San Diego tools/equipment sharing

Would anyone be interested in creating a program where we share tools temporarily?
Each member would list only the tools they'd be okay sharing. E.g. I may have a 3D printer and a screwdriver but I don't want share my printer because it's expensive AF.

The idea behind this being people not wanting to spend the $ on a tool they use sparingly or they have limited space in their apartment. Ideally, the tool(s) would be used at the owner's location unless approved otherwise as we probably don't want oil changes in the middle of a busy street, etc.

I'll be first to admit I don't have much, I'll add more later when I'm home:
18v cordless drill
grease gun
car ramps
oil drain pan
oil filter wrench
*edit
code reader
a lot of allen wrenches
meatcleaver 22" hammer

 

That would be cool and all, but the problem with that is sometimes people need to use a tool but don't admittedly know how to use it and things get abused.

It's a good idea but kind of hard to regulate.

 

Yeah I'd have to agree.... on one hand it would be nice to borrow someones wheel bearing puller, but on the other hand I don't buy cheap tools, so all my hand tools are snap on or other high end equipment that I have been acquiring for the last 15 years. I don't think I'd feel comfortable lending a $200+ torque wrench to someone that isn't a close friend that I know, knows how to use it.

Maybe a better idea would be to start a help collective? Like a thread where people ask for help doing things and others offer their time and space/tools to help others? I live in an apartment with a small garage (doesn't fit a car, it's more of a workshop) and driveway, but if someone that lives in an apartment that only has a parking space needs to do an oil change or anything that doesn't require anything crazy, they could use my driveway and tools. I wouldn't mind that.... but I don't plan on listing all the tools that I have in my garage on the internet, unless you also want me to list all the guns I have in my house, to protect said tools

 

Back when I owned a WRX the local group would often have mod days. I forget the exact term they used but it was a day that they scheduled for people to get together at someone's house and they helped each other doing mods to their cars.

 

I totally agree, hence my crude example of "3D printer and screwdriver." If I don't want someone using a really expensive tool like a jackass, I don't list it. Plus it seems a lot of TW members know each other and their mad skills...maybe that helps.

"Maybe this thread can turn into both a help collective?" - From my perspective this is already being done. Lots of good people post mods and their how-to guides already. With my minimal space (and HOA rules), I wouldn't want someone performing an oil change in my garage.

What I see in my head is: a TW user PMs another user and states "I would like to perform X on my truck and I would need to use X tools and will need X amount of time." Owner of tools questions person doing the maintenance and approves/doesn't approve.

 

I'm all for trade work.. You use some of my tools in exchange for letting me use some of yours. Only thing is, I have a lot of the stuff needed anyways at that point it would be pretty much be rent it for beer or stripper money haha.

For the rest of you guys though it would be good just like you said, mainly for space reasons in which case someone would bring the tools or be there to use them as well.