Memberships & prices
Pay for the bench, not the tools.
Every price includes the machines, the hand tools, the clamps and the dust collection. Lumber is extra unless a build night says otherwise.
Prices
Shop-safety intro session
Three hours, up to six people. Tuesdays 6–9pm or Saturdays 9am–noon. Needed once before bench time or membership.
$45Bench time
Booked in two-hour blocks during open hours. A bench, a vise, clamps and hand tools, plus the shared machines on your sign-off card.
$15 an hourMembership
Every open hour with no booking needed on weeknights, a locker shelf and room on the rack for one project. Month to month.
$85 a monthHoliday-gift build night
Three hours, wood and finish included. A shop lead makes the saw cuts, so no intro is needed.
$40–$55
Lumber offcuts sell by the board foot at the counter: pine $4, poplar $6, oak and maple $9.
How the intro session works
Book a session
Tuesdays 6–9pm or Saturdays 9am–noon, six people at most. It costs $45.
Meet the machines
A shop lead shows you the table saw, the miter saw, the band saw, the drill press and the sanders, one at a time, and you make a cut on each.
Learn the house rules
Glasses on, hair tied back, sweep your bench, return the clamps. Everyone does the intro session before using the saws.
Leave with a sign-off card
Your card lists the machines you can use. From then on you can book a bench or become a member.
How booking a bench works
Pick a time
Ask for a bench in two-hour blocks during open hours. Saturdays fill first, so book those up to a week ahead.
Bring your wood or buy ours
Bring your boards, or buy pine, poplar, oak and maple offcuts by the board foot at the counter.
Check in and build
Your bench comes with a vise, clamps, hand planes and chisels. Saws and sanders are shared and signed out at the counter.
Sweep and go home
Leave the bench clear. A project in progress can wait on the members' rack.
Questions at the counter
Do I need experience to join?
No. The intro session starts from nothing. Plenty of members built their first box here.
Can I bring my own tools?
Hand tools, yes. Power tools stay at home; the shop's machines are kept tuned and are the only ones used on the floor.
What does a membership include?
Every open hour, a locker shelf and room on the project rack. Weeknight benches need no booking; Saturdays fill up, so book those up to a week ahead.
Can I cancel a membership?
Yes. It runs month to month. Tell us before the first of the month and the next one is not charged.
Everyone starts at the same bench.
Book the intro session first. Bench time and membership open up the same night.