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LENDING GUIDELINES

1. Lending period is three (3) days, seven (7) days for house jacks only.
2. Fines: $1.00 - $20.00 for each day a tool is late, depending on the value of the tool.
3. Up to two (2) renewals if no prior requests; renewals in person only.
4. Tools must be returned to the Tool Lending Library during open hours.
5. No registrations after fifteen (15) minutes before closing time.
6. Because of high demand, tools marked with an * are not renewable.
7. For new patrons, limit 3 tools (1 power tool only) per checkout for the first 6 weeks. After 6 week probationary period, patron is allowed 8 tools (no more than 3 power tools) for each checkout.

HOURS OF OPERATION

Sunday closed
Monday 12:30 - 8:00
Tuesday 10:00 - 5:30
Wednesday closed
Thursday closed
Friday 12:00 - 5:30
Saturday 10:00 - 5:30

 

Dollar amounts listed before each tool indicate per day late fees.
* * * PLEASE CLEAN TOOLS BEFORE RETURNING THEM! * * *


Carpentry and Woodworking
(See also power tools)

$1 Awl
$1 Bars (cat's paw, crowbar, prybar, ripping chisel, tack puller)
$1 Butt marker (3 1/2" & 4")
$1 Chalk line
$1 Chisels, gauges & parting tools
$5 Dado set
$1 Door installation kit
$5 Doweling jig
$2 Drills
$1 Gutter cleaner
$2 Hammers (brick, drywall, ball-peen, dead-blow, framing, mallets, shingle hatchet, sledge, curved claw, tack)
$1-$5 Levels (torpedo, 2', 3', 4', 6', laser)
$1 Marking gauge
$5 Measuring wheel
$1 Nail puller, nail set
$2 Planes (block, bench, spokeshave, rabbet)
$2 Roofing spades (shingle remover)
$1 Rasps (surform tool)
$1 Saws (back, compass, coping, crosscut, hacksaw, jab, keyhole, miter [with box], rod, shortcut)
$2 Sawhorses
$1 Screwdrivers (off-set, Phillips, Robinson, slotted, Torx, Yankee)
$1-$2 Screw extractor & drill bit set
$1 Squares (combination, rafter, Carpenters, Tri-square, Universal square)
$2 Stapler, tack hammer
$1-$2 Stud finders (stud sensor)
$1-$2 Tape measure
$2 Water level

Clamps


$2 Angle clamp
$2 Bar clamp
$1-$2 C-clamp
$2 Cabinet clamp
$2 Edge clamp
$2 Hand screw clamp
$2 Quick grip clamp/spreader
$2 Sliding arm clamp
$1 Spring clamp
$2 Steel pipe clamps
$2 Vise grips

Concrete and Masonry
(See also power tools)

$1-$2 Brick hammer, joiner, trowel
$5 Bull float, magnesium
$1 Cement finishing tools (edger, float, groover, hawk, joiner, trowels, tuck pointer)
$20 Cement surfacer *
$1 Cold chisels
$20 Demolition hammers *
$2 Dust pump (blower for cement dust)
$5 Fresno trowel (with handles)
$1 Mason's layout tools (line winder, stretchers, blocks)
$2 Mixing paddle
$2 Mortar hoes
$10 Rebar bender/cutter
$1-$20 Rotary hammer drills and bits
$1 Rub brick
$1 Screed
$2 Sledgehammers
$1 Star chisel
$1 Steel placer

Electrical


$1 Armored cable ripper
$5 Conduit bender, offset bender
$1-$2 Extension cords (25'-100')
$5 Fish tape (50', 100')
$1 Fuse puller
$2 GFCI (portable)
$5 High leverage cable cutters
$5 Knockout punch set
$1 Multimeter
$2 Network tool kit
$1-$2 Pliers (crimping, diagonal side cutting, linesmen, long nose, needle nose, stripping)
$2 Soldering gun and iron
$1 Telephone jack tool
$1 Wire stripper
$1 Wire tacker
$2 Work light, halogen
Floor and Wall
(See also power tools)

$2 Drop cloth (9' x 12', 4' x 15', 12' x 15')
$1 Drywall (hand sander, corner knives, taping knives, extension handle, mud pan, screw gun, T-square)
$1 Float, rubber
$1-$2 Floor and wall scraper
$1-$2 Kneepads
$1 Lineleum knife
$1 Notched trowel
$1 Paint scraper, shield
$5 Power Steamer (for wallpaper)
$1 Putty knife
$1 Screening tool
$1 Seam roller (for wallpaper)
$5 Tile cutter
$2 Tile nippers
$5 Tile saw (ceramic & vinyl)
$1 Utility knife
$1 Window opener
$1 Wallboard saw

Garden & Digging

$2 Aerator
$2 Axes
$1 Bow saw
$1 Bulb planter
$2 Digging/tamping bar
$1 Fruit picker
$2 Garden claw
$1 Grass hook (sickle)
$1 Grass shear
$1-$2 Hedge shears (manual)
$10 Hedge trimmer (electric)
$1-$2 Hoes (garden, mortar, eye, hula)
$1-$5 Lawn edger (electric, manual)
$5 Lawn mowers
$5 Lawn roller *
$2 Lopping shear
$2 Mutt
$2 Pick mattock
$2-$5 Pole pruner/saw
$2 Posthole digger
$1-$2 Pruning saw
$2 Pruning shears
$1 Rake (leaf, bow, grading)
$20 Rototiller
$2-$5 Shovels (round, square pt.)
$2 Sidewalk scraper
$1 Sod cutter
$2 Spading fork
$5 String trimmer ("Weedeater") $2 Trenching spade
$5 Two-person tree saw
$2 Utility broom
$1 Window squeegee

Ladders
$10 Articulating ladder *
$2 Ladder support
$2-$5 Step ladders (5', 6', 8')
$10 Telescoping ladder *
$5 Work platform (2' x 4')

Material Handling
$5 Appliance truck
$2 Furniture dolly
$5 Hand trucks
$10 HEPA-Vacuum *
$1 Light-bulb changer (telescoping)
$1 Magnetic pick-up stick
$1 Mini flexible pick-up claw
$5 Portable workbench
$2 Push broom
$5 Wheelbarrow

Mechanical Tools
(See also power tools)

$2-$5 Bolt cutter, extractor
$5 Cable cutter
$2 Cable/wire tacker
$1-$5 Caulking gun (single & double barrel)
$1-$2 "Channellocks" (tongue & groove pliers)
$2 Electronic water level
$5 Grinders
$1 Files
$1-$2 Hacksaws
$1 Hex key set
$5 Heat gun
$1 Inspection mirror
$2 Micrometer
$2 Nippers
$1-$2 Pliers
$1 Punches
$1 Retreiving magnet
$2 Rivet gun
$1 Screwdrivers
$1-$2 Socket sets (various)
$2-$5 Soldering gun, iron
$2 Staple gun, hammer tacker
$2 Tapping tool (6 in 1)
$2 Tin snips
$1 Vise grips
$2 Water & gas meter key
$1-$2 Wrenches (allen, box, combo, crescent driver, open end, socket, adj. spanner)
Plumbing and Drain Cleaning
$2 Closet (toilet) auger
$20 Elec. drain snake - large (3/8" x 75') * (1/2" x 50') *
$10 Elec. snake-small (5/16" x 35') *
$2 Faucet handle puller
$1 Long stem reseating tool
$2 Nipple extractor
$1-$5 Pipe cutters, reamers (galvanized)
$5 Pipe threading tools (1/2" - 2")
$10 Pipe stand and vise (hold pipe to vice)
$2 Propane assembly
$1 Rambit
$1 Shower valve socket set
$10 Soil pipe cutter (cast iron)
$1 Spark lighter
$5 Sump pump
$1 Tub drain remover
$2 Tubing bender, cutter & deburring tool
$2 Water meter key
$1-$5 Wrenches (adjustable, basin, basket strainer, faucet, garbage disposal, internal pipe, offset hex, pipe, plug, seating, slipknot, spud, stem, strap)

POWER TOOLS


Drills and Bits

$5 Close quarter drill (3/8")
$1 Counter sink (1/2")
$5 "Rotozip" (cut-out tool)
$5 "Dremel" (small rotary tool)
$5 Drills, VSR (3/8", 1/2", 5/8")
$2 Drill bit extensions
$1-$10 Drill bits (auger, glass, spade, HSS twist, self-feeding, Forstner, masonry)
$5 Drywall and deck screw guns
$1-$2 Hole saws, mandrels
$5 Impact Wrench (1/2")
$1 Magnetic drill bit holder
$5-$10 Right angle drill (3/8", 1/2")

Router
$2 Edge guide (for fixed-base router)
$5 Fixed-base router (1/4" and 3/8" collets)
$5 Laminate trimmer
$5 Plunge router (1/4" & 3/8" collets)
$5 Router table

Sanders/Grinders/Polishers
$5-$10 Belt sander (3" x 18 ", 3" x 21", 4" x 24")
$2 Buffer (10")
$5 Grinders (4 1/2", 7", 9")
$10 Power paint remover *
$5 Profile sanding kit (detail)
$5 Random orbital sander (5")
$5 Vibrating sander (1/4 sheet, 1/2 sheet)

Saws


$5 Abrasive cut-off machine *
$10 Band
$10 Chain saw (12", 14")
$5-$10 Circular (Skilsaw 5 1/2 ", 7 1/4", 8 1/4", 10 1/4") *
$10 Compound miter
$5 Cutout tool (Rotozip)
$5 Planer (hand held)
$5 Plate joiner (biscuit joiner)
$10 Portable table (10")
$5 Reciprocating (Sawzall)
$5 Saber (Jigsaw)
$5 Scroll
$5 Tile saw (wet, dry, 4", 7" blade)
$5 Trim saw (4 1/2")

 

TOOLS WE DO NOT HAVE

Air tools and compressors
Automotive tools
Carpet cleaning tools
Extension ladders
Floor sanding equipment
Gasoline powered tools
Hoists
Janitorial tools
Paint and garden sprayers
Power actuated tools
Power augers
Scaffolding

 

 

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