Comments on: TechShop – the Membership Workshop is Growing

By: Dave Russell

Dave Russell — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:04:16 +0000

Check out the new and improved Artisan’s Asylum in Somerville.
http://artisansasylum.com

By: Stuart Cody

Stuart Cody — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:35:51 +0000

Well here it is 2011, and I am only seing OLD posts on the subject of TECHSHOP BOSTON. What’s up; nobody shares the Yankee Ingenuity and Entrepreneurial Bug?
Copy me via email; I may not see replies to this site. stuart.cody(at)verizon.net

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:25:28 +0000

Too bad the Tech shop in Portland was such a disappointment. Took MONTHS longer to open than they told all interested parties and then they had NONE of the high end equipment promised. At the kickoff interest meeting, the founder spoke of leasing standardized new equipment for ALL locations. Instead, what was purchased was used 1960-80′s equipment and NONE of the CNC equipment / Rapid prototyping machines promised ever showed up. I canceled my membership and last I heard, Techshop PDX closed it’s doors. Apparently they’re reopening in a new location, but unless they make good with some of the equipment promised, most interested parties I know will be passing.

By: Paulinator

Paulinator — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:31:33 +0000

There are similar skills networking programs in place with the RAA/EAA chapters. Some have available workshops and tools that can be accessed by members. This is in the parallel universe of homebuilt aviation, but a machine head is a machine head. I went to an RAA meeting and saw a really clean homebuilt Super 7.

By: PsycloneJack

PsycloneJack — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:31:13 +0000

Beautiful. I have some projects in mind already. It’ll have to wait for a year or two even with this opportunity (I’m a couple hours drive away from one of the tech shops) I’ve got skilled machinist’s in my circle of builders, but, none of them have access to tools outside of work. This could help us get some great things off the ground.