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I often have an item that I could repair if I had the right tool. Unfortunately, I havents the time space, or budget to keep a huge variety of tools, and usually have to throw it away. I would love to be able to go to a workshop where I can rent the tools I need just once in my life.
workshop clubs
Workshop_20Clubs
[po, May 18 2007]
Tool Library
http://www.northportlandtoollibrary.org/
North Portland Tool Library, for free sharing of tools [mimz, May 18 2007]
An article about the Self-Help Store
http://www.incirlik...ry.asp?id=123053309
[21 Quest, May 18 2007]
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Somebody could make a huge amount of money doing this in London where space is at such a premium and plenty of people are always looking for somewhere to carry out some DIY work. |
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what like a Tool Hire shop? thats well baked surely. |
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I can't remember the name (and am not finding it on a cursory google), but I'm pretty sure theres something exactly like that here in Portland, OR. It may even be a collective where you join and then borrow stuff for free. I'll keep looking for a cite. |
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Widely baked. Home Depot lets you rent certain equipment, and there are body shops that let you rent a bay (for about 5 bucks per hour) and you can use any tools they have on hand, included in the price. I used to go to one to rotate the tires and change the oil in my car. It cost me 3 bucks per half hour. |
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Also, the Self-Help Store, which can be found on just about any military installation (for those with access to such) lets you rent power tools and hand tools. I don't know if there are any places like that available to those without base access, but the point is they exist. |
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I don't understand the compulsion to
throw perfectly good tools away. |
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a bit like throwing your voice - who knows where it will land. |
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Christine was built in just such a shop. |
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You might need a bigger home, nothing like owning your own tools. I was just in the basement this morning saying hello to my dewalt 24v drill.... |
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Most of the rental or free to borrow tools I have ever used have been worn out. |
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I gave you a + anyhow, because it is still a good idea. |
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That reminds me - I don't think I've said
hello to my tool this morning. |
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hey, rbl. I was about to email you re the West Coast Halfcon idea! |
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what ARE you guys like, talking to your tools. |
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I love it! Home Depot's tool rental is for equipment that is either very expensive or very mission-specific, like a flooring nailer. |
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A shop with all the likely tools readily available, and all the more esoteric tools accessible, would be a huge boon to apartment dwellers. If it's somebody with a good grasp of what they're trying to do, then they can have their whole project in, done and out in a reasonable amount of time. |
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Cool. I'd pay for a booth and an electronics testing rig for a few hours. |
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I have a great selection of tools, but when I need a lathe or something fancy, I'm either going at it with hand files or a dremel, or out of luck. |
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Health & Safety and (lack of) training are both going to be major issues, though. |
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I'd say this is probably better than Home Depot, for one reason only (that I might be the only one thinking of):
The potential to do the work there. Go in, rent some space for an hour or so, pay a fee for universal tool usage, fix your crap, and go home. No need for any tools or space in your own 30-sq-ft studio. |
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If I understand this correctly I am thinking that shop rental would be useful in terms of stuff like a lift so that you can work under the car and perhaps one of those machines that they use to mount tires and an alignment machine. These are not the things that you can rent down at the local Home Depot. Even with an air gun or air ratchet- you may not need it often enough to justify buying it and keeping it in your hall closet if you live in an apartment but it would be nice to be able to pull right into a service bay that you rent by the hour with access to anything and everything you need in order to work on the car. |
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//If I understand this correctly I am thinking that shop rental would be useful in terms of stuff like a lift so that you can work under the car and perhaps one of those machines that they use to mount tires and an alignment machine. These are not the things that you can rent down at the local Home Depot.// |
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You are correct, JScotty, you cannot rent such things at Home Depot. You can rent them, and a bay in which to use them, however, at the auto shop on Eglin Air Force Base, for 3 dollars per half-hour. I realize it's only available to those with base access, but as I said before, it's there, which means this is baked and not an original idea. |
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//I have a great selection of tools, but when I need a lathe or something fancy, I'm either going at it with hand files or a dremel, or out of luck// |
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Such things CAN be rented at Home Depot. |
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Home Depot is the anti-christ. Every time you rent one of those tools, you are losing a piece of your soul. |
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