Urban Workshop

Today in the shop!

Urban Workshop's Summer Camp has begun! Checkout Kidsguide's post below for more information. #STEM

Today in the shop...

Handy metal coping techniques for clean corners.

From rockstar camp to rock climbing campthere's an awesome summer camp out there for every kid! Our Summer CampGuide features some amazing and unique camps, he...re's a few you should know about! Pacific Battleship Center - Battleship USS Iowa spcaLA P.D.Pitchford Companion Animal Village & Education Center School of Rock - Santa Ana Sender One Climbing and Sender City Sewing Lab Los Alamitos Sewing With Jane Urban Workshop LA Opera Bolsa Chica Conservancy

New tools alert - we added a new bicycle service stand and advanced bicycle tool kit. Now you tune up your bike and set record times pedaling the beach bike path. Enjoy!

Reminder - Ideas to millions seminar is today at 4 pm PST and free to Urban Workshop members. If you are developing a product to bring to market, this is your group! Sign up thru this link. https://www.ideatomillionsforinventors.com/urbanworkshop

Happy new year! Looking forward to seeing all the cool stuff you make this year!

Have a business idea but have no idea where to start? Idea To Millions is offering free & exclusive weekly business webinars to our members! Idea To Millions For Inventors supports up and coming inventors to help them from start to finish for everything they need to make their idea a reality. To sign up for the free webinar, visit: www.ideatomillionsforinventors.com/urbanworkshop

A couple new random items this week... a 4" disc grinder that can be checked out from the tool crib, a new digital scale for silicone molding in the plastics area, and we fixed the large vacuum pump in the composites shed. Enjoy!

A good technical article regarding laser cutting and determining kerf, focus for depth of cut, speed, and power settings... https://makezine.com//a-deep-dive-into-laser-cutter-speed/

Do you feel like you have a few screws loose lately? Now you check what size they are with our new SAE and Metric thread gauges. They are in the tool crib if you need them.

Looking for someone local who has experience with Active Campaign and can help me write/rewrite a few automations and rework my lists and tags. Please PM me if you are interested or can refer someone. Thanks!

Awesome to see the kids being creative and using the hands to make super cool steel candy canes.

What! More new tools. New sockets sets for checkout from the tool crib.

If your hungry while at the shop check out Atomic Cafe on Airway. Almost close enough to walk to and awesome breakfast and lunches.

Congrats to one of our own. Great job Alex and his fellow students! https://vtnews.vt.edu//2020/10/TEAR-Mask-IDEA-Award-winner

This is serious and we need your help!

If you use the CNC router a lot and want to learn more about best use of the vacuum table, check out this article. https://www.cnccookbook.com/router-vacuum-table-cnc-diy/

New equipment announcement! We just added a Delta Hollow Chisel Mortiser with bits. It can be checked out from the tool crib when needed! Have fun!

New equipment announcement! New PC's with updated Coreldraw and Illustrator on lasers 1 and 2. More to come.

Welding is popular in the shop. Here is a nice comparison of welding types and applications.

https://www.popularwoodworking.com//simple-acts-of-kindne/

Lets all help out Fred. He hasn't been around the shop lately but we miss him. I would really appreciate it if you would share and donate to the GoFundMe campaign, Fred Anderson - Beating Cancer. gf.me/u/yqr93p

Fall Youth Program Update We sincerely hope that you and your family are safe and well. With all the uncertainty around us today, we wanted to reassure you that Urban Workshop will be holding our popular hands-on STEM Shop Class Youth Program this fall. We have been holding summer camp sessions for the last several months and have worked out how to be safe and have fun at the same time as students learn skills that will improve their lives. IMPORTANT: The Charter Schools have... announced they will NOT pay for in-person classes this fall per guidance from the state and other agencies. As our classes are definitely hands-on and in person, we have no choice but to have families pay directly. We will accept cash, check, or credit card for our in-person classes this fall semester. To secure your seat, please contact Urban Workshop at your earliest convenience to make your payment for the fall semester by phone at 949-296-2153. Anyone already enrolled using charter funds has until 8/21/2020 to arrange payment or the student will be automatically removed from the class roster so others may enroll. ACTION REQUIRED: If you have already requested a Purchase Order from your Charter School for Urban Workshop, please reach out to them and cancel it as soon as possible. ALSO, if you are enrolled and do not wish to direct pay for the Urban Workshop this fall, please contact us by phone at 949-296-2153 or email at [email protected] to unregister your student. On September 1st we will consolidate any classes that have low enrollment. Another fun option is to purchase access to our new online video website called MakeItAtHome.net. It contains over 60 hours of video for all four levels of Urban Workshop’s Youth Program classes that we recorded over the last few months. We added links to Amazon so that you can purchase your own hand tools and materials for each project. Should the Charter Schools change course and allow funds to be used later in the semester for in-person programming, we have some options planned. For more information or if you have questions, please call us at 949-296-2153, email [email protected], visit our website at www.UrbanWorkshop.net, or request access to our private youth Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/UrbanWorkshopYouth/. We look forward to seeing you all soon in the shop! Stay safe and have fun! Sincerely, The Urban Workshop Team

Great news regarding our 3D printers. Yes I said printers.We added a brand new professional Makerbot Method-X printer and it is ready for member use in the computer lab. It has the print heads for ABS and soluble support. You can use the solution tank we already have to remove the support material. For more info on the machine go to https://www.makerbot.com/3d-printers/method/. We posted instructions for the machine and the cloud based part editor on by the machine. Check it out next time you come in. Also, we finally received the parts for our tried and true Dimension Elite 3D printer and she is back on line as well.So queue up those parts and let the printing begin.

Thank you to University Lab Partners for recognizing Urban Workshop as one of the best Makerspaces in Southern California. Here is the article: https://www.universitylabpartners.org/the-ultimate-guide-/