Southeast Seattle Tool Library

Check out this fabulous home office built by tool library member Dylan, who shared these photos and kind words: "Your library and all the volunteers have been amazing! I built this entire thing myself (electric, drywall, roof, and all) with your help and tools. Thank you!! I couldn’t have done it without you."

Mayest Arts Collective has a few openings left for the first woodworking class at their new community woodshop: building tables and benches. At 5044 Wilson Ave S across from Third Place Books. Snag a spot before they are gone and be one of the first in the neighborhood to try out this great new community resource!

Mayest Arts Collective - Tables and Benches Participants will learn to build a sturdy, functional table or bench from dimensional lumber, with step-by-step guidance on measuring, cutting, and assembly. (Detailed class descriptions can be found here.)

Interested in woodworking classes? Check out the Mayest Arts Collective ( https://mayestarts.org ), a neighborhood nonprofit woodshop, art space, and community center opening this month at 5044 Wilson Avenue South, right across the street from Third Place Books.

Cute project of the month: a tool library member used a pipe cutter to shorten a bike polo mallet for his toddler. Imagine what you could do with our extensive tool collection!

Check out this incredible artwork created by tool library member Nidhi. She borrowed a wood burning kit from the tool library several times, so I was curious and asked how she was using it. She replied with this photo of what she called a practice piece, but it looks like a finished work of studio quality fine art! Nidhi was inspired by pyrography artist Hannah Veiga wondered if she would enjoy the craft herself. "I wasn't sure I could do well with it and didn't want to spend money on the kit if I wasn't using it often." She clearly discovered an amazing new talent through a tool borrowed from the library. We love these kinds of stories!

Here’s an upcoming local event at Seward Park on July 26th that might be particularly interesting to tool library members! https://ecoss.org/event/community-gear-swap/

Volunteer staffer Kathleen made this lovely lantern using a scroll saw from the tool library! If you‘re inspired to work on projects over the holidays, we’re open regular hours Monday evening (8-9pm) and Saturday (10-noon), only closed the two Wednesdays: December 25 and January 1.

Closed Wednesday, November 27. We’re open regular hours Monday evening (8pm-9pm) and Saturday (10-noon). There’s still time to pick up tools to build your very own festive mailbox!

A community auto shop is opening soon just two miles north of the tool library, Rainier Ave S near the I-90 bridge!

Ant's Community Garage is coming soon to Seattle! 🥳🥳 Located at 1543 Rainier Ave S, we're much more accessible for all of our King County folks!

Need an axe or sledge hammer? The tool library is giving away a bunch of surplus ones just in time to augment your Halloween costume or get some wood chopped for winter! Stop by during our open hours to snag one: Wednesday 5-7pm, Saturday 10-noon, Monday evening 8pm-9pm.

Tool library member and first-time tiler Chrissie took on this complex pattern and is acing it with a bunch of our tools, including a laser level on a tripod and tile saw. It is just the latest step in her amazing project: creating a whole bathroom in an attic space. Browse our inventory here and imagine what you can do with the huge variety of tools in our collection: https://setools.myturn.com/library/inventory/browse