Class Spotlight! Step Stools & Plant Stands w/ Sineah of @diyworkshopcollective. Next class is Friday, March 21st at 11am.
Dying for a place to sit when you put on your boots? Pining to fill that sunny corner and elevate those succulents? Just too short to reach those mason jars? Join Sineah from Denver DIY Workshop to build your own stool, plant stand, or side table! Whatever you want to call it, add a cute functional touch to your home. All skill levels are welcome from total beginner to advanced.
About Your Teacher: Sineah has taught stool/ plant stand, bookshelf, leaning shelf, cutting board workshops and more. Sineah will encourage you to creatively problem solve and by the end of class, will send you home with a project intended to impress your friends and yourself. Check out Sineah’s work at on Instagram @diyworkshopcollective
Holy Moly, We're Turning 10 YEARS OLD! First Friday Celebration
Can you believe it?? The Denver Tool Library is turning 10 YEARS OLD on April 4th, 2025. This date conveniently is also First Friday on the Santa Fe Art Walk - so we’re having a party!
Stop by the shop between 5pm - 9pm while perusing the Santa Fe Art District galleries. We'll have a Teacher Craft Fair, music, activities, and tasty libations from New Belgium (as well as some N/A options).
All new and old faces are welcome to join, and if you’re a member of the tool library - you get a free drink!
We hope to see you there!
The Front Room got a Makeover! (Video)
Zach shows off our new front room makeover, and asks some hard hitting investigative questions to Denver Tool Library members.
Class Spotlight! Knowing Your Car w/ Care
Class Spotlight! Knowing Your Car Automotive Basics w/ Care. Next class is Wednesday, March 5th at 1pm.
We spend on average 17,600 minutes in our cars per year! Why not learn about how it gets you from point A to point B? In this class you will learn the basics of automotive function and how to care for your own vehicle in a mixed lecture and practical style class so get ready to see what’s under the hood.
About Your Teacher: Originally from Brazil, Care Leite moved to Colorado in 2019 and has been working in the automotive industry for the past 3 years. He was recently a repair technician for Good Judy Garage, an LGBTQ+-owned auto repair shop, and has worked in other shops around Colorado. They have a passion for fixing cars and sharing their knowledge with others.
Share the Tools Helps!
Did y'all know a percentage of all your tool library, class, open workshop hours, and gift bucks purchases go to helping folks and orgs afford tools?
A chunk of our total revenue, your Gold Memberships, and your donations hangout at a big pool party called the Share the Tools Fund which gets distributed via financial assistance. We have a rolling fundraiser through the 2025 that you can donate to now.
Thanks for helping the community!
Class Spotlight! Cedar Planter Boxes w/ Sineah (Video)
Class Spotlight! Cedar Planter Boxes w/ Sineah of @DenverDIYWorkshop. Next class is this Saturday, February 22nd at 4pm.
It may not seem like it, but spring will come! Get those gardens ready and learn woodworking skills at the same time. Planter boxes have a large number of advantages including soil control, pest control, ease of maintenance, improved drainage, extended growing season, going easy on your back, and they look great especially when you build them yourself. This class is beginner friendly - all skill levels welcome, woodworking experience not required!
About Your Teacher: Sineah will encourage you to creatively problem solve and by the end of class, will send you home with a project intended to impress your friends and yourself. Check out Sineah’s work at facebook.com/denverdiyworkshop or on Instagram @DenverDIYWorkshop
New! Women & LGBTQ+ Shop Safety Certification
The Denver Tool Library now offers women & LGBTQ+ versions of our foundational woodworking classes and more!
Our newest addition to our Woman & LGBTQ+ classes is Ladies & Gentlethems: Shop Safety Certification. This class will certify folks to bring in your own project to work on during Ladies & Gentlethems: Open Workshop Sessions or our Open Workshop Hours.
Space for women & LGBTQ+ folks
The DTL provides classes for women and LGBTQ+ individuals in effort to create a welcoming environment that acknowledges the unique challenges they face in trades and maker spaces. This initiative aims to cultivate a community where individuals can work alongside others who may share similar experiences and perspectives in a comfortable atmosphere. While we hope for a future where all our spaces naturally feel inclusive to all, we’re excited to provide this meaningful step toward that goal right now.
Woodworking Classes w/ Sineah! (Video)
Take a woodworking class with Sineah of @denverdiyworkshop !
Sineah teaches different woodworking project classes. Make a piece to bring home while also learning the skills to make more stuff out of wood in the future. No experience required for her classes.
Saturday, February 22nd 4pm: Cedar Planter Boxes
Friday, March 21st 11am: Step Stools & Plant Stands
New Member Zines w/ Zach! (Video)
Tool Librarian Zach made a cute vid about our new member zines!
Want a zine but you’re not a member yet? It’s only $150/y and the zine comes with an almost unlimited amount of tools! Learn about and sign up for Tool Library Lending.
Spring Classes! Sign Up like Now
While the weather is doing whatever it wants at the moment, the warmth will come Soon!
Be that early planner you said you’d be in your New Year’s resolution. Here are some spring classes to take now so your garden will be ready to go.
Cedar Planter Boxes w/ Sineah (@denverdiyworkshop)
Next class is Sunday, February 9th, 11AM
Build your own beautiful planter box for your garden with Sineah! Planter boxes have a large number of advantages including soil control, pest control, ease of maintenance, improved drainage, extended growing season, going easy on your back, and they look great especially when you build them yourself. This class is beginner friendly, woodworking experience not required!
Ecological Design & Permaculture w/ Dani
Next class is Friday, April 11th, 1PM
Want to tear out your lawn and ditch the chemicals? Start an urban homestead? Build a more resilient and connected community of neighbors? Grow food, medicine, and your relationship with the ecosystems we all rely on? This course will cover ways of designing with natural and ecological patterns to grow food, habitat, medicine and more.
Beekeeping I: Bees, Hives & Honey w/ Alex (@alma_apiary)
Next class is Monday, February 24th, 5:30PM
In this beginner's beekeeping course we will cover the basic anatomy of a honeybee, the different caste systems within the colony, how the colony functions as a super-organism, how to "read" comb, different styles of hives, hive management, and honey harvesting. All of these points are to help introduce and familiarize yourself with the intricacies of becoming a beekeeper.