Vote to purchase tool carts

Sponsors

Andrew Camardella

History

• Mailing List Announcement:
• Officially Proposed:
• To be Voted on:

Background

Last year we removed the tool cage area host position and with the expansion decided to distribute the tool cage among the areas where those specific tools would be used. One of the main drawbacks of the tool cage and then removing it was that there isn't enough dedicated space to store the tools. The solution proposed would use 4 rolling carts that would allow the tools to come to the user and not be locked in one place.

The carts to be purchased are the same as one currently in hot metals and can be purchased from Harbor Freight and cost $179.

The alternate purpose of having multiple tool carts is also to be able to have discrete sets of tools instead of all the tools in one place. It is very difficult to determine if there are any tools missing if various sets of tools are in the same location. One of the other goals is to have specification sheets and searchable wiki pages for each tool cart so that you can search online, track missing parts, and easily determine where a tool goes whether or not you know what it is.

This proposal allots $800 to purchase and replace any missing components from sets of tools. Steel pegboard panels were purchased for the tool cage and are currently unused because they haven't been hung up. This vote allots $200 to hang peg board panels to hang large tools.

Language

Authorize the Board of Directors to spend up to $1500 to organize tools and purchase replacement parts. Authorization expires 6 months after the vote is accepted.