Somerville Tool Library

05/03/2018

Fixer Fair #4 is Sunday June 10th in Union Square. Here's a short piece about it on CCTV.

This episode features Dina Gjertsen from Parts and Crafts in Somerville talking about the upcoming Fixer Fair.

03/05/2018

Fixer Fair #4 is Sunday June 10th from 12 -3pm outside in Union Square, Somerville. Don't throw it away - repair it! We'll have tools & materials to repair all sorts of broken stuff, but what we really need is talented volunteers to help make it all happen. If you have a passion for repair, or just want to pitch in, please fill out the following brief online form so we can be in touch!

Fixer Fair #4 is an event devoted to repairing things instead of discarding and replacing them. We set up outside in Union Square, Somerville with tools and materials to fix all manner of things and invite the public to bring their broken items to help us fix them. Folks show up with everything! Bik...

11/27/2016

11/26/2016

Traditional T-giving Saturday Tool Library clean up and inventory complete! Look for a new online inventory soon!

11/01/2016

Super excited to be the Somerville Arts Council November Artist of the Month! (tool librarians are artists too!) http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org/artistmonth/gjertsen

10/18/2016

Parts and Crafts, the home of the Tool Library, is launching a Kickstarter to support our sliding scale makerspace programs for kids. Spread the word! http://kck.st/2egOWM3

A box of cool projects every month, shipped directly from our shop to your mailbox. Open it, build it, take it apart. Make something!

10/08/2016

The Tool Library will be open tomorrow, but I'll be doing a much-needed inventory/reorg so feel free to stop by, but stuff is going to be a bit spread out!

10/05/2016

Tonight! Open Hardware night at Parts and Crafts. Come by and learn more about our projects, including the Tool Library.

09/16/2016

October is open hardware month! Join us Wednesdays at Parts and Crafts for documentation days, as we document our own projects and expanded tool library open hours (Wednesdays 6-8pm)

09/10/2016

Probably the most ambitious project built with Tool Library tools is this houseboat, which made it into the water last week! http://www.littlehouseontheharbor.com/blog

Post 55: Launch September 09, 2016 by Erin Kizer 40 days. That’s how long the the boat sat “on the hard” a the marina. During those days a lot of things happened - big life events took me on out of state travels; dear friends of mine were married, and my Dad had a milestone birthday. When I was home...

08/31/2016

Coming this fall! Expanded Tool Library Hours & Open Shop for Grownups at Parts and Crafts!

06/18/2016

I feel like Santa packing his sleigh, except the sleigh is an old minivan and the gifts are bike tools, soldering irons and sewing supplies. Fixer Fair #3 here we come! See you tomorrow in Union Square Plaza from 2-5pm