Hello

[trashfire10]

New guy here from North Chicagoland. BRRRRRRrrrrr.

I volunteer at a Tool Library. Works like a regular book library: you join (donation requested. We ask for $20 or so per year. Some people give more, some less, but we don't turn anyone away if they can't donate.) Then you check out any tools you want, up to 7 per week (but that is just a guideline. There are no late fees.)

It runs on all donations, and all the tools we have in inventory have been donated to us. Volunteers run the place.

It is amazing.

Looking forward to hanging out here.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

Welcome from Canada. I bet I can out BRRRRRRrrrrr you! Lol
Welcome to GJ The tool library sounds like a great idea. I would imagine it works on equipment donations.
Tell us more and oh ya we do like our pictures.

 

[nadogail]

Welcome from Southwestern California; many times I could have used a Tool Library, do you know of any other locations other than the one you are Volunteering at?

 

[mike93lx]

That sounds pretty great. What kinds of tools are available?

Welcome

 

[Lassen Forge]

OMG we did that in a town I used to live in - mostly garden tools, hand tools, etc., but some larger stuff like a power rooter, and some specialty auto tools (we had a lot of air cooled VWs and Mazda rotarys there) so yeah... Sign them out (name, address, phone number), sign them back in clean. It worked well because we were a small town, and everyone pretty much knew everyone, one of the general rules were to return it when you were done with it, and at the latest 3 days on so others could use it. The folk running it (yep, volunteers too!) would keep track, and chase down tools that had gone missing for a week...

Welcome to the garage from (now far off) central Italy, where 50 degrees is either really cold (it got to 40 last night - brrr!!) or really really hot (like 121 F). Beer's in the fridge, help yourself, and pull up a stool!