TechShop is planning on opening this coming Summer in San Francisco. So far there are 300 members at the SF location and they are planning to put a cap @ 1000 members. Sign up for their mailing list asap to get direct updates!
The membership charges leading up to their opening will be $99 a month. It will go up afterwards. Sign up early if you’re planning to join. If they get 1000 members by opening day, they will be open 24 hrs a day 7 days a week!
The space will be broken into two areas. There are two floors, aprox. 15,500 sq ft. On the second floor will be all the ‘clean and quiet’ equipment. Electronic lab, laser engravers, paper & craft, fabric/textiles department, lounge, coffee bar. On the first floor will be the cnc routers, vacuum form tables, machine shop, shopbot, full wood shop, welding stations, storage facilities, they’ll even have a car bay which you can pull in a car to work on it. Also all the equipment they will provide will be brand new.
Check out their site for more info http://techshop.ws/tssf.html
TechShop San Francisco will feature all the tools and equipment that members enjoy at other TechShop locations, for a full list see here.
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TechShop to open in SF this Summer!
Sunday, February 28th, 2010Open MAKE: Exploratorium + Grace Kim
Friday, February 26th, 2010With the help of local Makers (artists, craftspeople, and inventors) and the Exploratorium, Open MAKE will introduce you to a variety of tinkering possibilities while encouraging a pilot group of Young Makers to realize their own inventions in time for this year’s Maker Faire. A collaboration between Pixar, TechShop, and the Exploratorium, the Young Makers program mentors middle and high school students in building projects that meld math and science with craft and creative inspiration.
Each public Saturday program will feature different Makers and focus on a particular theme, such as circuit-based critters or playing with sound. Sit in on an interview hosted by MAKE magazine’s founder and editor Dale Dougherty, then visit the Studio where guest speakers and other Makers will discuss and show their work. You can also roll up your sleeves and tinker with familiar and not-so-familiar materials to create a project of your own. Activities are intended for ages 12 and up.
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Public Schedule:
Meet the Makers: 11AM-Noon
In the Studio: 12:30PM-3PM
Tomorrow, Saturday, February 27th: Wearables and Soft Circuitry:
Featured Makers Grace Kim and Adrian Freed
Saturday, March 27: Make Your Own Kind of Music
Featured Makers will include Walter Kitundu, Krys Bobrowski, and Ge Wang
Saturday, April 24: Motors & Mechanisms
Featured Makers will be Brad Prether and Ernie Fosselius
Admission to Open MAKE is included in the price of general admission to the Exploratorium and is located in the landmark Palace of Fine Arts building in San Francisco’s Marina district, off of Highway 101 near the Golden Gate Bridge. Free parking is available.







