Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Great Falls Tool Bus
This is a bus, the shop comes later :)
A shared tool library on wheels for Lewiston-Auburn, Maine. We collect serious tools — the big, heavy, many-little-bits kind — kit them for transport, and lend them to neighbors who ask.
What makes a good bus tool
Transportable
How can this tool be packed up and moved? Would it benefit from a cart, case, or chest? Every tool on the bus travels well or gets a kit that makes it travel well.
Mark the bits
Parts, consumables, and attachments are marked as part of a set. You should always know this chisel belongs to the tool bus kit it came in.
Repairable & documented
Model numbers recorded, manuals linked, and a named contact for guidance or repairs. If it breaks, we know who to ask and where the datasheet lives.
Getting on the bus
Access is simple and human: you reach out, a keyholder answers. Keyholders vet requests and share the bus location directly. A keyholders mailing list and contact form are planned — until they open, watch this page.
Tools on the bus
What we have, kitted and documented.
Tool cells
A kit plus a captain who knows it — with printable cell sheets.
Donate a tool
The criteria above, in checklist form.
Wants
What the bus still needs.
Plans
Where this is going, honestly.
Bibliography
The research this project stands on.
Shout-outs
The people making this real.