[Noisebridge-discuss] State of the dirty workshop

[jim]

    Now that I've tried to work in it, the feeling 
is that it was organized by someone who didn't 
know about tools. 
* The hammers are in a drawer labeled "wrenches", 
  which should be re-labeled "wrenches, hammers, 
  pounders, garden tools, and vacuum cleaner parts". 
* There are no #1 or #2 or #3 philips screwdrivers. 
  There are a couple of >3 philips screwdrivers. 
* Best I can see there are no chuck keys for any 
  of the (remaining, low-quality) electric drills. 
* There are probably a lot of drill bits in there, 
  but I haven't found them. 
* hacksaws have no blades. 

    I think the model of having useful, good tools 
available for anyone who saunters in to do stuff 
is proven failed. 
    I like the model of a few heavy, hard-to-move 
power tools along with some cheap, manual hand tools. 
    I also like the model of sub-communities, groups 
of a few people with shared interests that can lock 
their good tools in some lockable bin that is theirs 
and sits in the dirty shop. Or in some other place, 
not a member shelf.