Maker Spaces In San Francisco area
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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
- The Enclave
- Maker Dojo
- A group is working to start a professional machinist co-op
- TechShop 2.0
