Yup. I went by... have been pondering a membership there since their early days over on Windsor St... am still not convinced of the ROI, but hey, I spend more on a garage I don't use...
I think what these guys have going for them is location and anchor tenants... I used to have access to a pay-as-you-go shop that went belly-up because they were just too far from their constituency... http://builderati.com/ that phenomenon may kill a lot of local hackerspaces... AFAICT, you have to be within biking distance... http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Massachusetts On Dec 3, 2011, at 3:20 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > Saw this mentioned on BLU...happening today: > > http://artisansasylum.com/?p=1617 > What: Artisan's Asylum Public Opening > Where: 10 Tyler Street, Somerville, MA 02143 > When: Saturday, December 3, 1-5pm > Cost: FREE and open to the public! Bring friends! > > > Nice to see the concept of a "makerspace" taking off. A great resource > if you want to build stuff but don't have space for a wood shop or > machine shop in your own house/garage. This one covers wood, metal, > fabrics, and electronics/robotics. See: > http://artisansasylum.com/?cat=31 > > (I had a similar idea (wood shop or machine shop that you could use by > the hour or get a membership to) years ago. Figured the economics > wouldn't work out, or the liability insurance would kill it.) > > This place offers a membership for $40/month that gets you access on > weekends, or $15 a day. That offer a bunch of courses too. > > -Tom > > > _______________________________________________ > Hardwarehacking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
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