Community project · Free · Not for profit

One broken clip
shouldn't kill a whole appliance.

We run 3D printers anyway. If a small plastic part is the only thing standing between something working and something going to landfill, we will print you a replacement — free, for anyone in the Halifax community. No charge for the part, the design time or the postage. It's how we give back, not something we sell.

Send us a photoHow it works
Why we do it

Repair beats replace

A dishwasher gets thrown out because a $2 plastic latch snapped. A wheelchair footplate, a vacuum attachment, a discontinued knob — the part is trivial, the replacement is a whole new appliance.

Our printers have idle hours. Filling them with parts that keep working things working is the cheapest environmental good we can do, so we do it — on our own dime, with no catch.

Replacement parts

The clip, bracket, knob, hinge or gear that broke and is no longer sold separately.

Adapters & mounts

Brackets, spacers and adapters to make two things fit that were never meant to.

Mobility & accessibility aids

Grips, jar openers, cane holders, tool handles — small aids that are absurdly expensive to buy.

Community & non-profit

Fixtures and parts for repair cafés, schools, shelters and volunteer groups in Halifax.

How it works

Three steps, no forms

There is no application process. Email us and we will tell you honestly whether we can print it.

01

Send a photo

Email us a picture of the broken part next to a ruler or coin for scale, plus what it belongs to.

02

We model it

We draw it up in CAD, print a test fit, and adjust if it needs adjusting. Usually a few days.

03

Pick it up

Collect it in Halifax, or we cover postage within Nova Scotia. No charge either way.

THE FINE PRINT
  • —One-off repairs and small batches — not production runs.
  • —Roughly palm-sized or smaller (our bed is 256 × 256 × 256 mm).
  • —Nothing that would be unsafe printed in plastic — no load-bearing, pressure, or heat-critical parts.
  • —No weapons or weapon components, and nothing that infringes someone else's design.
  • —We work through the queue as time allows. It is free, so it is best-effort.
MATERIALS

Mostly PLA, which is plant-derived and the least harmful option for indoor, non-structural parts. Where a part needs to survive heat, moisture or repeated flexing we use PETG.

We print failed parts and prototypes in recycled filament where we can, and we keep our own misprints out of the bin by grinding them back down.

Printed plastic is not the same as the original moulded part. We will tell you when we think a print is not a safe substitute rather than hand you something that might fail.

Got something broken?

Send a photo with something for scale and tell us what it came off. If we can print it, we will. If we can't, we will try to point you somewhere that can.