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A bench, a drill and a first chair: the Tool Library turns two
From a single shelf of borrowed drills to 4,200 loans and a full workshop calendar, here is what two years of lending tools has taught us.
By
Lucia Reyes
Volunteer Coordinator
Two years in numbers
The Tool Library began with one shelf and a donated drill. It now holds more than 600 tools and lends about 40 a week.
The most borrowed items are ladders, sewing machines and paint-stripping kits, with bike pumps close behind.
The chair that started it all
The workshop’s first project was a beginner carpentry class that built a simple wooden chair. Fourteen of those chairs now sit in neighbours’ kitchens, and a new class starts every term.
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