I have been wondering about this for a while, is there anything like a communal manufacturing project? Like, I don't just mean a worker cooperative, but more something like a mutual aid structure or organization that does (mass) manufacturing, and that runs physical workshops/processes for making things for people who need them? (Can be with salvaged materials/components, doesn't need to be 'new' stuff)
Specifically looking for something that *isn't* a business (on paper or in practice).
@joepie91 It's something that i'm very interested in, but have not yet found the circumstances and resources to start it.
My idea is for it to be primarily a makerspace, and teach people how to understand devices from a basic level, to help them design and build things to meet their own needs.
To rephrase and clarify what I'm looking for in bulletpoint form:
- Non-commercial/at-cost, not a business
- Mass manufacturing, so not just one-offs, but repeatable processes
- With physical shared infrastructure, so not just "here's a bunch of designs to build at home for too much money, good luck"
- For the purpose of mutual aid or equivalent
- Ideally trying to innovate those processes in a non-business context to make them more viable/replicable
- Genuinely grassroots/self-organized/anarchist/etc., not an NGO or other hierarchical structure
- Absolutely no tankies