Technical manuals are required in order to repair equipment. The Vacuum Group offers limited repair service for Balzers turbo-molecular and mechanical pumps. The Vacuum Group also has pumps available for loan and offers leak checking services, ultra high vacuum cleaning, and vacuum electronics repair. It is staffed weekdays during working hours for those who seek assistance in operation of the shop's machines and tools. A collection of power tools can be signed out during normal work hours.
Users are responsible for the condition of the item while it is signed out.
There is also a sheet metal shop and weld shop which can do electron-beam welding. There is a tool-lending pool in the Central Shops, where users can borrow such items as helicoil insertion tools. Custodial Services Custodians work on a continuing basis to keep the NSLS clean and free of litter. The NSLS owns several boom-cranes for small jobs. The VUV Ring has two overhead 2-ton cranes, each of which spans one half of the VUV floor.