The Edinburgh Tool Library
At Edinburgh Tool Library you can borrow tools from our inventory of thousands of them.
Don’t know how to use them? No problem! We bring members together to build and learn by sharing skills and knowledge.
Leith Community Workshop
Members who have already completed a safety induction at Custom Lane or Portobello you can use our new Leith Community Workshop straight away!
Tool Donations
We give old tools, a new home.
Contact us to find out if we can take your tool.
Volunteer Powered
The tool library community is supported by over 100 volunteers and a small number of part-time staff.
You don’t need to be a DIY expert or a master crafts person to volunteer with us.
By borrowing tools rather than buying them we have saved households an incredible £3 million. A worthwhile saving considering the average drill is used just 13 minutes in its lifetime!
We protect the environment too; buying these tools would mean an extra 420 tonnes of CO2 pollution, the equivalent of driving a car around the world 180 times!
