Tinker

This article is about itinerant tinsmiths. For other uses, see Tinker (disambiguation).
"Tinkerer" redirects here. For the Marvel Comics villain, see Tinkerer (Marvel Comics). For the toys, see Tinkertoy.

A photograph of a tinker by Ignacy Krieger, nineteenth century

Tinker or tinkerer is an archaic term for an itinerant tinsmith who mends household utensils.