That’s one of the maker places we will be meeting up with in California. We’re trying to plan a little after makerfaire bar meetup.
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Hopefully they are more friendly with you.
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Chimera
Sebastopol, CA
Lots of links:
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/chimeraartspace/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/chimera.art.space/
Virtual tour: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=A1RV2AnmkDQ if you look you will see a Shapiro table I met him at Makerfaire and if anyone has a cool 5K sitting around please buy me one (http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/09/new-kinetic-sand-tables-by-bruce-shapiro/)
Membership agreement: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HLFmj0rFuK1uI5WViTvqVvMNKwryNCidUBK0wHjH_g8/edit
Seems to have a staff I believe
7,000 sqfoot (ohhhhhhhwhaaaaa)
ETSY shop (say what) https://www.etsy.com/shop/chimeraarts note 0 sales but still I like the idea.
Check this nugget out headphone policy (Sound familiar)12. “Headphone” Policy. Chimera is a shared facility and some members do not want to be disturbed while working. To facilitate this, please do not bother members who are wearing headphones or who are obviously in the middle of their work. Please ask members if you can talk with them before entering into a conversation to make sure that they are ready and willing to talk.
Non-profit
$35-125 per month access to the space dependent on your level
What I really like about this is all the graphics and pre-planning are on point. Fonts are sexy and it presents itself as an identity. Some graphic designer made this his/her pet project and/or got paid well to create this package.
They don’t seem to have many classes on the calendar. Amazon smile account is loaded on the website so people are auto-enrolled to the account to help fundraise. (https://smile.amazon.com/?ie=UTF8&ein=46-1426443&ref_=smi_chpf_redirect&ref_=smi_ext_ch_46-1426443_cl&ref_=smi_ext_ch_46-1426443_dl) not sure I got the right link
Nice organized space. Seems to be more meeting/communal space and tools to the side. Just look at that appropriate amount of chair per table length…impressive.
Tools: 3D printers – Lulzbot TAZ 3 and 4 (1’x1’ bed), 4 Ultimaker v1, 2 Printrbot Simple Metals
Laser cutter – 100 watts, cuts up to 4’x3’ and up to 1/2" plastic/wood/leather/paper
Metalworking – MIG welder, angle grinder, portable bandsaw, horizontal bandsaw, metal brake
Woodworking – table saw, chop saw, wood lathe, bandsaw, jointer, planer, routers, sanders, shaper, drill press, chisels, other hand tools
Design software – the full Autodesk Suite including AutoCAD and Fusion 360 and the full Adobe suite including Photoshop and Illustrator and multiple computer work stations
Jewelry studio – Soldering and brazing station, rolling mill, flex shafts, ring/bracelet mandrills, dapping and forming tools, pickle pots, many hand tools (hand saws, files, pliers, etc) and a lot more!
Electronics lab – Oscilloscope, soldering iron, power supplies, breadboards, test equipment, lots of components
Textiles – sewing machines, knitting and sewing supplies
Other craft supplies and tools – stained glass, paint brushes and paint, color pencils and pens, etc
Open work tables – Computer monitors, keyboards, mice
Machining – metal lathe (coming soon: Bridgeport mill)
Benchtop CNC mill – With approx 12" square cutting area (currently out of commission, stay tuned!)
Fast wifi, laser printer, office supplies, kitchenette and more…
Hand tools, project supplies and more…
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The lack of Etsy sales is not surprising, since to make etsy wourd you have to put
up new items, at least a couple of times a week, Blog or otherwise promote your
store, it is one reason I have never opened mine, since if you don t, you just waste
money listing things
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FCCH does have its 501©3 non-profit status.
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So, I have talked several of my friends into joining the space. Most of us live in Fort Worth. There has been a lot of serious conversation between us about why Tarrant county doesn’t have a space and more importantly what we “think” it would take to get one off the ground. I know a tarrant county one started but then “imploded”, does anybody know the story there? And then most important for this topic, would a tarrant county makerspace take away from what is happening in Dallas? (In other words -what are the demographics of our group? Are most people from Dallas county or do we have a large contingent coming in from Tarrant county. Just thought I would start the conversation.
Tim and all:
I created a new thread for members to have an ongoing discussion about history and future possibilities for a makerspace in Fort Worth / Tarrant County:
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FYI every Dallas Makerspace member just received an open invitation to visit Chimera Art & Makerspace from Dana Woodman the executive director
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The Curious Forge in Grass Valley, CA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCuriousForgeMakerSpace/
(VERY good info) Link to orientation: http://thecuriousforge.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/new-member-orientation-_Mar2017.pdf @Team_PR @Kriskat30
Electronics, CNC Mill, 3D printers, Woodcraft, Jewelry & Metals, Large Metals, Ceramics, Textiles
Looks like they average a class a day. Has indications of community involvement and group projects.
$65 monthly average
$55 monthly for family
$32.50 for volunteer
Cool concepts I found:
“Opening and closing” lists (I know we are 24/7 but it’s what to check when you’re the last out/first in)
Field trips
What do we need to thrive- Instigation, participation, experimentation, communication, collaboration, exploration, appreciation (love)
Certification Prerequisites @John_Marlow @AlexRhodes http://thecuriousforge.org/certification-prerequisites/
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I see that Curious Forge (love that name!) did a lot of work reviewing YouTube videos for their certification (training) section. We can likely steal (ummm, leverage) their work. (Isn’t multiple plagiarism called research?)
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When working and a good idea was seen we called it “Stealing Shamelessly”
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(sense of humor required; likely culturally insensitive, and if you don’t know anything about the “artist”, maybe read up a bit first, eh?)
In the USAF we called it “Benchmarking” it was a part of how to perform process improvement or performance enhancement.
(Realized I posted in the wrong thread)
I went to visit Columbus Idea Foundry yesterday.
It is a cool blend of a makerspace and a coworking space.
Notable items:
Front Desk Personal
VR Stations
Multiple shops for dedicated class rooms
60K sq feet
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“Bench marking” is how to learn what to steal.
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I like the basic format of this page, we could adapt to to our DMS by listing tools that have costs s associated with them: Training and use. Membership handbook could have a link to it - since it would be somewhat dynamic.
Looked at their basic member handbook. Basic Fee is $65 but costs start there. Just a few differences between DMS:
Record your tool use. We log our tool use on the honor system. Using tools is a privilege of membership and is not covered by your membership dues. This is how we pay for maintaining working tools, getting new tools, and replacing consumables.
So use of tools are pay as you go. So in addition to $65, you pay to use tools. In fairness they have only 300+ members, we have 5 times as many members to spread cost over. But
MIG welding & plasma $15 DMS MIG is $20/hr of actual weld time not use of machine time
Metal $10 DMS FREE
Blacksmithing (forge) $20 DMS $10 on days held
Blacksmithing, other $10 DMS Free of use of Tools
Metal Casting $20 DMS - You provide propane, but less than $20/hr operating cost
Woodworking $ 5 DMS Free use of all tools
Shopbot $25 DMS Free: Shapeoko, Haas
Laser (Trotec) $35 DMS $12/hr of RUN Time not time at machine.
Laser (Full Spectrum) $30 DMS $12/hr of RUN Time, not time at machine.
3D Printer (Lulz Bot) $10 DMS FREE (note assumes you provide material as they require)
3D Printer (Form1) $12 + Resin DMS FREE use plus Resin
These RFID photo badges are your ‘key’s’ into and around the building. You must have yours with you at all times. Never share or loan your ID to anyone else._
Notify staff immediately if your photo ID is lost or stolen.
Additional ID’s and key FOB’s can be made on site($8 each).
I see good and bad with photo ID badges. One just knowing names and who is a member vs a stranger walking around.
This is interesting, not sure we want to go the rental route, but when folks complain about storage, this is relevant, might cure so problems.
_How do I get billed? _
By the 1st of each month, you will receive an invoice for the current month’s membership fee, shelf rental / storage rental / studio rental fees, as well as the tool usage fees from two months prior.
They have some good things to be sure. My purpose for comparison is folks may be under estimating what a value our membership fees and usage fees (the few we have) really are. I also see a lot of HF tools.
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Eventually (hopefully) we will have one here in NW Arkansas… We are working towards one.
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Hello Stitch
Sewing, Quilting, Crafting
Berkley California
Daily memberships $25
monthly memberships $75
Student memberships $65
Looks like it’s centered around a long arm and computer aided sewing. Classes are in addition to the membership - a few are free but majority of them are at an additional cost
I like how they have events and classes in two different areas - not saying we need that because it would be a disaster.
Pretty cool stuff
@MellissaRhodes @John_Marlow @Kriskat30 @Hardsuit
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Was reading their policies and saw this:
In the interest of providing service to all of our members, we reserve the right to limit attendance to three days per week
So basically, you get 12 days a month for $65. Maybe more. Still that’s only $5/day - but interesting you can be limited to 3 days a week.
Likely they have space issues and with everyone wanting
to use the same machines, that could be problem,
We have an advantage because of so many things one can do at the
space, Sewing machine occupied? I could go work on jewelry ro
clay instead or even just hang out for awhile,
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