TechShop Tour

[Jasonmm]

So I went to the Grand Opening - Open House of the new Tech Shop in Michigan ...

It was amazing ..

I was more interested in the metal shop .. didnt really get all the woodshop pics I would of liked .. next time

enjoy ...

http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/ee35/Jasonmm92/

[BobA]

Looks like a great place.  A cabinet makers dream. 

[EightBySix]

Is that one of those places where you pay for workshop time? I would love to use a place like that but they don't seem to have them in the UK. Can anyone tell me differently? Please?

[Jasonmm]

Is that one of those places where you pay for workshop time? I would love to use a place like that but they don't seem to have them in the UK. Can anyone tell me differently? Please?

its like a gym membership $125 a month or $99 onsale

the only machine you pay to use was the flowjet

the way I understand it , the flowjet motor is only good for x number of hours

so they take x and divide it into the cost of a new motor and charge accordingly

they couldnt tell me the rate yet

here is the web site

it was amazing

http://techshop.ws/index.html

no idea about europe however ...

[Jasonmm]

opps

[jimmy2x2x]

Is that one of those places where you pay for workshop time? I would love to use a place like that but they don't seem to have them in the UK. Can anyone tell me differently? Please?

I don't know of any but would be very interested if anyone has any information

[Paul Olson]

If they had one of those here in Reno, I would be a lifetime member. I hope they start expanding to new areas.

[SammyWI]

What a cool place.  Too bad I'm on the wrong side of Lake Michigan from the nearest one.

[Gray_Area]

I dunno. $125 a month seems steep. You can use a hell of a lot more gym equipment for a lot less. (I think they're both not worth paying for, but that's another story.)

[ids]

Agreed, pricing is steep.  OTOH I wonder what it would cost to go somewhere and line up a one-off use of a CNC machine.  I'm guessing at least one-months access.  However, I think a more variable pricing plan would serve them well.  Something that could cover the couple times a year user all the way up to the one who will certainly get more than his monies worth at the $125/mo end.  I would love having something like that closer to home, but at a pricing plan that better reflected my occasional use pattern.  You know, eat up "n" points for hammering the CNC for an hour, and three months later....you get the idea....