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Re:It's 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has n... by justinclift on Thursday November 12, 2020 @08:00AM (#25069360)
For the Hammer, Bicycle Pump, and other "Tool" type of things the "Tool Library" concept seems to work really well.

It's like a "Book Library", (eg centralised local place for storage and co-ordination) but for tools. There's one here in Melbourne (Australia) with about 400 members, and over 1000 tools:

* https://www.brunswicktoollibrary.org

* https://brunswicktoollibrary.myturn.com/library/inventory/br...

They have power tools (~200), hand tools (~600), garden tools (~200), automotive stuff, electrical/soldering gear, etc.

And they have occasional um... workshops (or something similar) teaching people how to repair things. eg:

* Bike repair (Sep 2020) - https://www.facebook.com/events/728114278044351/

* General repair (Feb 2020) https://www.facebook.com/events/613979845834779/

Seems to work really well, at least in this case. :)

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Re:It's 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has n... by slx26 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @08:04AM (#25069392)
Very nice, hope projects like these become common public services in the future.
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