TechShop / Open Workshop
January 12th, 2008
TechShop is a fully equipped workshop opened to the public on a pay-per-day, or monthly membership basis. It gives ordinary people - hackers, artists, hobbyists, crafters, students, tinkerers, etc. - access to high end equipment, and the knowledge required to use it.
” TechShop is a fully-equipped open-access workshop and creative environment that lets you drop in any time and work on your own projects at your own pace. It is like a health club with tools and equipment instead of exercise equipment…or a Kinko’s for geeks.”
“The TechShop workshop provides a wide variety of machinery and tools for the open and unlimited use of its members, including milling machines and lathes, welding stations and plasma cutters, sheet metal working equipment, drill presses and band saws, industrial sewing machines, hand tools, plastic working equipment, electronics design and fabrication facilities, tubing and metal bending machines, electrical supplies and tools, and pretty much everything you’d ever need to make just about anything all by yourself.”
The best part is that they have a ton of classes to spread the knowledge required to use the various tools, with a low $30 pricepoint that makes it pretty accessible. They’re expanding to LA this summer too.