These publications offer help and advice on various technical issues.

Each publication is provided in .pdf format. You can download the free Adobe Reader from here.

Refurbishing sheets (limited availability online)

Refurbishing sheets offer advice on how to refurbish specific tools.

Tool Sorting Sheets (currently unavailable online)

Tools sorting sheets offer advice on how to select tools for refurbishing. They are usually 1 A4 size sheet.

Standard Tool Kit

Standard tool kits are lists of tools that are sent in each type of kit. For example all the tools sent in a standard carpentry kit are listed. They are one A4 size sheet
These are currently being updated but you can download a list of most of the tools sent in kits. This is three A4 sheets long.

Standard Tool Kit

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Sewing Machine Manual

The Sewing Machine Manual is a modular manual designed to help in refurbishing sewing machines. New modules will be added as they are completed. We recommend you start off by reading the whole of Section 1. You can then dip into other modules for further information as required.

Tools We Need

We send a wide range of tools to our partners in Africa but there are certain tools we don’t send. Tools We Need provides further details.

You Can Help Us

The You Can Help Us slip outlines ways to help Tools for Self Reliance and includes examples of the tools we need. It prints out as 3 slips on an A4 sheet (double sided).

You Can Help Us

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