Tool/Garage/Driveway sharing idea
Mar 25, 2014 10:28:02 GMT -6
Post by cipher982 on Mar 25, 2014 10:28:02 GMT -6
I've lived in a few different houses around Birmingham for a while now, but have recently moved to an apartment. I still have all my tools: Welder, grinders, wrenches, compressor, etc. . . But most of them just sit in cabinets in my kitchen and some are in storage out in Pelham. Since I just have a parking lot to work in (and it's sloped), I have many projects I've been meaning to do but keep putting off since there is no easy or comfortable place to work.
So I'm sitting here in the office and figured with this new forum, maybe we could organize some sort of way to lend out tools or work space to people that need them. For example, most of my larger tools (compressor, welder) just sit in storage 99% of the time, I'm sure there's someone out there that could get some use out of them for a weekend project or two, but don't want to go out and purchase their own. And for me, I'd really like a nice warm dry place to do work on my car!
Just throwing ideas out there while I put off work (err I mean. . . wait for some code to compile), but maybe this could help a few people out. When I was in Shanghai we had this large garage "hackerspace" that, for a monthly fee, you could join and use the warehouse/tools as needed for various small projects. Maybe an idea like that could even take off here. I'd gladly pay $$$ for just the ability to use a lift or dedicated tools for my projects.
-David
So I'm sitting here in the office and figured with this new forum, maybe we could organize some sort of way to lend out tools or work space to people that need them. For example, most of my larger tools (compressor, welder) just sit in storage 99% of the time, I'm sure there's someone out there that could get some use out of them for a weekend project or two, but don't want to go out and purchase their own. And for me, I'd really like a nice warm dry place to do work on my car!
Just throwing ideas out there while I put off work (err I mean. . . wait for some code to compile), but maybe this could help a few people out. When I was in Shanghai we had this large garage "hackerspace" that, for a monthly fee, you could join and use the warehouse/tools as needed for various small projects. Maybe an idea like that could even take off here. I'd gladly pay $$$ for just the ability to use a lift or dedicated tools for my projects.
-David
