The tool library is currently open for in-person pickups and dropoffs Saturdays 10am–1pm and Mondays 5–7pm. These hours may change depending on demand, capacity, and season. The catalog and reservation system is available online 24/7. We answer emails outside of those hours and you can contact us anytime.

You do not need an appointment, but we recommend it. The online loan reservation system asks you to choose from a limited number of time slots in which to pick up your tools during open hours. If you can, please choose an appointment window and try to stick to it. Appointments will be prioritized over walk-in tool borrowers. We’re trying to do our part to help manage the threat still posed by COVID-19 for sensitive populations and hospital and caregiving infrastructure. This also helps our limited staff keep wait times to a minimum.

Members may borrow up to 7 tools for a period of one week.

Tools can be renewed once, allowing a maximum 2 week borrowing period. To renew, login to MyTurn, click on ‘Loans’ and then click ‘Renew’ for any items you want to renew. The renew option will only appear after half of your loan period (4 days) has passed. You can also contact us by email or phone to renew. If tools are already late when you contact us to renew, you are still responsible for late fees from original due date until then, and your tools will still be due 1 week from the original due date.

Late fees are $1 per day per tool—even on days we are closed because someone else could be using them. These are shared tools, and someone else may have reserved them, so please respect your fellow members and return all tools on time! Late fees are capped at the value of the tool. When tools are 60 days late, members will be given 1 week to return them before membership is potentially revoked and a replacement fee may be charged.

Yes, but you must use MyTurn for all reservations. (Just click ‘Reserve’ to add items in the catalog, select your reservation dates, and click the cart icon at the top to finish the process and submit your reservation.) And please remember to return tools on time—another member may have reserved them!

Of course! Please don’t hesitate to ask one of our librarians, as long as there is not another person waiting to be helped. There are no stupid questions and many of us started here as new tool users! Most of the tools also have manuals linked in their descriptions, and we are also developing our own physical and digital library of tool manuals.

Please notify us as soon as possible, and return the tool so we can fix it! You may be asked to pay a fee if the tool was broken from misuse.

Things like saw blades, drill bits, and sandpaper are not usually provided, but sometimes you get lucky if they are  leftover from other members. We recommend you buy these things from a local store like Williams Lumber, Herrington’s, or a few blocks away at Rogerson’s.