New Mending Circle Date! Weds, August 12th

Our next Mending Circle will be Wednesday, August 12th 6pm to 8pm! Make sure to register for free before you go.

We are also looking for mending volunteers to pass on their mending skills. Reach out to amanda@denvertoollibrary.org if interested

Mending Circles are bi-monthly community events where anyone is welcome to meet and mingle while giving their damaged item a second life. Each event has volunteers ready to teach you the necessary techniques and practices so you can repair your one item during the event and in the future. We provide the sewing machines and basic supplies, so just bring your item and any specific patches you might want. No sewing experience required!

New Dust Collector! Breathe Easy in the Workshop

Thanks to James, Ian, and Chris for installing our new @grizzlymachines G0977 HEPA Quiet Series dust collector - it’s a beast! Better dust collection means cleaner air for your lungs, and less sweeping for you and your shop monitor.

Want to work on your own woodworking project while this thing sucks up your dust? Check out our Open Shop Hours. You'll need to take our Woodworking I: Shop Safety Certification class, then buy a discounted punch card after class.

Share Your Skills at the DTL!

Are you working on a home improvement project you want to show off? Did you teach yourself something new? Do you know how to change your car’s oil, mend clothes, or build things and want to share that knowledge with other people?

Join us for grown-up show-and-tell! We’re looking for people to share a short demo or presentation (~10 minutes) at our next skill share on Wednesday, August 19th at 6:00pm.

We have such a talented community, and we love seeing your projects and getting inspired to try something new.

Please email hello@denvertoollibrary.org if you’re interested!

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Closed 4th of July Weekend

Tool Library Lending & Open Shop Hours will be closed Saturday, July 4th & Sunday, July 5th for Fourth of July weekend.

Classes will still run as scheduled. Checkout times will be extended so you can keep your tools a few extra days (though we highly recommend taking the weekend off to wander the mountains or take a tube down a river.)

Tool Library Membership Math

A good miter saw costs $500. Then you gotta store it somewhere, sharpen it, and fix or replace it when it breaks. 

Or, spend $150 per year on a Denver Tool Library membership and borrow ours. When you’re done, bring it back and we store it, sharpen it, and fix it when it breaks.

Plus, you can borrow 5,000+ other tools.

Help Yourself = Help Your Community

Get tools into the hands of underserved community members by helping yourself!

When you buy or gift a DTL membership, class, or workshop punch card, YOU are helping people in Denver afford tools via our financial assistance program.

As a non-profit, we take a chunk of our total revenue, gold memberships, and your donations and let them hang out at a big pool party called the Share the Tools Fund. This fund is distributed via financial assistance, and the quotes in these pictures are from actual recipients.

Want to throw even more bucks into the pool party? We have a rolling fundraiser through 2026 that you can donate to now.

Thanks for helping your community!❤️

Skill Share Recap! Jewelry, Veggies, n' Chickens

Thank you to everyone who attended our Skill Share last week, and a special thank-you to our amazing presenters, including DTL's own Sarah and Tucker!

We learned about fixing broken jewelry, making charms, starting a vegetable garden, and keeping chickens. One attendee was so inspired he came into the tool library the next day to get to work on his own community garden.

We haven't announced the next date yet, but we will host another one in August, so keep an eye out!

What’s a Skill Share?

Skill Shares are free community events where anyone is welcome to meet and mingle with fellow members and tool librarians and learn more about what projects they are working on. Each event features a few short presentations from community members sharing their projects, lessons learned, and inspiration, followed by time to chat and connect over non-alcoholic beverages. No tool experience required!

This newsletter brought to you by the woods

Just a reminder that summer is about here and you (probably) live in Colorado!

Don’t forget to get into the mountains when you can, however you can, and enjoy some nature.

Tonight is First Friday! Swing on by 6p-9p

Tonight is our monthly First Friday from 6pm–9pm at the shop, and you should totally come! It’s free and there’s other cool art stuff going on in the area so why not swing on by.

Celebrate First Friday with the DTL community during the Santa Fe Art Walk every month this summer from 6pm–9pm for a night of music, drinks, and creativity. Bring your current project to work on or participate in our "Bring Some, Take Some" supply swap to refresh your materials stash. It’s a great chance for members, volunteers, staff, and ANYONE to hang out, make friends, and craft together.

More info at denvertoollibrary.org/first-fridays

We'll Miss You, Sineah!

Farewell to Sineah of @diyworkshopcollective, who is leaving Denver after SIX YEARS of teaching some of the Denver Tool Library’s most beloved classes. 🥹🪵

Since 2019 (maybe longer??) Sineah taught Hex Shelves, Mountain Shelves, Bookshelves, Leaning Shelves, Step Stools, Cedar Planters, Macramé, and honestly more than I can remember because she predates our own record keeping. Making beginners feel at home in the woodshop while keeping things fun is basically the DTL ethos, and Sineah had a huge part in building it.

Her classes are on a break for now, but (some of them) will definitely be coming back, so keep an eye out. Good luck Sineah - we miss you already! 💕