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   GEide | Feb 03, 2009 12:56am | #1

   where do you live?

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   gbacho | Feb 03, 2009 02:32am | #3

   I live close to Cleveland, OH

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   cwalvoord | Feb 03, 2009 01:24am | #2

   I know the park district here in Chicago has a shop you can use for a relatively modest monthly fee. A friend made a bed there and said good things about it. I never saw it.
   Chris

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   Jamie_Buxton | Feb 03, 2009 02:47am | #4

   Perhaps you're thinking of http://www.thesawdustshop.com/ 

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   gbacho | Feb 03, 2009 03:02am | #5

   Thank you so much.  This is the the exact place i was looking for.

   Thanks again!

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   WillGeorge | Feb 03, 2009 03:58am | #6

   I live close to Cleveland, OH..  AND California was the place you thought perfect?

   Just funnin' on words I saw typed.. No hate here...

   EDIT!

   SORRY I re-read... that discussed a woodworker who made a piece in a public shop in CA.

   I guess CA... IS California! Sorry again!

   Edited 2/2/2009 8:00 pm by WillGeorge

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   brad805 | Feb 03, 2009 11:47pm | #8

   This sounds like a great concept.  Do you have to sign an agreement before using the equipment/tools?  Seems like there could be some risk (as the owner) if someone gets hurt. 

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   GEide | Feb 03, 2009 10:34pm | #7

   What do you folks think? is it worth putting together a list of these types of services?

   Thanks to Knots and other member input, we've published lists of local sawmills: http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesArticle.aspx?id=29313

   and sharpening services: http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesArticle.aspx?id=29738

   Would it be helpful to start a list of community woodshops?

   Or does anyone know of lists like these that already exist?

   Thanks,

   Gina
   FineWoodworking.com

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   Briarpark | Feb 04, 2009 04:25am | #9

   I belong to a woodworking guild in Greenville, SC with about 560 members.  Its $75/yr and we have a nice shop to work in.  It has a lathe rm, power tools room, hand tools rm, assembly rm, library, storage rms, and gets a monhtly supply of wood at great prices.  We have most everything except a spra booth, kiln, and sawyering area. 

   I know of two other similar clubs with shops, one in Alabama and one in a suburb of Charlotte but there must be many others.   I would surf the woodworking websites and you can probably find links.

   Just a thought

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   Briarpark | Feb 04, 2009 04:27am | #10

   http://www.greenvillewoodworkers.com/index.htm