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Oct 25, 2012, 4:35:00 PM10/25/12
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I know that efforts to bring TechShop to Seattle seems to be futile so far, so I'm excited to let you know that there is a FabLab in Tacoma:

It seems it's fairly new.

Here's one of their latest promotion:
Hey everyone, check out the open houses that the FabLab is having:
Trick-or-Treat Open house
October 31, 5-9pm
Stop by the FabLab for fabulous treats and to check out new Mojo 3D printer.
FabLab Open House
Art at Work: Tacoma Arts Month
November 1st, 2-9PM
Visit FabLab and check out the newest and best Maker Space in the northwest at 1938 Market Street. Watch 3D printers at work and take home your own laser-cut dinosaur!

Best wishes,

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Budi Mulyo
 
Jigsaw Renaissance is a learning and making community, a collaborative community dedicated to collective education and creation.

For more information about JR (www.jigsawrenaissance.org), please visit our wiki page at wiki.jigren.org/Starting_Classes or this page.
Contact us, so we can chat about scheduling something cool together.
Thanks! 




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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Jeremy -- TechShop Class Calendars    and     Featured Classes
      for This Week (Bryan Willman)
   2. Re: Jeremy -- TechShop Class Calendars and        Featured Classes
      (* pshaz *)


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I thought about it a great deal a few years ago, to the point of asking about a franchise, but nothing came of it.

The thing that seemed then, and I presume now, to make them different is a much larger class of machine - full size knee mills, engine lathes, things like that.   Something to that.

A real problem is location - if it's in, say, Renton, how many people from Ballard or Bothell or Kirkland will find it worthwhile to go there.
If it's in, say, Bothell, how many people from Kent/Renton etc will find it worthwhile.

So "who would be interested in a membership" will likely depend a little bit on "membership for a facility located where? "   U district will get a very different answer than Enumclaw.

Good luck.



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Jeremy,

I might be missing the point, but it sounds like everything they would offer is already offered by one or more independent ventures, like our lovely venue Jigsaw Renaissance and their peers Metrix Create Space, Hazard Factory, Bikeworks, the thriving coworking scene, etc.  Or am I missing something Techshop offers that these places don't?

Eldan Goldenberg
eld...@gmail.com<mailto:eld...@gmail.com> | @eldang<https://twitter.com/#!/eldang> | eldan.co.uk<http://eldan.co.uk/> | skype: eldang

On Sep 6, 2012, at 4:37 PM, J Calvert wrote:


Hello Dorkbot.

Anybody have connections with UW or a company that might be interested in helping bring Techshop to Seattle?

Out of curiosity, has anybody been to one of their existing locations, or have any first hand experience with a Techshop they'd like to share?

Lastly, a quick show of hands (if you're so inclined, RTMO please) who would be willing to pre-purchase a 1 year membership at $1500 in order to get a Techshop built up here?

Thanks!
Jeremy
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sesame Mish <ses...@techshop.com<mailto:ses...@techshop.com>>
Date: Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 3:25 PM
Subject: Fwd: Jeremy -- TechShop Class Calendars and Featured Classes for This Week
To: jcal...@gmail.com<mailto:jcal...@gmail.com>


Hi Jeremy,

Thank you for expressing interest in TechShop's expansion.  A TechShop franchise in Beaverton did open, but then closed a couple of years ago.  We learned through this failing that franchising does not work for the TechShop business model, and so now, all of our stores are company-owned.  This is working for us.  We are looking to re-open in the Portland area, and we're looking to open in Seattle for the first time.

To answer your question, Seattle is definitely on the horizon, and right now we're searching for the right opportunity to make it happen.  We are interested in making connections in Seattle.  With that being said, let me mention that we fund and launch our locations through relationships we build with companies, groups, investor groups, organizations, and educational institutions in the surrounding community who are interested in providing funding, guaranteeing bulk membership pledges for their employees/members/students, guaranteeing events/training contracts for their employees/members/students, and/or providing real estate options for our building location.  Do you have any personal connections to a company, group, investor group, organization, or educational institution that is interested in partnering with TechShop in one or more of these ways in order to bring TechShop to Seattle?  On a smaller scale, we may be looking for individual membership pledges and individual le
 nders to support the opening of the shop.  Let me know how you would like to be involved.

Right now, we are focused on opening locations in Round Rock, TX (outside of Austin), Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh, which are all cities where we have already formed a strong relationship with local companies/groups.  We look forward to looking into the next opportunity in Seattle that comes our way.

Thank you,

Sesame

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From: J Calvert <jcal...@gmail.com<mailto:jcal...@gmail.com>>
Date: Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: Jeremy -- TechShop Class Calendars and Featured Classes for This Week
To: Jim Newton -- TechShop Founder <techs...@techshop.ws<mailto:techs...@techshop.ws>>


Hi Jim,

I was very excited when I attended the meet and greet at the Shakees outside of Seattle a few years ago.  Then still kinda excited when it looked like there was a techshop opening in Beaverton, OR.

Now it looks like the PNW isn't even on the radar.  I heard your backers for the Seattle location fell through.  What's the latest on this?  Just looked over the techshop.ws<http://techshop.ws/> site, and either I'm missing it, or it's just not there.

Thanks!
Jeremy Calvert


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Sesame Mish
Investor Relationship Manager
TechShop, Build Your Dreams HERE!
cell: (650) 208-5234<tel:%28650%29%20208-5234>
fax: (650) 521-5295<tel:%28650%29%20521-5295>
email: ses...@techshop.com<mailto:ses...@techshop.ws>
web: www.techshop.com<http://www.techshop.com>

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check out the west seattle tool l?brary. they have a lot of woodwork?ng and
metal work?ng tools. there's aiso a l?brary ?n ph?nney r?dge, and
wall?ngford and cap?tol h?ll are work?ng on start?ng l?brar?es ?n the?r
area.  and of course ?f someone wants to donate a CNC mach?ne to one of the
ex?st?ng or soon to come tool l?brar?es....


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> For me personally, I often want to create projects with some scale to them
> and with parts of the project in wood and metal. It would be fabulous to be
> able to go to one space and get things done, and TechShop is one way to go
> about that.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Eldan Goldenberg <eld...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Jeremy,
> >
> > I might be missing the point, but it sounds like everything they would
> > offer is already offered by one or more independent ventures, like our
> > lovely venue Jigsaw Renaissance and their peers Metrix Create Space,
> Hazard
> > Factory, Bikeworks, the thriving coworking scene, etc.  Or am I missing
> > something Techshop offers that these places don't?
> >
> >  Eldan Goldenberg
> > eld...@gmail.com | @eldang <https://twitter.com/#!/eldang> | eldan.co.uk|
> > skype: eldang
> >
> > On Sep 6, 2012, at 4:37 PM, J Calvert wrote:
> >
> > Hello Dorkbot.
> >
> > Anybody have connections with UW or a company that might be interested in
> > helping bring Techshop to Seattle?
> >
> > Out of curiosity, has anybody been to one of their existing locations, or
> > have any first hand experience with a Techshop they'd like to share?
> >
> > Lastly, a quick show of hands (if you're so inclined, RTMO please) who
> > would be willing to pre-purchase a 1 year membership at $1500 in order to
> > get a Techshop built up here?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Jeremy
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Sesame Mish <ses...@techshop.com>
> > Date: Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 3:25 PM
> > Subject: Fwd: Jeremy -- TechShop Class Calendars and Featured Classes for
> > This Week
> > To: jcal...@gmail.com
> >
> >
> > Hi Jeremy,
> >
> > Thank you for expressing interest in TechShop's expansion.  A TechShop
> > franchise in Beaverton did open, but then closed a couple of years ago.
>  We
> > learned through this failing that franchising does not work for the
> > TechShop business model, and so now, all of our stores are company-owned.
> > This is working for us.  We are looking to re-open in the Portland area,
> > and we're looking to open in Seattle for the first time.
> >
> > To answer your question, Seattle is definitely on the horizon, and right
> > now we're searching for the right opportunity to make it happen.  We are
> > interested in making connections in Seattle.  With that being said, let
> > me mention that we fund and launch our locations through relationships we
> > build with companies, groups, investor groups, organizations, and
> > educational institutions in the surrounding community who are interested
> in
> > providing funding, guaranteeing bulk membership pledges for their
> > employees/members/students, guaranteeing events/training contracts for
> > their employees/members/students, and/or providing real estate options
> for
> > our building location.  Do you have any personal connections to a
> company,
> > group, investor group, organization, or educational institution that is
> > interested in partnering with TechShop in one or more of these ways in
> > order to bring TechShop to Seattle?  On a smaller scale, we may be
> > looking for individual membership pledges and individual lenders to
> support
> > the opening of the shop.  Let me know how you would like to be involved.
> >
> > Right now, we are focused on opening locations in Round Rock, TX (outside
> > of Austin), Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh, which are all cities where
> we
> > have already formed a strong relationship with local companies/groups.
>  We
> > look forward to looking into the next opportunity in Seattle that comes
> > our way.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Sesame
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: J Calvert <jcal...@gmail.com>
> > Date: Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 6:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: Jeremy -- TechShop Class Calendars and Featured Classes for
> > This Week
> > To: Jim Newton -- TechShop Founder <techs...@techshop.ws>
> >
> >
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > I was very excited when I attended the meet and greet at the Shakees
> > outside of Seattle a few years ago.  Then still kinda excited when it
> > looked like there was a techshop opening in Beaverton, OR.
> >
> > Now it looks like the PNW isn't even on the radar.  I heard your backers
> > for the Seattle location fell through.  What's the latest on this?  Just
> > looked over the techshop.ws site, and either I'm missing it, or it's
> just
> > not there.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Jeremy Calvert
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Sesame Mish
> > Investor Relationship Manager
> > TechShop, Build Your Dreams HERE!
> > cell: (650) 208-5234
> > fax: (650) 521-5295
> > email: ses...@techshop.com <ses...@techshop.ws>
> > web: www.techshop.com
> >
> > ........................................................................
> > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity..........
> > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................
> > ........................................................................
> >
> >
> >
> > ........................................................................
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> Lovely as they are, AFAIK none of those will train you to use a CNC machine
> (for several values of "machine") and then grant you unrestricted access,
> so long as you're a member.
>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Eldan Goldenberg <eld...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Jeremy,
> >
> > I might be missing the point, but it sounds like everything they would
> > offer is already offered by one or more independent ventures, like our
> > lovely venue Jigsaw Renaissance and their peers Metrix Create Space,
> Hazard
> > Factory, Bikeworks, the thriving coworking scene, etc.  Or am I missing
> > something Techshop offers that these places don't?
> >
> >  Eldan Goldenberg
> > eld...@gmail.com | @eldang <https://twitter.com/#%21/eldang> |
> eldan.co.uk |
> > skype: eldang
> >
> > On Sep 6, 2012, at 4:37 PM, J Calvert wrote:
> >
> > Hello Dorkbot.
> >
> > Anybody have connections with UW or a company that might be interested in
> > helping bring Techshop to Seattle?
> >
> > Out of curiosity, has anybody been to one of their existing locations, or
> > have any first hand experience with a Techshop they'd like to share?
> >
> > Lastly, a quick show of hands (if you're so inclined, RTMO please) who
> > would be willing to pre-purchase a 1 year membership at $1500 in order to
> > get a Techshop built up here?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Jeremy
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Sesame Mish <ses...@techshop.com>
> > Date: Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 3:25 PM
> > Subject: Fwd: Jeremy -- TechShop Class Calendars and Featured Classes for
> > This Week
> > To: jcal...@gmail.com
> >
> >
> > Hi Jeremy,
> >
> > Thank you for expressing interest in TechShop's expansion.  A TechShop
> > franchise in Beaverton did open, but then closed a couple of years ago.
>  We
> > learned through this failing that franchising does not work for the
> > TechShop business model, and so now, all of our stores are company-owned.
> > This is working for us.  We are looking to re-open in the Portland area,
> > and we're looking to open in Seattle for the first time.
> >
> > To answer your question, Seattle is definitely on the horizon, and right
> > now we're searching for the right opportunity to make it happen.  We are
> > interested in making connections in Seattle.  With that being said, let
> > me mention that we fund and launch our locations through relationships we
> > build with companies, groups, investor groups, organizations, and
> > educational institutions in the surrounding community who are interested
> in
> > providing funding, guaranteeing bulk membership pledges for their
> > employees/members/students, guaranteeing events/training contracts for
> > their employees/members/students, and/or providing real estate options
> for
> > our building location.  Do you have any personal connections to a
> company,
> > group, investor group, organization, or educational institution that is
> > interested in partnering with TechShop in one or more of these ways in
> > order to bring TechShop to Seattle?  On a smaller scale, we may be
> > looking for individual membership pledges and individual lenders to
> support
> > the opening of the shop.  Let me know how you would like to be involved.
> >
> > Right now, we are focused on opening locations in Round Rock, TX (outside
> > of Austin), Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh, which are all cities where
> we
> > have already formed a strong relationship with local companies/groups.
>  We
> > look forward to looking into the next opportunity in Seattle that comes
> > our way.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Sesame
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: J Calvert <jcal...@gmail.com>
> > Date: Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 6:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: Jeremy -- TechShop Class Calendars and Featured Classes for
> > This Week
> > To: Jim Newton -- TechShop Founder <techs...@techshop.ws>
> >
> >
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > I was very excited when I attended the meet and greet at the Shakees
> > outside of Seattle a few years ago.  Then still kinda excited when it
> > looked like there was a techshop opening in Beaverton, OR.
> >
> > Now it looks like the PNW isn't even on the radar.  I heard your backers
> > for the Seattle location fell through.  What's the latest on this?  Just
> > looked over the techshop.ws site, and either I'm missing it, or it's
> just
> > not there.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Jeremy Calvert
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Sesame Mish
> > Investor Relationship Manager
> > TechShop, Build Your Dreams HERE!
> > cell: (650) 208-5234
> > fax: (650) 521-5295
> > email: ses...@techshop.com <ses...@techshop.ws>
> > web: www.techshop.com
> >
> > ........................................................................
> > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity..........
> > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................
> > ........................................................................
> >
> >
> >
> > ........................................................................
> > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity..........
> > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................
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It looks like they'll be officially opening on November 1st, but they don't mention a price yet. Makerhaus in Fremont should also be opening later this year.

Regarding a public CNC, the West Seattle Tool Library actually has a Desktop ShopBot. I teach a class on it about once a month: http://www.meetup.com/WSToolLibrary/events/86104682/

After taking a class, it's available for community use ($1/min of cutting time) whenever the tool library is open.

Derek


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