Showerthought: my neighbor's beat-up shed loaner beat the rental counter at United for 2 weeks straight
Borrowing his 20-year-old miter saw and a box of mixed bits from our little block shelf on Juniper Street cost me $0 and a plate of cookies, while the big box rental down on 5th wanted $38 a day plus a cleaning fee, and the difference was not the tool but the fact that I could call him at 7pm when the blade got stuck and he walked over to show me the trick with the bevel lock.