Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: common houses in small communities

[Michael Barrett (mbarrett]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Racheli Gai" <racheli [at] sonoracohousing.com>
To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ common houses in small communities


> Hi
. . . . . . In addition to the kind of spaces Sharon mentioned, we also have a 
>. . . . . workshop - for wood and metalwork.  

This is something I look forward to.  So I'd be very interested to know how 
your workshop works.  How big is it ? How well equipped? How many users, 
regular and occasional? How often used?  Controlled access and use (from safety 
concerns)?  How do you manage high value, perhaps high skill tools?  Do 
individuals own tools that they can control use of?   Who pays to replace the 
burnt blade for the table saw?  
"Community tools" is an ideal.  I'd like to know how close one can get to it. 
Of course what I fear is misplaced, missing, misused and damaged tools and 
worst of all, possible injury   

Michael Barrett,
Liberty Village, Libertytown, MD 
Shadowlake Village, Blacksburg, VA