tool library
Shared implement depot
A tool library is a lending facility where members can borrow tools rather than buy them—drills, saws, ladders, garden equipment.
Like a book library, items are checked out and returned.
Tool libraries reduce waste and cost for people who need equipment only occasionally: I borrowed a tile cutter from the tool library for the weekend.
- lendingTemporary provision of resources
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- sharedHeld in common
- sharing economyPeer-to-peer resource access
- communityCollective of connected people
community hub · good neighbor · equipment · workshop · hands on · drill · hammer · saw · rental · inventory · catalog · checkout · check it out · membership · shed · makerspace · circular saw · neighbor
- mutual aidteamwork, helping, sharing, lending, cooperation
- communityneighbors, neighborliness, neighborhoods, kinship, community centers
- community gardenscommunity gardens, raised beds, compost bins, garden clubs, herb gardens
- sharinggiving, lending, borrowing, donating, swapping
- makerspacelaser cutter, 3D printer, soldering iron, workbench, CNC machine
- makerspaces3D printer, 3D printers, laser cutter, laser cutters, CNC machine
tool libraryhardware store
Retail outlet for tools
Home Depot · Lowe's · private ownership · big box store · Ace Hardware
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