Maker Spaces In San Francisco area

Resources

We have assembled a great list of resources to help you work now that TechShop is gone. Below are maker spaces that you might consider using.

We also have a page of Businesses offering paid services (SF Bay Area) at a discount to ex-TS members.

If you need a job in the maker community of SF... SFMade Job Board

There are some businesses offering discounts to TS members.

On Peninsula

• Foster City Library
• Foothill College Makerspace - Office enviroment. Helix laser cutter. Several 3D printers. Software on computers. Dremel CNC machines.
• Studio for Metropolitan Craft Willing to share his Trotec laser.
• South San Francisco Public Library - 3D printers, sewing, Arduino

Greater Bay Area

• Chimera - Sebastopol. Small hobbyist space.
• Idea Fab Labs - Santa Cruz
• Cyber Garage - Marin. K-12 focus.
• Cabrillo College maker space - Aptos

SF City

• Noisebridge - SF. Open to public. Run as a consensus organization.
• Sheet Metal Alchemist - Will rent Epilog laser for $15/hour
• Box Shop SF - sheet metal and sculpture artists
• ManyLabs - Co-working space
• T8 Fab - 3D printing and CNC router
• FabLab SF - A bit of a mystery

Oakland / Berkeley

• The Crucible - Metalworking
• Ace Monster Toys
• Port Workspaces - shared office space, but they are starting a maker space
• The Compound Gallery
• Department of Spontaneous Combustion - TIG, MIG, bandsaws
• Lower 48 - small wood shop
• Mothership Hacker Moms - Berkeley
• Circuit Launch - electronics, Berkeley
• Sudo Room - hackerspace

South Bay

• Hacker Dojo - Santa Clara. One laser, one 3D printer. Small woodshop tools. Considering growing.
• Santa Clara Adult Education woodshop - Big woodshop. 336 Lafayette St, Santa Clara, CA 95050
• School of Visual Philosophy - 425 Auzerais, 95126. An office with cnc machines in it.
• Coyote Grange - South San Jose community room, summer maker classes. Wants to increase the program.

Groups Working to Create New Places Near By

• Maker Nexus. We also have information in this wiki.
• The Enclave
• Maker Dojo
• A group is working to start a professional machinist co-op
• TechShop 2.0

Networking Groups of Makers locally

• Cupertinker
• Techie/Maker Families
• South Bay Metal Worker Hobbyists
• HomeBrew Robotics
• Bay Area Maker Educators
• TechShop San Jose Meetup
• TechShop San Francisco Meetup
• TechShop MidPeninsula Meetup