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Craftsman donates his tools – and himself

When the founders of the new St. Paul Tool Library put out a call for tool donations, they didn’t expect their shop floor to be filled by one man. But then, they hadn’t counted on David Merry.

When Merry donated his entire massive collection of woodworking tools, the tool library gained, in a single donation, an inventory it thought might take a year to complete.

“It was an amazing donation, I’m still flabbergasted,” says Pete Hoh, a member of the library’s local advisory board.

But the tool library gained something even better: Merry.

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