Hot take: I picked donated beat-up hand tools over a $1,200 grant for new power tools at our library in Dayton | Community Tool Library

Charlie Ward · 2026-10-17T07:00:03.56442+00:00

The grant came with a 40 hour reporting class and a locked brand list, so we took 60 pounds of rusty Estwing hammers and Stanley planes from a garage cleanout on Third Street instead, and six months in the hand tools get checked out way more than any drill ever did, so has anyone else turned down grant cash over the strings attached?

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Hot take: I picked donated beat-up hand tools over a $1,200 grant for new power tools at our library in Dayton | Community Tool Library - The Community Guide