Highview Playground Seeks Borrowed Tools for the Build

Fundraising efforts are moving quickly for the Highview Community Playground rebuilding project. However, a playground can't be built without tools. The tools committee is asking to borrow certain tools from the community.

"We need the community to lend their tools for the build dates: Oct. 5 - 9," said Dominick Caponigro, Chair of the Tools Committee. "This playground cannot happen without these things."

There will be security on the tool trailer for peace of mind as well as a replacement promise.

"We guarantee that your tools will be returned in good or better condition as we received them, or we will replace them. We have funds set aside for tool replacement and repair," he added.

The playground build requires multiples of almost all of these items:

• chainsaws
• power Miter Boxes
• electric impact wrenches
• screw guns
• orbital jigsaws
• sledges: 3# to 5#; used to drive stakes
• tape measures: 100-foot length
• bars, steel digging
• c-clamps: large with openings larger than four inches
• clamps, pipe: 4-8-foot. Bar clamps are not acceptable
• cat's paws - small 8 to 10-inch bars with one curved end
• carpenter's protractor or saw protractor
• chain: 20-foot, steel with hooks on each end (tow chain)
• chisel sets: 1/4-inch to 1&1/2-inch with extra 1-inch and larger
• come-alongs: two ton minimum cranking device
• crow bars: steel pry bars
• drills: 3/8-inch heavy duty reversible
• extra chuck keys
• drills: 1/2-inch, extra heavy duty reversible
• drill press: 3/4 hp, need not be on site
• electric cords: 100-foot
• electric cords: 50-foot
• electric gang boxes
• electrical splitters: two-way and three-way
• electrical extension cords: 25-foot
• grinder, side: 4-inch with metal cutting blades
• grubhoes or pickaxes
• hammers, carpentry: 16, 20 or 22-ounce
• hammers, sledge: 8# - 12#
• hardhats
• hose, garden: 3/4-inch preferred
• levels: 36-inch or longer preferred. Check for accuracy
• lights: four or more high wattage emergency lights
• light strings: 150-foot strings w/15 100-watt bulbs
• megaphone
• nail punches
• post-hole diggers: hand-powered
• rakes: metal garden rakes, not plastic or bamboo leaf rakes
• rasps, wood: all sizes, flat and round
• Routers: be sure 3/8-inch corner-round bits fit routers
• safety glasses
• sanders, belt
• sanders, disk
• saws, circular: hand-held, heavy duty, 7 to 7&1/4-inch preferred
• saws, hack: with replacement blades
• saws, hand: sharp, woodcutting
• sawhorses
• sawzall: heavy duty with reciprocating blades,not jigsaws
• scissors: suitable for cutting medium weight fabric
• screwdrivers: different sizes, phillips and regular heads
• shovels: long handled spades preferred
• squares, bevel
• squares, combination
• squares, framing
• stepladders: 6 or 8-foot osha rated
• stepladders: 10 or 12-foot osha rated
• tables, banquet
• tape measures: 8-foot and longer, prefer 25-foot tapes
• tarps: reinforced roofer tarps, each about 50x50 feet
• tents
• tent or awning: at least 16x16 feet for the volunteer table
• transit or builder's level with tripod
• utility knives
• van, construction with shelves
• vise grips
• wheelbarrows, suitable for concrete mixing and transporting
• wrenches, adjustable crescent: 1-inch or bigger
• wrenches, allen: also called hex keys
• wrenches, open-end: set of various sizes
• wrenches, ratchet

Those with tools to contribute should contact Caponigro at djc8624@hotmail.com