Start borrowing!

Once you've signed up you can start reserving tools and things from our inventory. You can start making reservations straight away. 

Depending on which membership you choose you can loan between 4-10 items at any given time and you can loan them for 2 weeks. You then need to bring them back, but you can borrow other items. 

As a member you also get first access to our workshops, receive our newsletter and become a part of the Brisbane Tool Library Community full of sustainability superstars!

As a member of Brisbane Tool Library Inc, you can:

• Borrow hand and power tools / sporting /camping & other equipment from the Brisbane Tool Library.

• Receive invitations to be involved with the Brisbane Tool Library events and other meetings.

By becoming a member, not only you will save space and money, but you will contribute to reduce your community's the ecological footprint and foster the community! 

• We have a wide range of hand and power tools, but we also have things, such as sporting and camping gear, sewing machines, party games and even flippers. 

• Our members make it what it is, so if you want something we don't have, let us know! We're always looking to expand our inventory to suit your needs.

• You can check out our full inventory by clicking here.

1. Click on the Inventory heading from the menu, here you can browse what we've got and what's available 

2. Then, to make a reservation you will need to be a member, so either sign up or log in

3. Then click on what you want, hit 'reserve' and select the dates you'd like it for

To know if an item is available, you will see either a green, yellow or red note on the bottom left hand side, see below. 

Green - "In Stock" means it's available, simply click on the item, select the dates from the calendar you'd like to borrow it for and hit reserve. 

Yellow - "Check Availability" means check availability, it could still be on loan or waiting to be picked up, so you can check with us to see where it is and if it's available.  

Red - "Due [the date]" means that it's out on loan. The red button will include the date the item is due for return.

Regardless of whether it is green, yellow or red, you can click on the item and see what dates each item is reserved for and when it will be returned and place your reservation for the dates it's available for in the calendar.

We want as many people as possible to have access to the Brisbane Tool Library so we offer a concession memberships for:

• pensioner or concession card holders

• full-time students

• TPI/EDA/DVA Veteran card holders

• refugees of less than 2-yrs Australian residency

If you aren't in these categories and need a different membership option, please contact us and we can see what we can do.

The Brisbane Tool Library Inc. is a not-for-profit organization that is sustained by the voluntary contribution of its members. There are many different ways you can get involved and support this change with us. You can help out on a specific project or focus on specific tasks. If you don’t see anything interesting below, just reach out to us and we can discuss any ideas you have about how you can help.

Within the possible tasks we always need staff working at the tool library:

• Checking in and out the tools that people borrow,

• Testing & tagging

• Marketing/media production guru (marketing, photography, videography)

• Community event organisers (for workshops & social events)

• Fundraiser heroes and

• General casual volunteers