By supporting the Tool Library through a membership, you’re not only gaining access to thousands of tools, you’re also supporting dozens of hands-on projects and programs working everyday to make our city a little better.

The Tool Library Alliance (TLA) unites tool libraries across the United States to foster community resilience, increase sustainability, and build a culture of generosity through the sharing of tools, skills, and knowledge.

Explore our map to find your local Tool and Lending Libraries – and start sharing in a trusted location! Submit a Library!

A non-profit with very affordable tool lending, a community workshop, and DIY classes. Access over 5,000 power tools, hand tools, garden tools, and more for home renovation, yard, and woodworking projects.

The Tool Lending Library is like a book library, but for tools! $150 gets you access to over 5,000 tools to take home for home maintenance, renovation, lawn, garden, DIY projects, woodworking, metalworking, your car, and your bicycle for a whole year.

Join the Tool Library today! Need a tool for a few days, not a lifetime? Become a member of the Tool Library and get access to a huge collection of tools for a small annual fee. Borrowing works just like a regular library – except members borrow tools (we’ve got a few books too.)

A tool library is an example of a library of things. Tool libraries allow patrons to check out or borrow tools, equipment and "how-to" instructional materials, functioning either as a rental shop, with a charge for borrowing the tools, or more commonly free of charge as a form of community sharing. [1] A tool library performs the following main ...

The Tool Library is open for all your DIY tool borrowing needs! Dear Tooligans, We are excited to announce that The Tool Library is back open for all your borrowing needs at our *NEW* location at 2626 Main Street.

Apr 21, 2023 · Learn what a tool library is, what types of tools you can borrow, and how you can start your own. If you’re short on space or cash but still want to DIY, it’s time to find your local tool library.

Dec 22, 2021 · Rather than buying or renting, you can borrow tools, sometimes with a fee, and save yourself a lot more money than buying them all outright. Tool libraries can be community organizations,...