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DIY Coming to a Neighborhood Near You

StarManStarMan Posts: 306
edited 2008-09-18 22:29 in General Discussion
Check This out!· http://www.techshop.ws/index.html··· What a great idea.· I can't wait for it to·open in·San Diego.

Chris I.

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  • mparkmpark Posts: 1,306
    edited 2008-09-17 19:16
    OMG that is awesome. And there's one coming to Seattle! I think I just had a nerdgasm.

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  • sylvie369sylvie369 Posts: 1,622
    edited 2008-09-17 21:07
    Wow. They must spend a fortune on liability insurance.
  • Steve in NMSteve in NM Posts: 54
    edited 2008-09-17 23:27
    sylvie369 said...
    Wow. They must spend a fortune on liability insurance.
    And/or lengthy multi-copy liability release forms. smilewinkgrin.gif

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  • SeariderSearider Posts: 290
    edited 2008-09-18 00:39
    This is so cool. They are coming to Austin next year. I hope their business plan works out and they stay in business. While it is kinda expesive, I think that I would likely be a anual pass customer.

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  • SRLMSRLM Posts: 5,045
    edited 2008-09-18 02:06
    A quote from their q and a:

    Q Does TechShop Carry Liability Insurance?
    A Of course, we have liability insurance and we require members and people who take classes at TechShop to sign a Liability Release Waiver. We also require members to receive safety training on machines and equipment before they can use it. We don't want anyone to experience an injury. We always strive to build a safety-conscious culture at TechShop.
  • Nick McClickNick McClick Posts: 1,003
    edited 2008-09-18 02:15
    I've been to it a few times. It's a little 'machine shop' heavy. Kinda nice, though as they have stuff you would NEVER buy like vacuum forming stations. Not cheap, though!

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  • SRLMSRLM Posts: 5,045
    edited 2008-09-18 02:23
    Their classes look good (and much more reasonably priced than their membership: marketing ploy?) Anyway, I think the machine shop focus is a good thing: you don't really need to do that much expirimentation when building a case, but debugging a circuit would take a longer time better spent in front of your computer perhaps.
  • sylvie369sylvie369 Posts: 1,622
    edited 2008-09-18 10:48
    I didn't want to sound negative with that liability insurance comment - it sounds like a great idea, and I'd make use of it if there were one near me. We had a group here that did something similar with art equipment (which included some of the woodworking tools). Worked great until one of the partners got flaky and the other one quit.
  • BeanBean Posts: 8,129
    edited 2008-09-18 13:21
    I wish there was one near me. Sounds great.
    The only problem I see is equipment getting broken and not being available for long periods of time.

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  • Nick McClickNick McClick Posts: 1,003
    edited 2008-09-18 17:23
    Well, part of the reason I think those classes are cheap is because you are required to take them before using the equipment. I only went once, but everything looked functional to me. You don't have to get a day pass to do the classes, either.

    I guess most of my projects are just on PCB's, but if you were doing some robotics / materials handling project that required machining, this would probably be perfect.

    And, yeah, I see why they have all the big machines and less of the electronics. I can get my own O'scope, but the wife would not appreciate a laser cutter in the living room (I'm still trying to warm her up to a pinball table!).

    It is nice, too, that they have a fair amount of expertise 'under the roof'. At any given time, there's someone there who already did you what you're trying to do, knows why it won't work, and can suggest a better way.

    Yeah, a Sunnyvale facility would be nice as Menlo Park is kinda far. But they've said they'll be expanding for like 2 years now, so I take it for a grain of salt.


    All of the fun things I could do with a laser cutter...

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  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2008-09-18 17:58
    Here in the UK there used to be DIY car maintenance and repair workshops like that. I doubt if they are still around, though.

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  • sylvie369sylvie369 Posts: 1,622
    edited 2008-09-18 22:29
    Leon said...
    Here in the UK there used to be DIY car maintenance and repair workshops like that. I doubt if they are still around, though.

    Leon

    We used to have a DIY all-night drugstore next door, until I had the police shut it down.
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