[mman1506]

Originally Posted by Boe

This year our team started including a set of tools for every person who joined the team (with a slightly higher entrance fee cost) We included in the set all of the common hand tools we use (box end wrenches, small socket set, all key set, and screwdriver) The students get to keep their tools after they graduate. After getting the tools we were then responsible for keeping our own tools safe. Any tools left out were put into the team toolbox to be claimed by the student who lost them or donated to the team if never claimed. This has helped out tremendously over build season because thier was a set of all of the common tools for each member. All the students have a designated spot in one of the shop cabinets where they can store there tools or if they desire they can bring them home. The plan is that your first year on the team your entry fee is slightly higher to accomadate the tool set, but years after that your entry fee is even less then our pre handtool set for each student price. We plan on continuing this for years to come as it has greatly increased how organized the non student owned tools were over the season.

Wow that seems really effective. We don't have a entrance fee currently so we might get complaints if we added it but we may have to steal the idea for our core build team