me?

i'll give you some beer, no mate of mine should ever have to beg for beer, ever.

[Smifffy]

Id like to test to see if I like the taste of beer. Does anybody want to crowdsource me?

What a great idea:

http://bit.ly/1IAV2Qh

Basically, if you can sell it, and people think they can "get in on the ground floor of success" then you can crowdfund it. More successful in the USA however, since they have more dollars than sense.

[trustme]

Here's a link to one in Atlanta with a few headaches & one in Chicago that is trying to get going . https://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rc...uAK8Xb1dQL8uAA. http://advrider.com/index.php?thread...-hand.1087093/