I’m at TechShop San Francisco on its opening day
TechShop Building, San Francisco, California, December 6, 2010
I’m writing this from the brand new branch of the do-it-yourself TechShop membership workshop. It opened less than two hours ago. There are people here working. Someone is already cutting what appear to be Christmas tree decorations on the laser cutter. There are people working on the powerful Hewlett Packard workstations. Only the top floor is open to members, and only part of the upstairs is really complete. But still, TechShop is open, and it’s really cool. The location is great – Howard Street at 5th Street. The building has high ceilings. It does look like it could be freezing here in the winter, as I don’t see any evidence of heat. That plagued NoiseBridge last winter. I suspect TechShop will install heaters since they sure appear to be well funded. All the equipment here is brand new. The Ikea couch I am sitting on right now is brand new. Yes, that’s a new floor standing Jet mill in the front left of the picture below on the first floor. I’ve always wanted one of those for my garage!
Top floor of TechShop, opening day, San Francisco, California, December 6, 2010
Top floor of TechShop, San Francisco, California, looking toward Howard Street, December 6, 2010
Unfinished first floor of TechShop, San Francisco, California, December 6, 2010
