Albany's Tool Pool: Borrow, Don't Buy!

ALBANY, CA — You may have spent part of our beautiful weekend outside in your yard working on fall and winter cleanup, and preparing for spring. Everything is easier when you use the right tool. Are you aware of the Albany Tool Pool? It lets you borrow tools from the city. That's right, check them out and use them for free, like the library.

The tools are available for 7 days at a time at the Albany Senior Center Annex. You will need to provide proof of residency and sign a liability waiver.

Here's a list of tools available for checkout:

• Aerator
• Axes
• Bars
• Belt sander
• Cabinet scraper
• Caulking gun
• Chisels, gouges & parting tools
• Circular saw
• Clamps
• Digging/tamping bar
• Drill bit extensions
• Drill bits
• Drills
• Extension cords
• Files
• Fruit picker
• Garden claw
• Grinders
• Hacksaws
• Hammers
• Hedge shears (electric)
• Hex key set
• Ladder
• Lawn mowers
• Lawn roller
• Levels
• Linoleum knife
• Lopping shear
• Mini flexible pick-up claw
• Miter saw
• Notched trowel
• Paint scraper, shield
• Planes
• Pliers
• Pole pruner/saw/lopper (manual)
• Posthole digger
• Pruning saw
• Pruning shears
• Push broom
• Putty knife
• Rake
• Random orbital sander
• Rasps
• Reciprocating saw
• Saws
• Screwdrivers
• Shovels (round, square pt.)
• Socket sets (various)
• Soldering gun and iron
• Squares
• String trimmer
• Tape measure
• Trowel
• Utility knife
• Vise grips
• Wheelbarrow
• Work light

Lauren Alves is the Tool Pool Coordinator. Send her an email to reserve tools, ask questions, and coordinate tool pickup times.

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