Raffle Winners! First Friday 10th Bday

🏆RAFFLE WINNER INFO BELOW!🏆 Thanks to everyone who came to our First Friday Tenth Bday party despite it being cold and snowy. As the photos reveal - while we still don't know how to use our printer / spell right, we do know to shotgun a beer at 4pm if it springs a leak in the cooler. Best gift we got was a 10mm socket because of that trickster demon stealing them from every socket set on the planet.

Ok ok, enough reminiscing - we’ve got some RAFFLE WINNERS!! Drumroll plz..……

1. A brand new 10th anniversary t-shirt goes to... 🎟️662044 !!!

2. $150 in Class Bucks goes to... 🎟️662035 !!!

3. A year long Tool Library Membership goes to... 🎟️662054 !!!

If you have a lucky ticket, send a photo of your ticket to garrett@denvertoollibrary.org.

Bummed because you have no raffle ticket? Don't fret! We'll be doing raffles whenever we do a First Friday this year.

First Friday 4/4 10th Bday Party RAFFLE!

TOMORROW (or today, just hopefully not yesterday,) is our 10th birthday party - and we’re having a raffle!! We’ll be giving away Tool Library Memberships, classes and our brand new 10th anniversary shirts!✨

Stop by the shop between 5pm - 9pm 4/4/25 while perusing the First Friday Santa Fe Art District galleries. We'll have a Teacher Craft Fair, jamz, and tasty libations from New Belgium (if you’re a member, you get a free one).

10th Bday Month Tales: Bolt Cutters & The First Party

Gather ‘round now while we tell some tales of times past. April 2025 is our 10th birthday month, so we’re going to reminisce with a chronology of grainy photos and stories that are at least 90% true. 🎉

10th Bday Month Tale #1: Did you know that the Denver Tool Library started because the founder, Sarah, found some bolt cutters laying in the road? 

After doing all the research and surveys and brainstorming with friends and making a pretty nifty binder with lots of tabs and sticky notes, she asked the universe for a sign if she should really pull the trigger on the DTL plan. Less than 30 minutes later, the universe bopped some bright yellow bolt cutters directly in her path. So really you can thank whoever’s truck the universe bumped those beautiful bolt cutters out of. They sacrificed a tool so that Denverites could share thousands of them 🫶 

10th Bday Month Tale #2: Did you know that the DTL started entirely with $20,000 raised during a fundraiser? 

After Sarah was inspired by some old bolt cutters she found on the road, she started an IndieGoGo campaign to raise seed money for the DTL. Slinging the “cool concept” of tool sharing, she managed to get people to buy their DTL memberships in advance of being open - raising $20,000! She threw a party for all of our Founding Members, whose names now hang on the wall in celebration of their pioneering spirits. That party is also where she met Garrett, who just showed up and stuck around so long that now he’s the assistant director. 

Want to ensure this “cool concept” stays alive another 10 years?

Donate to our $10,000 2025 fundraiser

What's That Tool? w/ Zach! (Video)

Borrow this tool and 6,000+ others for just $150/year.

Share the Tools Helps our Community

Did y'all know a percentage of all your tool library, class, open workshop hours, and gift bucks purchases go to helping folks and orgs afford tools?

A chunk of our total revenue, your Gold Memberships, and your donations hangout at a big pool party called the Share the Tools Fund which gets distributed via financial assistance. We have a rolling fundraiser through the 2025 that you can donate to now.

Thanks for helping the community!

Member Project! Engagement Ring Box

Check out this project by DK! “Made an engagement ring box for my (now) fiancée after taking the Woodturning III: Boxes class. I used maple, red oak, silver maple; all woods that are local to where we’re from.”

Be like DK! Take Woodturning Classes with @studiocsh, and then use our lathes during Open Workshop Hours under the guidance of your woodturning instructor to make your own project.

Want to make your project famous and get $5 whole DTL bucks? Go to tally.so/r/wvL4G0 and submit your project!

Hiring! Sewing Machine Basics Instructor

HIRING: SEWING INSTRUCTOr for our Sewing Machine Basics Classes

Deadline to Apply: March 24th, 2025

Job Summary: We're seeking a skilled and passionate sewing instructor to teach our Sewing Machine Basics Class and potentially other sewing classes. This position offers good pay, flexible scheduling, and opportunities for growth. If you're enthusiastic about sharing your expertise, we'd love to hear from you! 

Position Starts: Onboarding and class scheduling starts ASAP. First class that you would ideally teach is in May. 

*Do you already have enough job? Tell your friends!📣

Spring Project? We've Got The Tools!

The time for spring projects is nigh! No matter if you need a mower to tame that unruly lawn, a nailer to build your Pinterest pergola, or a humble handsaw to cut your sunny backyard melon - we’ve got the tools!

Here's a quick crash course on how an annual Tool Library Membership works:

1. You give us $150 (More than you can afford? We have financial assistance).

2. We give you up to 10 of our 6,000+ tools to borrow for a week at a time.

3. You bring them back so they aren't taking up space in your garage.

Easy as that! Repeat for a whole year.

*Already have a membership? Consider getting somebody cute a Gift Membership. You’ll be giving the gift of tools while supporting a cool non-profit at the same time.

Class Spotlight! Step Stools & Plant Stands w/ Sineah

Class Spotlight! Step Stools & Plant Stands w/ Sineah of @diyworkshopcollective. Next class is Friday, March 21st at 11am.

Dying for a place to sit when you put on your boots? Pining to fill that sunny corner and elevate those succulents? Just too short to reach those mason jars? Join Sineah from Denver DIY Workshop to build your own stool, plant stand, or side table! Whatever you want to call it, add a cute functional touch to your home. All skill levels are welcome from total beginner to advanced.

About Your Teacher: Sineah has taught stool/ plant stand, bookshelf, leaning shelf, cutting board workshops and more. Sineah will encourage you to creatively problem solve and by the end of class, will send you home with a project intended to impress your friends and yourself. Check out Sineah’s work at on Instagram @diyworkshopcollective

Holy Moly, We're Turning 10 YEARS OLD! First Friday Celebration

Can you believe it?? The Denver Tool Library is turning 10 YEARS OLD on April 4th, 2025. This date conveniently is also First Friday on the Santa Fe Art Walk - so we’re having a party!

Stop by the shop between 5pm - 9pm while perusing the Santa Fe Art District galleries. We'll have a Teacher Craft Fair, music, activities, and tasty libations from New Belgium (as well as some N/A options). 

All new and old faces are welcome to join, and if you’re a member of the tool library - you get a free drink! 

We hope to see you there!