From casco to classy!

Itzel used our workshop during a few weeks in order to build this DIY lamp. Not bad for a first try!

(1/3) A collective lead by Constructlab built the longest bench of Brussels in just one week!

(2/3) A collective lead by Constructlab built the longest bench of Brussels in just one week!

(3/3) A collective lead by Constructlab built the longest bench of Brussels in just one week!

Marie took a course on how to make your own magnetic knife holder. This is the excellent result !

(1/2) Xavier borrowed tools to make a (post-modern cabin in the woods. Once again, a result to be proud of !

(2/2) Xavier borrowed tools to make a (post-modern cabin in the woods. Once again, a result to be proud of !

Some good old wood cutting for a neighbourhood project in Ixelles !

These people are revamping this delivery van into a roadtrip vehicle: before isolating its interior, they decided to give it a new lick of paint (using our compressor) !

(1/2) This is form a workshop organized by Tournevie in which people make their own unique hammer !

(2/2) This is form a workshop organized by Tournevie in which people make their own unique hammer ! Before and after.

(1/3) In early 2019, we decided to set up a welding workshop. Here’s a few pictures of the crew working to get it ready.

(3/3) In early 2019, we decided to set up a welding workshop. Here’s a few pictures of the crew working to get it ready.

A royal visit, because why not?

Our very first tool was borrowed for the 100th time in October 2019. Celebrations !

(1/3) We’re still big on our endeavours to put worn out tools back into service. Here’s a vise brought back from the dead!

(2/3) We’re still big on our endeavours to put worn out tools back into service. Here’s a vise brought back from the dead!

(3/3) We’re still big on our endeavours to put worn out tools back into service. Here’s a vise brought back from the dead!

We are participating in an Erasmus+ project with library of things from Vienna, Bratislava and Ljubljana. Here’s a shot outside the Vienna LoT !

True to our nature, we collected a refurbished laptop and an antique sound system repaired by Make it sound audio repair café to get the vibes going in the tool library in Anderlecht !

Once again, Tournevie was on display at the Salon Zéro Déchets at Tour & Taxis (organised by Bruxelles Environnement)

Tournevie Ixelles organises workshops to help people carry out their projects.

Heavy duty palletbusting on a rainy day

The people over at the great kids festival Supervlieg - Supermouche used our tools for their soap box race. Awesome stuff!

(1/2) Antoine used our mighty cordless rotary hammer SDS-plus, with dust extraction, to attach these posters to the Bxl canal walls near Molenbeek.

(2/2) Antoine used our mighty cordless rotary hammer SDS-plus, with dust extraction, to attach these posters to the Bxl canal walls near Molenbeek.

(1/4) Community Center Ten Noey in Saint-Josse is teaching these rascals at a very very young age how to handle tools. Kudos!

(2/4) Community Center Ten Noey in Saint-Josse is teaching these rascals at a very very young age how to handle tools. Kudos!

(3/4) Community Center Ten Noey in Saint-Josse is teaching these rascals at a very very young age how to handle tools. Kudos!

(4/4) Community Center Ten Noey in Saint-Josse is teaching these rascals at a very very young age how to handle tools. Kudos!

Stefan made this new display/router hiding cupboard himself. Good stuff!

Book shelves, a classic!

(1/4) Tournevie will open a new antenna in Ixelles in summer of 2018. We did a sneak preview at this great event organized by Communa!

(2/4) Tournevie will open a new antenna in Ixelles soon. We did a sneak preview at this great event organized by Communa!

(3/4) Tournevie will open a new antenna in Ixelles soon. We did a sneak preview at this great event organized by Communa!

(4/4) Tournevie will open a new antenna in Ixelles soon. We did a sneak preview at this great event organized by Communa!

The first of many informal drinks during opening hours (every last Friday of the month!)

Still life with vegan banana cake, screw clamp and workshop table. Thanks to our member Clara for getting us this pretty amazing dessert!

Our volunteers are labelling, engraving and sorting out our 1000+ inventory in preparation of our reopening in Molenbeek.

We have a brand new terrace right next to our workshop, courtesy of Pim of VK* and his magic crew. Thanks!

(1/5) We gave some of our SDS-Max hammers a full servicing: complete disassembly, cleaning of all parts, and replacement of wear parts - bringing even older machines back to optimum performance!

(2/5) We gave some of our SDS-Max hammers a full servicing: complete disassembly, cleaning of all parts, and replacement of wear parts - bringing even older machines back to optimum performance!

(3/5) We gave some of our SDS-Max hammers a full servicing: complete disassembly, cleaning of all parts, and replacement of wear parts - bringing even older machines back to optimum performance!

(4/5) We gave some of our SDS-Max hammers a full servicing: complete disassembly, cleaning of all parts, and replacement of wear parts - bringing even older machines back to optimum performance!

(5/5) We gave some of our SDS-Max hammers a full servicing: complete disassembly, cleaning of all parts, and replacement of wear parts - bringing even older machines back to optimum performance!

(1/2) Tournevie volunteer Olivier gets pretty excited after noticing CIVA Foundation gives kudos to Tournevie in the main entrance hall of the museum. CIVA used a lot of our tools to build the bar and a number of other structures in the temporary museum.

(2/2) Tournevie volunteer Olivier gets pretty excited after noticing CIVA Foundation gives kudos to Tournevie in the main entrance hall of the museum. CIVA used a lot of our tools to build the bar and a number of other structures in the temporary museum.

(1/3) In 2019, Tournevie will provide welding equipment in its workshop. Here’s a few snapshots of work in progress

(2/3) In 2019, Tournevie will provide welding equipment in its workshop. Here’s a few snapshots of work in progress

(3/3) In 2019, Tournevie will provide welding equipment in its workshop. Here’s a few snapshots of work in progress

(2/2) An eco-friendly Christmas Tree, why not?

David made his own bike workshop, a cause we support wholeheartedly at Tournevie. 

(1/3) Homemade, custom-made bookshelves. Watch in awe and amazement at DIY power!

(2/3) Homemade, custom-made bookshelves. Watch in awe and amazement at DIY power!

(3/3) Homemade, custom-made bookshelves. Watch in awe and amazement at DIY power!

Look at this tabletop: smooth as silk!

Brique asbl in Schaarbeek is building a huge wooden swing. Someone's going to have a backache after this session though...

(1/3) This is, or rather was (as you are seeing the deconstruction here), the filmset of a shortfilm soon to be released in Brussels. 

(2/3) Team at the filmset congratulating themselves on a job well done!

(3/3) This is how the set looked like during recording.

A fully custom made closet. Easy peasy!

One discarded tabletop was transformed in two solid kitchen shelves. 

(1/4) E411 is reimagining and refurbishing public space at the E411 highway. With a contribution in tools from yours truly :) 

(2/4) E411 is reimagining and refurbishing public space at the E411 highway. With a contribution in tools from yours truly :) 

(3/4) E411 is reimagining and refurbishing public space at the E411 highway. With a contribution in tools from yours truly :) 

(4/4) E411 is reimagining and refurbishing public space at the E411 highway. With a contribution in tools from yours truly :) 

(1/4) Koen installed new laminate and shorted a few doors. Job well done!

(2/4) Koen installed new laminate and shorted a few doors. Job well done!

(1/4) Koen installed new laminate and shorted a few doors. Job well done!

(4/4) Koen installed new laminate and shorted a few doors. Job well done!

(1/4) Beescoop is a cooperative supermarket in Schaarbeek. Volunteers / Coop members helped build the place with our tools!

(2/4) Beescoop is a cooperative supermarket in Schaarbeek. Volunteers / Coop members helped build the place with our tools!

(3/4) Beescoop is a cooperative supermarket in Schaarbeek. Volunteers / Coop members helped build the place with our tools!

(4/4) Beescoop is a cooperative supermarket in Schaarbeek. Volunteers / Coop members helped build the place with our tools!

(1/2) A new table!

(1/4) Check out these hot rods built by youngsters for a soapbox race at Saint-Josse!

(2/4) Check out these hot rods built by youngsters for a soapbox race at Saint-Josse!

(3/4) Check out these hot rods built by youngsters for a soapbox race at Saint-Josse!

(4/4) Check out these hot rods built by youngsters for a soapbox race at Saint-Josse!

L'atelier des tropiques, soon to be ready!

(1/3) Yet another member making a short film. Parts of the interior were made with our tools, the space was provided by Communa. 

(2/3) Yet another member making a short film. Parts of the interior were made with our tools, the space was provided by Communa. 

(3/3) Yet another member making a short film. Parts of the interior were made with our tools, the space was provided by Communa. 

(1/3) Karavane is a project of the St-Gilles municipality. For more than four months, Place Morichart was a DIY playground for youngsters. 

(2/3) Karavane is a project of the St-Gilles municipality. For more than four months, Place Morichart was a DIY playground for youngsters. 

(3/3) Karavane is a project of the St-Gilles municipality. For more than four months, Place Morichart was a DIY playground for youngsters.

(2/3) The people at Netwerk Bewust Verbruiken asked us to organize a New Year's drink, and so we did. Tools galore at this sweet event! 

(3/3) The people at Netwerk Bewust Verbruiken asked us to organize a New Year's drink, and so we did. Tools galore at this sweet event! 

(1/3) Tournevie organized a workshop during Bouture Fest (next door): how to build boxes for your kitchen gardens.  

(2/3) Tournevie organized a workshop during Bouture Fest (next door): how to build boxes for your kitchen gardens.  

(3/3) Tournevie organized a workshop during Bouture Fest (next door): how to build boxes for your kitchen gardens.  

(1/4) Telltale, the slickest bass wizard this side of the hemisphere, was teaming up with good ol' Samuel Haystack for a mean gig at Tournevie. We sure got our bloody rockers off at this screwtastic event!

(2/4) Telltale, the slickest bass wizard this side of the hemisphere, was teaming up with good ol' Samuel Haystack for a mean gig at Tournevie. We sure got our bloody rockers off at this screwtastic event!

(3/4) Telltale, the slickest bass wizard this side of the hemisphere, was teaming up with good ol' Samuel Haystack for a mean gig at Tournevie. We sure got our bloody rockers off at this screwtastic event!

(4/4) Telltale, the slickest bass wizard this side of the hemisphere, was teaming up with good ol' Samuel Haystack for a mean gig at Tournevie. We sure got our bloody rockers off at this screwtastic event!

(1/4) Tournevie organizes trainings on how to use dangerous tools such as our chainsaws. This is how that looks like. 

(2/4) Tournevie organizes trainings on how to use dangerous tools such as our chainsaws. This is how that looks like. 

(3/4) Tournevie organizes trainings on how to use dangerous tools such as our chainsaws. This is how that looks like. 

(4/4) Tournevie organizes trainings on how to use dangerous tools such as our chainsaws. This is how that looks like. 

(1/8) Share & Repair Fest, organized by Netwerk Bewust Verbruiken, took place in the awesome Nest building. 

(2/8) The crew offered tool sharpening demo's throughout the day.

(3/8) Hardcore tool sharpening here. 

(4/8) The Nest building actually boasts its own (small) workshop. 

(5/8) Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere

(6/8) iFixit joined us next door. 

(7/8) Tool aficionados, activists, families: people from all walks of life dropped by.

(8/8) This is how a quality jig saw looks like from the inside. 

Our tools were put to good use for the construction of a temporary exhibition of the museum of capitalism in Laeken. The end result was pretty impressive and (was) well worth a visit!

Claudia found a nifty and custom solution for this unused corner in her house. DIY power!

(2/2) ... and this is after the carnage.

(1/2) Some solid woodworking skills on display here by Annabel & co.

(2/2) The carpentry ended up in this custom made wall in the attic.  

Harold is transforming an old loft along the canal of Brussels. Here on display are just a few of the tools used in this mighty endeavour. Follow their progress on his blog!

Juan is making custom made guitars and basses for friends and fools. This is one of his very first copies. 

Hélène and others are creating a cinema in an old bus. Check out their project Cinébus on Facebook!

(1/4) David and his team built a custom and temporary theatre in a park in Uccle. Check out their Flickr page for more. 

(2/4) David and his team built a custom and temporary theatre in a park in Uccle. Check out their Flickr page for more. 

(3/4) David and his team built a custom and temporary theatre in a park in Uccle. Check out their Flickr page for more. 

(4/4) David and his team built a custom and temporary theatre in a park in Uccle. Check out their Flickr page for more. 

(1/4) We organize sessions to educate our volunteers in the wondrous world of tools. Thomas is explaining how to use the guide rail here. 

(2/4) Getting to know some of our circular saws. 

(3/4) Here we are testing the effect of our different sanders on a piece of painted wood. 

(4/4) Different drills are suited for different tasks. Here we get to test that hands-on. 

Some of our volunteers carry a good tune. 1+1 = 2 they thought, so why not cheer up the workshop with some live jams during our opening hours?

(1/2) Yet another workshop to beef up the knowledge of our volunteers. Here's a piece of the action. 

(2/2) Here, Piet is about to descend his planer to smooth out this piece of wood. 

Jan presenting the promokit of Tournevie at this event at Tour & Taxis. We're always happy to come and join your events and explain the project!

Thomas (left) and Anthony (on the right) give it their best at this panel on how to put the circular economy in practice. 

A few gifts that Jan will sorely miss on his trip around the world. He'll be back one day, though!

Jana is helping out with the construction of furniture using recuperated wood at the Upcycly Fest in Brussels. 

Maarten is going on a world trip as well. Again, we bestowed him with a number of fitting gifts. He too will be back one day, mark our words!

(1/2) Anthony is more than happy to announce on this picture that Tournevie is moving HQ to the Marolles!

(2/2) No really, Anthony is overjoyed!

Hugh made these workbenches for our new workshop at Rue Haute. Some fine craftsmanship there, anyone can see!

(1/2) On 17/12, we held a smashing party. Before getting all caught up in the music, Texas took the lead in hosting a workshop to build your own lamp with recuperated wood. 

(2/2) Close-up of the action. 

(1/4) Did we say the party was a smashing hit? (Courtesy to Vélo m² for the picture)

(2/4) We had a special treat in store, as the light and sound of the party was fully human powered, thanks to Vélo m²!

(Courtesy to Vélo m² for the picture)

(3/4) Atmospheric, as they say...

(Courtesy to Walid Kenzari for the picture)

(4/4) With great food prepared by Collectactif, based on vegetables that would be thrown away otherwise. 

(Courtesy to Walid Kenzari for the picture)

Are you a cat lover? Then why not borrow some of our tools to copy Isabelle's splendid cat treadmill? We have what you need!

Apple doesn't like people to tinker with their proprietary hardware. If Mac laptops are broke however, we have what it takes (thanks to iFixit as well), as Enzo demonstrates here.

(1/2) Enzo also wanted to design some home made panels to soften echo noise when he's making music. This is some of the action...

(1/2) ... and this is the end result. Cheap, and 100% DIY!

(1/2) This is one of the mobile tables created for the temporary 4041 Space at Galerie Ravenstein, now closed. 

(2/2) ... and some more examples on display during the inauguration drink. 

This is one of our very first group pictures. Look, Olivier on the right had more hair back then! And we also see Dami top left, M.I.A. now, unfortunately!

Is this picture too macho or not? The debates are still open, but at least it helped us to achieve our crowdfunding target. Success!

One of our first tool demos in public!

(1/5) Thomas showing the difference between good and bad tools. Picture: courtesy of Sien Verstraeten

(2/5) Thomas showing the difference between good and bad tools. Picture: courtesy of Sien Verstraeten

(3/5) Thomas showing the difference between good and bad tools. Picture: courtesy of Sien Verstraeten

(4/5) Michiel and Philippe getting a groove on at the party celebrating the success of the campaign.

(5/5) Part of the team celebrating our first big success!