From a snapped dishwasher clip to a discontinued tractor bracket. Verified makers, every discipline — 3D print, CNC, casting, machining, sheet metal — who can fabricate the part your manufacturer no longer makes. Built for the EU Right-to-Repair era.
Other marketplaces force you to pick a technology. The Spool List matches the right craft to the broken part — FDM print for that snapped clip, CNC for that obsolete bracket, casting for that vintage knob. Eight categories, multi-discipline by design.
Dishwasher clips, fridge shelf bars, washing machine soap drawers, blender gaskets, coffee grinder hoppers. Manufacturer-released files supported (Philips Fixables, Miele 3D4U, Boulanger Happy3D).
$15–$80 per partTrim clips, dashboard bezels, vintage rotary knobs, NLA (no-longer-available) plastics. Reverse-engineered from a sample — print, CNC, or cast to spec.
$25–$400 per partDiscontinued tractor brackets, mill gears, conveyor parts. CNC mill, lathe work, sheet-metal fab. Where downtime costs more than the part, makers near you beat 6-week OEM lead times.
$50–$2,000 per partSynthesizer knobs, amp face plates, mixer slider caps, turntable parts, vintage radio cabinets. Restoration-grade with original tolerances.
$20–$300 per partBilge pump housings, hatch latches, cabinet hinges, fender cleats. Saltwater-rated materials, UV-stable resins. Out at sea, you can't wait six weeks.
$30–$250 per partCPAP fittings, wheelchair brackets, e-NABLE-style adaptive devices. Routed only to capability-declared makers with food/skin-contact materials.
$20–$500 per partDrill battery cradles, miter saw fences, lawnmower deflectors, chainsaw bar covers. The plastic that snaps first, every time. Manufacturer ignores it — we fabricate it.
$15–$120 per partHeadphone earcup mounts, speaker grilles, gaming controller triggers, drone propeller guards. The small plastic part that ends an otherwise-perfect device.
$10–$80 per partManufacturers stopped making the part. Etsy doesn't index by fabrication craft. Thingiverse hosts files but doesn't fabricate them. The Spool List is the only platform that routes a broken part to a verified local maker with the right machine.
Sophie's Bosch dishwasher door catch breaks. She pulls the part out, takes two photos against a ruler for scale. The model code is on the inner door panel: SMS46MW01E.
Bosch parts portal: door catch in stock, €38.50 + €4.95 shipping, 4–5 weeks lead time. Sophie closes the tab.
Sophie opens thespoollist.com/replacement-parts. Uploads both photos. Selects category: Appliance. Selects radius: 25 km. Three verified FDM makers within range.
Tobias, 6 km away. €9 for three prints (so she has spares). PETG (dishwasher-safe). Pickup or €2.50 local courier. Sophie picks pickup, pays via platform escrow.
Photo of the print bed mid-job uploaded to the order thread. Estimated finish 14:00. Sophie marks it on her calendar.
Three parts in a small ziplock. Sophie scans the QR code Tobias hands her — escrow releases instantly. Tobias gets a review prompt on his phone.
Fit is perfect on the first try. Door closes properly. Dishwasher cycles through diagnostic without error. Two spares go in the drawer with the model code written on the ziplock.
Sophie's review on Tobias's profile: "Saved a €380 dishwasher with €9 of plastic and a 1-day turnaround. The system worked." Photo of the installed part included.
Sophie's neighbour saw the post on Nextdoor. He's got a snapped fridge shelf bar. Same maker, same flow. Tobias is on order #2 of what becomes a steady local route.
Tobias has fabricated 23 appliance parts for 14 households on his street. €340 in revenue. His Premium tier on The Spool List paid for itself in week one. He's looking at adding a second printer.
Manufacturers told you to throw it away.
The EU just made repair mandatory.
Directive (EU) 2024/1799 — the Right-to-Repair directive — becomes mandatory across all 27 EU member states on 31 July 2026. Manufacturers must provide spare parts, repair information, and support repair beyond warranty. Philips, Miele, and Boulanger are already publishing official 3D-printable repair files. The grey-market workaround just became the sanctioned channel. The Spool List is the only platform built to route a broken part to a verified local fabricator with the right machine — and the timing is on the right side of regulation.
Most non-structural plastic, metal, and resin parts where the OEM part is obsolete, expensive, or has a long lead time. Appliance clips, knobs, gaskets and trays. Automotive trim, vintage rotary knobs, NLA plastics. Industrial brackets, mill gears, conveyor parts. Marine cleats, hatch latches. Heritage synth knobs, vintage radio cabinets. Consumer electronics buttons, headphone mounts, controller triggers. The platform explicitly excludes safety-critical structural parts (brakes, gas-line components, anything load-bearing on a vehicle) for buyer and maker protection.
Yes — and the directive is the strategic tailwind. Directive (EU) 2024/1799 mandates spare-parts availability across all 27 EU member states from 31 July 2026. Manufacturers including Philips (Fixables), Miele (3D4U), and Boulanger (Happy3D) are already publishing official 3D-printable repair files. The Spool List supports manufacturer-released files as a first-class file class, with original-design and reverse-engineered compatible parts handled under separate listing rules and the platform's DMCA workflow.
Three-tier file classification at listing time. Manufacturer-Released files (Philips Fixables, Miele 3D4U, etc.) are clearly marked and routed normally. Original-Design parts (your own STL, your own scan) are listed without restriction. Reverse-Engineered Compatible parts (someone made a clone of an OEM bracket) carry a "compatible with" linter — listing titles cannot use OEM logos, model names go in the part-fits-with field only, no implied endorsement. DMCA-style takedown workflow with 48-hour response SLA. Long-term: active manufacturer-partnership pipeline to convert grey-market listings into sanctioned channels.
Six-layer defence. (1) Prohibited list: no safety-critical structural parts, brakes, gas-line components, load-bearing vehicle parts, implants, infant-formula contact. (2) Restricted list: medical-adjacent only via capability-declared makers. (3) Listing-flow gating blocks prohibited categories at upload. (4) Buyer acknowledgement and indemnification clause on checkout for restricted categories. (5) Group insurance via Hiscox/Thimble bundled into Premium tier. (6) Incident-driven rating decay — repeat issues mathematically suppress visibility. The same playbook eBay, Etsy, and Airbnb already validated.
Capability declarations at maker onboarding. Makers self-classify which material certifications they hold (food-safe PETG, biocompatible resin, etc.) and the platform requires documentation. Buyer-side category filters only show certified makers for food-contact, child-product, and medical-adjacent listings. Hard prohibitions on implants and direct infant-formula contact. Checkout acknowledgements for restricted categories. e-NABLE partnership template used for medical-adjacent routing where it applies.
Yes. Repair is the recurring-revenue segment of the marketplace — cosplay buys once a year, figurines buys for a project, but appliances break every few weeks across an entire neighbourhood. Sign up free, register your machines (FDM, SLA, CNC, lathe, sheet metal — any combination), declare your capability tags (materials, certifications, lead times), upload portfolio work. Premium tier includes group fabrication insurance ($30–50/mo, lower than buying it solo) and reduced commission rate.
Distance-first sorting. The platform defaults to showing local makers first because replacement parts are small, light, and time-sensitive — a maker 3 miles away gets your part to you tomorrow. International is supported as fallback (cheaper labour markets, specialist machines) with milestone-based escrow, international tracking, and optional dispatch insurance built into the commission flow.
Yes — these are the highest-value categories because downtime costs more than the part. Discontinued tractor brackets, mill gears, conveyor housings, bilge pump fittings, hatch latches. Local CNC and sheet-metal shops listed on the platform routinely beat OEM 6-week lead times for one-off and small-batch fabrication. The platform's capability filter surfaces makers with the actual machine (not just "metalworking") to match the job.
The EU Right-to-Repair directive becomes mandatory 31 July 2026. The Spool List is opening repair-category waves now. Owners join free. Makers list free.