We figure the occasional missing hand tool is just the way it goes.  Sometimes they stay in a pocket, sometimes fall into the garbage, or a parts bin...  The few times where we&#39;ve had lots go missing at once - it has been because volunteers &quot;borrow&quot; tools then forget to return them.  <div>
<br></div><div>Something expensive like a truing stand - could be bolted to the table.  <div><br></div><div>Graham at the Bike Dump<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:25 AM, MoBo Bicycle Co-op <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:mobobicyclecoop@gmail.com">mobobicyclecoop@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Collective Brilliance! <div><br></div><div>At MoBo, we were wondering how other bike co-ops cut down on tool theft. We check out a collection of tools to members which they sign in and out. These tools are reviewed at check in and out but that hasn&#39;t seemed to prevent tool theft. We aren&#39;t talking tire levers here; we are talking wheel dishing tools, truing stand and cone wrenches. We have turned the place upside down thinking they were misplaced but in most cases, they are gone. (Yes, even the truing stand). </div>

<div><br></div><div>What have other bike co-ops done when they&#39;ve encountered potential tool theft? What measures have you taken to stop it? </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance! </div><div><br></div><div>Ellie Nava-Jones</div>
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<div><div><br></div>-- <br>MoBo Bicycle Cooperative<br>
a project of The Village Green Foundation<br>
1415 Knowlton St.<br>
Cincinnati, OH<br>
<a href="http://www.mobobicyclecoop.org" target="_blank">www.mobobicyclecoop.org</a><br>
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