Hi Collective Brilliance!
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't seemed to prevent tool theft. We aren'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).
What have other bike co-ops done when they've encountered potential tool theft? What measures have you taken to stop it?
Thanks in advance!
Ellie Nava-Jones
Two comments if I may...and I am not a collective member, but I do follow this forum constantly and enjoy learning from it.
On the matter of potential tool thefts: Sad to say...it is just a matter of the beast. I suspect it is often unintentional, granted a truing rack is kind of hard to "accidentally" disappear, but stranger things have happened.
Two additional comments: I used to work for a place where you had to leave a $500 deposit on account before you gained access to the tools (this was an automotive "rent a bay" business) different I know, but the point is the issues were the same. You gave your deposit before being admitted to the work bay, and all its tools. You had to have the shop manager inspect your bay before they released your deposit...and still stuff walked away, and I mean substantial tools like pullers and torch heads to name a few.
The other comment is in one of my places of work now....each worker is assigned their tools. You sign for them when you get them, you sign for it when it disappears or is returned or replaced....and still, the tools disappear on job sites and in pockets. We again are talking about batteries for power tools. The tool remains but the battery disappears. The saw frames go and the saws blades remain or vice verse...
A thought I can offer, though its not inexpensive is a GPS tag. Each tool is assigned a transceiver (they are tiny) and they show up on the computer screen on any computer with the software and your ID. It might be worth the investment.
-----Original Message----- From: MoBo Bicycle Co-op mobobicyclecoop@gmail.com To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Sat, Apr 7, 2012 10:25 am Subject: [TheThinkTank] Tool Theft
Hi Collective Brilliance!
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't seemed to prevent tool theft. We aren'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).
What have other bike co-ops done when they've encountered potential tool theft? What measures have you taken to stop it?
Thanks in advance!
Ellie Nava-Jones
At RBP, the public tool are in locked cabinetshttp://www.renobikeproject.com/2012/02/two-new-public-workstations/. Customers leave an ID when they check in, and get it back when they check out. This means they have to speak with an employee to get the tools and again to get their ID back. This allows us to make sure everything is there before and after. It also allows us to track how many people use the public stations and for how long, which is useful data when asking for grants and donations. The truing stands in the public area are bolted to the bench. Expensive and infrequently used tools are kept in an employees only area, and customers have to ask for them. Generally, their use is supervised to ensure proper use and safe return. The really expensive stuff, frame alignment and prep equipment, is never for public use. Staff mechanics perform those repairs and charge accordingly.
We don't have much of a theft issue since we implemented this system. Most of the time when we check someone out of a stand and a tool is missing, it has been misplaced by an absent minded customer and is promptly returned to it's place.
-Casey
On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:17 AM, mfen651@aol.com wrote:
Two comments if I may...and I am not a collective member, but I do follow this forum constantly and enjoy learning from it.
On the matter of potential tool thefts: Sad to say...it is just a matter of the beast. I suspect it is often unintentional, granted a truing rack is kind of hard to "accidentally" disappear, but stranger things have happened.
Two additional comments: I used to work for a place where you had to leave a $500 deposit on account before you gained access to the tools (this was an automotive "rent a bay" business) different I know, but the point is the issues were the same. You gave your deposit before being admitted to the work bay, and all its tools. You had to have the shop manager inspect your bay before they released your deposit...and still stuff walked away, and I mean substantial tools like pullers and torch heads to name a few.
The other comment is in one of my places of work now....each worker is assigned their tools. You sign for them when you get them, you sign for it when it disappears or is returned or replaced....and still, the tools disappear on job sites and in pockets. We again are talking about batteries for power tools. The tool remains but the battery disappears. The saw frames go and the saws blades remain or vice verse...
A thought I can offer, though its not inexpensive is a GPS tag. Each tool is assigned a transceiver (they are tiny) and they show up on the computer screen on any computer with the software and your ID. It might be worth the investment.
-----Original Message----- From: MoBo Bicycle Co-op mobobicyclecoop@gmail.com To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Sat, Apr 7, 2012 10:25 am Subject: [TheThinkTank] Tool Theft
Hi Collective Brilliance!
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't seemed to prevent tool theft. We aren'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).
What have other bike co-ops done when they've encountered potential tool theft? What measures have you taken to stop it?
Thanks in advance!
Ellie Nava-Jones
-- MoBo Bicycle Cooperative a project of The Village Green Foundation 1415 Knowlton St. Cincinnati, OH www.mobobicyclecoop.org
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I had to deal with the same issues in the military. The general mantra was: "In God we trust, all others must sign." And sometimes it is the tool room worker who is the issue.
So far with hand tools we have been OK with shadow boards above the workbenches. I photocopied the tools and used polyurethane to secure them to the pegboard. Bigger issue with us is keeping the benches clean, calling "Tidy Time" helps but the biggest issue seems to be the volunteers themselves.
Big tools like the spoke dish can kept in a volunteer only accessible locking roll-away or in the case of the truing stand, bolted down. It would take some effort, but you can make a shadow board edged with 1" pine. Cone wrenches, screwdrivers, Wye wrenches, open end adjustable, etc. Sign out the set.
The traffic in the shop will always be a factor in monitoring tool movement along with the number of volunteers on shift.
Ron
On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 10:25 AM, MoBo Bicycle Co-op < mobobicyclecoop@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Collective Brilliance!
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't seemed to prevent tool theft. We aren'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).
What have other bike co-ops done when they've encountered potential tool theft? What measures have you taken to stop it?
Thanks in advance!
Ellie Nava-Jones
-- MoBo Bicycle Cooperative a project of The Village Green Foundation 1415 Knowlton St. Cincinnati, OH www.mobobicyclecoop.org
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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've had lots go missing at once - it has been because volunteers "borrow" tools then forget to return them.
Something expensive like a truing stand - could be bolted to the table.
Graham at the Bike Dump
On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:25 AM, MoBo Bicycle Co-op < mobobicyclecoop@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Collective Brilliance!
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't seemed to prevent tool theft. We aren'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).
What have other bike co-ops done when they've encountered potential tool theft? What measures have you taken to stop it?
Thanks in advance!
Ellie Nava-Jones
-- MoBo Bicycle Cooperative a project of The Village Green Foundation 1415 Knowlton St. Cincinnati, OH www.mobobicyclecoop.org
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At the US Army base i lived on, there was a shop very similar to a lot of our community bike shops, but it was for working on cars. They didn't have parts bins to choose from, but they had just about every tool you could imagine. Even manufacturer specialized one-job only tools which ran into the thousands of dollars. The setup there was you checked in, signed for a work-bay, and in exchange for some kind of photo id or other valuable (keys, etc) you got a small tackle box with basic hand tools (you chose between metric and SAE when you signed them out) and inside each toolbox was a metal shower curtain ring with 20 chits on it. The chits were simply blank dog tags, each stamped with one number between 1 and 20. If you got to a point working on your car where you needed the DeLorean Flux Capacitor wrench and repair manual, you went to the clerk and exchanged one chit for each of those. At then end of your time in the shop, you turned in your tool box and shower curtain ring with chits. Once the tools and chits were all *counted* and accounted for, then you were good to check out.
I only visited that shop a few times, and always as someone borrowing tools/using the space, and never as an organizer/facilitator and i'm certain they faced the same tool "walkage", but I do remember being impressed at the efficiency with which that system seemed to work.
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Graham Stewart grhmstwrt@gmail.com wrote:
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've had lots go missing at once - it has been because volunteers "borrow" tools then forget to return them.
Something expensive like a truing stand - could be bolted to the table.
Graham at the Bike Dump
On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:25 AM, MoBo Bicycle Co-op < mobobicyclecoop@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Collective Brilliance!
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't seemed to prevent tool theft. We aren'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).
What have other bike co-ops done when they've encountered potential tool theft? What measures have you taken to stop it?
Thanks in advance!
Ellie Nava-Jones
-- MoBo Bicycle Cooperative a project of The Village Green Foundation 1415 Knowlton St. Cincinnati, OH www.mobobicyclecoop.org
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On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:29 AM, veganboyjosh@gmail.com wrote:
At the US Army base i lived on, there was a shop very similar to a lot of our community bike shops, but it was for working on cars. They didn't have parts bins to choose from, but they had just about every tool you could imagine. Even manufacturer specialized one-job only tools which ran into the thousands of dollars. The setup there was you checked in, signed for a work-bay, and in exchange for some kind of photo id or other valuable (keys, etc) you got a small tackle box with basic hand tools (you chose between metric and SAE when you signed them out) and inside each toolbox was a metal shower curtain ring with 20 chits on it. The chits were simply blank dog tags, each stamped with one number between 1 and 20. If you got to a point working on your car where you needed the DeLorean Flux Capacitor wrench and repair manual, you went to the clerk and exchanged one chit for each of those. At then end of your time in the shop, you turned in your tool box and shower curtain ring with chits. Once the tools and chits were all *counted* and accounted for, then you were good to check out.
I only visited that shop a few times, and always as someone borrowing tools/using the space, and never as an organizer/facilitator and i'm certain they faced the same tool "walkage", but I do remember being impressed at the efficiency with which that system seemed to work.
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Graham Stewart grhmstwrt@gmail.comwrote:
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've had lots go missing at once - it has been because volunteers "borrow" tools then forget to return them.
Something expensive like a truing stand - could be bolted to the table.
Graham at the Bike Dump
On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:25 AM, MoBo Bicycle Co-op < mobobicyclecoop@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Collective Brilliance!
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't seemed to prevent tool theft. We aren'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).
What have other bike co-ops done when they've encountered potential tool theft? What measures have you taken to stop it?
Thanks in advance!
Ellie Nava-Jones
-- MoBo Bicycle Cooperative a project of The Village Green Foundation 1415 Knowlton St. Cincinnati, OH www.mobobicyclecoop.org
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We paint tools, and put a grinder mark on them, such as a 'FC'. We put trust into people and almost every tool gets returned.
We have 8 colored tool boards with colored tools. At some point we might paint all boards and tools just one color.
We decided living with a tool taken now and then is quite easier than some kind of checkout system.
Specialty tools are sort of similar, and the really expensive tools have to be asked for.
-Bob g, Free Cycles Missoula
Wondering about using RFID tags for more expensive tools
Please excuse the typing, very small keyboard...
On Apr 9, 2012, at 13:29, "Bob Giordano" mist@strans.org wrote:
We paint tools, and put a grinder mark on them, such as a 'FC'. We put trust into people and almost every tool gets returned.
We have 8 colored tool boards with colored tools. At some point we might paint all boards and tools just one color.
We decided living with a tool taken now and then is quite easier than some kind of checkout system.
Specialty tools are sort of similar, and the really expensive tools have to be asked for.
-Bob g, Free Cycles Missoula
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I like to think in terms of the 80 / 20 rule ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle), and completely agree and recommend Bob Giordano's statement, "We decided living with a tool taken now and then is quite easier than some kind of checkout system."
Therefore, do what you can (within reason) to prevent tool theft / loss, but there is a point at which your efforts have diminishing returns. At that point determine the cost of your tool theft / loss, create a budgetary item for it, make sure that when you either charge the patrons or raise funds that this budget item is included. Simply put, tool theft / loss / misuse / replacement is a line item on any community bike shop's costs of doing business.
Let karma take care of the dishonest, don't waist your mental energy on them -- stay positive and focus those precious brain waves on your organization's mission.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Morrison Executive Director Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 f: 801-466-3856 www.slcbikecollective.org
The mission of the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Bicycle Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households.
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Jerry danceswithcars@gmail.com wrote:
Wondering about using RFID tags for more expensive tools
Please excuse the typing, very small keyboard...
On Apr 9, 2012, at 13:29, "Bob Giordano" mist@strans.org wrote:
We paint tools, and put a grinder mark on them, such as a 'FC'. We put trust into people and almost every tool gets returned.
We have 8 colored tool boards with colored tools. At some point we might paint all boards and tools just one color.
We decided living with a tool taken now and then is quite easier than
some
kind of checkout system.
Specialty tools are sort of similar, and the really expensive tools have to be asked for.
-Bob g, Free Cycles Missoula
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Thank you for all the great ideas everyone! The bolting and cables sounds like something we could do....
We have discussed the ID system at the desk in the past. Currently, our tools are organized into 6 tool sets as an apron and bucket. At check out, we go through the bucket and apron and note any missing items and then have the member sign out the tool set. Then we do the same at check-in. Generally, they seem surprised if something is missing. It's getting be busy season here too so we're just trying to think of ways--ounce of prevention, all that jazz.
Thanks!
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Jonathan Morrison < jonathan@slcbikecollective.org> wrote:
I like to think in terms of the 80 / 20 rule ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle), and completely agree and recommend Bob Giordano's statement, "We decided living with a tool taken now and then is quite easier than some kind of checkout system."
Therefore, do what you can (within reason) to prevent tool theft / loss, but there is a point at which your efforts have diminishing returns. At that point determine the cost of your tool theft / loss, create a budgetary item for it, make sure that when you either charge the patrons or raise funds that this budget item is included. Simply put, tool theft / loss / misuse / replacement is a line item on any community bike shop's costs of doing business.
Let karma take care of the dishonest, don't waist your mental energy on them -- stay positive and focus those precious brain waves on your organization's mission.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Morrison Executive Director Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 f: 801-466-3856 www.slcbikecollective.org
The mission of the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Bicycle Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households.
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Jerry danceswithcars@gmail.com wrote:
Wondering about using RFID tags for more expensive tools
Please excuse the typing, very small keyboard...
On Apr 9, 2012, at 13:29, "Bob Giordano" mist@strans.org wrote:
We paint tools, and put a grinder mark on them, such as a 'FC'. We put trust into people and almost every tool gets returned.
We have 8 colored tool boards with colored tools. At some point we
might
paint all boards and tools just one color.
We decided living with a tool taken now and then is quite easier than
some
kind of checkout system.
Specialty tools are sort of similar, and the really expensive tools have to be asked for.
-Bob g, Free Cycles Missoula
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I'm on the board at Boulder Community Cycles and one additional suggestio is that we buy open end wrenches and screwdrivers and adjustable wrenches...the more common tools, at Harbor Freight. They don't say PARK on them but they work as well and their low prices give us budget to get the specialized Park tools that we need. And as someone has mentioned, we color code our tools and mark their spot on each work bench, so at the end of the day...a place for everything and everything in it's place...or a blank spot that draws attention and folks try to track it down.
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Jonathan Morrison < jonathan@slcbikecollective.org> wrote:
I like to think in terms of the 80 / 20 rule ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle), and completely agree and recommend Bob Giordano's statement, "We decided living with a tool taken now and then is quite easier than some kind of checkout system."
Therefore, do what you can (within reason) to prevent tool theft / loss, but there is a point at which your efforts have diminishing returns. At that point determine the cost of your tool theft / loss, create a budgetary item for it, make sure that when you either charge the patrons or raise funds that this budget item is included. Simply put, tool theft / loss / misuse / replacement is a line item on any community bike shop's costs of doing business.
Let karma take care of the dishonest, don't waist your mental energy on them -- stay positive and focus those precious brain waves on your organization's mission.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Morrison Executive Director Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 f: 801-466-3856 www.slcbikecollective.org
The mission of the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Bicycle Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households.
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Jerry danceswithcars@gmail.com wrote:
Wondering about using RFID tags for more expensive tools
Please excuse the typing, very small keyboard...
On Apr 9, 2012, at 13:29, "Bob Giordano" mist@strans.org wrote:
We paint tools, and put a grinder mark on them, such as a 'FC'. We put trust into people and almost every tool gets returned.
We have 8 colored tool boards with colored tools. At some point we
might
paint all boards and tools just one color.
We decided living with a tool taken now and then is quite easier than
some
kind of checkout system.
Specialty tools are sort of similar, and the really expensive tools have to be asked for.
-Bob g, Free Cycles Missoula
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What tools are needed regularly? Attach those tools with cables to bike stands, work tables or work stations. Expensive tools should be painted with fluorescent paint and signed for (try to include shop logo on tools). Often tools are simply left in pockets so part of the 'sign out' process should be a reminder to check pockets for hitchhiker tools.
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 11:29 AM, veganboyjosh@gmail.com wrote:
At the US Army base i lived on, there was a shop very similar to a lot of our community bike shops, but it was for working on cars. They didn't have parts bins to choose from, but they had just about every tool you could imagine. Even manufacturer specialized one-job only tools which ran into the thousands of dollars. The setup there was you checked in, signed for a work-bay, and in exchange for some kind of photo id or other valuable (keys, etc) you got a small tackle box with basic hand tools (you chose between metric and SAE when you signed them out) and inside each toolbox was a metal shower curtain ring with 20 chits on it. The chits were simply blank dog tags, each stamped with one number between 1 and 20. If you got to a point working on your car where you needed the DeLorean Flux Capacitor wrench and repair manual, you went to the clerk and exchanged one chit for each of those. At then end of your time in the shop, you turned in your tool box and shower curtain ring with chits. Once the tools and chits were all *counted* and accounted for, then you were good to check out.
I only visited that shop a few times, and always as someone borrowing tools/using the space, and never as an organizer/facilitator and i'm certain they faced the same tool "walkage", but I do remember being impressed at the efficiency with which that system seemed to work.
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Graham Stewart grhmstwrt@gmail.comwrote:
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've had lots go missing at once - it has been because volunteers "borrow" tools then forget to return them.
Something expensive like a truing stand - could be bolted to the table.
Graham at the Bike Dump
On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:25 AM, MoBo Bicycle Co-op < mobobicyclecoop@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Collective Brilliance!
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't seemed to prevent tool theft. We aren'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).
What have other bike co-ops done when they've encountered potential tool theft? What measures have you taken to stop it?
Thanks in advance!
Ellie Nava-Jones
-- MoBo Bicycle Cooperative a project of The Village Green Foundation 1415 Knowlton St. Cincinnati, OH www.mobobicyclecoop.org
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