APPENDIX 2:The local economy inventory;

Dollar and energy costs of tools; workshop and garden.

19.1.2016

These are very approximate first estimates, to be improved in later revisions of the Remaking… study.

WORKSHOP TOOLS; i.e., for household level workshop:

Dollar value. Weight in steel



Hammers, tack, carpentry, heavy, sledge                                               100 10

Axe 50   3

Bow saw, blades 2    2

Carpentry hand saw s 100    2

Cross cut saw 100    2

Coping saw                                                                                                    10

Hack saw, blades 10

Pliers, needle nose, normal, pincers                                                           50    1

Crow bar 50    5

Post hole augre 100   2

Screw drivers, 50

Hand drills, small medium, heavy                                                             150

Electric bench grinder 12 v (?home made, motor tallied below) 100    5

Electric bench drill, 12 v.     (home made, motor tallied below) 5 100

Woodworking chisels 100   1

Cold Chisels 20

Spanners 100   2

Wrenches, small shifter, medium, heavy. 200    5

Punches, -- centre, nail, leather 30

Pipe vice.                               (home made) 100   2

Scissors 30

Scalpels 20

Knives 30   1

Scrapers                                                                                                            10

Tin snips                                                                                                            50    2

Pallette/putty knives 50

Taps and dies, 3/16”, ¼”, 5/16”, 3/8”, ½” 100   1

Pipe dies, ½”,3/4”, 1” 150? 2



Clamps, 10? 200   5

Wrecking bars, big, small 40     5

Files; saw, wood and steel, rasps. 70     2

Planes. 300     3



Saw setter 30

Glass paper

Glues 20

Glass cutters 30

Soldering kit

Gas bottle, burner 100   5

Acid

Solder , irons

Grease/oil

Polyester +fiberglass

Nails, screws, nuts and bolts (to ½”) 200     10

Steel wire ropes 300      20

Block and tackle, three sets of double pulleys (home made) 100

(mostly for rope)

Chains 100     30

Shackles, thimbles, turnbuckles 100   5

Needles

Car jacks, 20    10

12 volt c. one-quarter h.p. motors.   4@ 200 800     5



                        Totals

Motors      Four c 240 W at $200 and 200 MJ each 800

800 MJ

Assuming 15 people 53/pp

53 MJ/pp

                       Assuming 10 year life $5/pp/y

                                                                                                                     5 MJ/pp/y

Hand tools $2470

                                                                        = 118 kg steel 4,720 MJ

            Assuming 15 people $165/pp

315 MJ/pp

Assuming 40 year lifetime $4/pp/y

8 MJ/pp/y



                        Total household tools + motors

$3,270

5,520 MJ $218/pp

$9/pp/y

13 MJ/pp/y

Tools for community level workshop.

Small metal working lathe. 1500     50

Wood turning lathe. (Home made .) 100     10

Heavier drill press. 200    20

Chainsaw 700       7

Brazing, welding gear (in village workshop) 500       5



.           Community workshop total $3,000

                                                            92 kg steel = 3,680 MJ



                        Assuming 50 people use workshop tools = $60/pp

73 MJ/pp





Assuming10 year lifetime    = $6/pp/y

7 MJ/pp/y

                        Total home plus community workshop tools

$4,770

8,090 MJ

$278/pp

86 MJ/pp

$15/pp/y

15 MJ/pp/y

            GARDEN TOOLS.

The assumption is that the equipment used at Pigface Point could be sufficient for 3+ households, or 10 people, but the set of pumps could provide for 20.

(Wooden handles can be produced within the town.)

Mattock,                                                                                                         40        2

Pick 40       2

Shovels, spades.                                                                                         150     3

Rakes                                                                                                           100     3

Forks 100     3



Watering can                                                                                                30        1

Buckets                                                          5@15 =                                  75        4

Hoses 4 @ 20m = 80m                                                                                          5

Pots, trays 100     10

Solar fruit dryer                                                         (Home made)           50      5

Wheelbarrows 250    20

12 v pumps   $350 and 330 MJ each(?) At Pig face Point 7

provide for 7 people, but probably could provide for 20(?). Lifetime assumed, 10y years.                                                                               So, $2,450

$120/pp

$12/pp/y

2,310 MJ

220 MJ/pp

22 MJ/pp/y

Total for tools excluding pumps. $915

            Assuming 10 people using the set $91/pp

Assuming 30 year lifetime (?) $3/pp/y

Tools equivalent to 58 kg steel = 2,320 MJ

232 MJ/pp

8 MJ/pp/y

                        Total tools plus pumps    $3,365

$165/pp

$13.5/pp/y

4,630 MJ

452 MJ/pp

8 MJ/pp/y



To take into account 25% of food produced on local farms, multiply by 1.33,

$4,475/pp

$220/pp/y

$18/pp/y

6,158 MJ

601 MJ/pp

11 MJ/pp/y