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our Workshops

Our makerspace is dynamic and diverse, like our community. For eight years we have enjoyed building Ideaworks in downtown Fresno, creating an array of shops, studios, classrooms, and common spaces where our members and students can let their imaginations run wild! The workshops themselves are an ongoing project as we renovate our historic building and respond to the wants of our members.

Explore the Shops

WOOD SHOP

  • 12" SawStop Table Saw
  • Mitre/Chop Saw
  • Band Saws
  • Planer
  • Scroll saws
  • Router Table
  • Drill Presses
  • Wood Lathes
  • 12" Jointer
  • 8 ft. CNC Router
  • Sanding Bench
  • Hand tools

MACHINE SHOP

  • Manual Milling Machine
  • Metal Lathe
  • Metal Band Saw
  • Granite Surface Plate
  • Hydraulic Press
  • Bench Grinder
  • Pexto sheet metal tools
  • Shear and brake

WELDING SHOP

  • Oxy/Acetylene Gas Welding
  • Mig Welders
  • Tig Welder
  • Stick Arc Welder
  • Plasma Cutter
  • Cutting Table and Welding Tree
  • Sand Blasting Cabinet
  • Grinders and equipment

ELECTRONICS Tech Lab

(the Circuit Circus)

  • Computers and Monitors
  • First LEGO League Robotics table
  • Green screen drape
  • Oscilloscopes
  • Projector (ceiling mounted) and wall screen
  • Soldering Bench and Irons
  • Specialty Tools
  • Testing equipment
  • Through Hole Electronics Components Library

MODERN FABRICATION LAB

  • Laser Cutter
  • 3-D Printers (filament, resin, uv)
  • Flash Forge 3D Printers
  • Desktop CNC
  • Dedicated Computers

Ceramics Studio

  • 8 cubic ft. cone 6 kiln
  • 6 Potter's Wheels
  • Studio Glazes (common use)
  • Clay (recycled, common use)
  • Handbuilding Station
  • Hand tools
  • Wedging table

Bike & Skate SHOP

  • MIG Welder
  • Truing Stand
  • Specialty Tools


GIANT GAMES

  • 6' x 8' Four across (like Connect Four)
  • 6' Ball drop (like Kerplunk)
  • 2x4 Block tower (like Jenga)


 Textiles aND Needle arts studio

  • Mercury m-337 industrial leather sewing machine
  • Singer Heavy Duty 4452 Sewing Machines
  • Brother LS590, XL700, & HA4B1 Sewing Machines
  • Dressmaker 29OF Sewing Machine
  • Singer 301A Slant-Needle Sewing Machine
  • White Superlock 2000 ATS serger
  • Brother 1034D Homelock serger
  • Sewing Pattern Library & Project Library
  • Drafting Table & cutting Table
  • Dress forms
  • Spinning Wheels
  • Burchard Weavers Floor Loom
  • Misc tools

Leatherworking station

  • Full Leatherworking Station Coming Soon!
  • awls
  • chisels
  • knives
  • punches
  • rivet setters
  • skivers
  • stamps
  • stitching wheels
  • and more specialty tools!


STAINED GLASS STATION

  • Cutting tools
  • Wet grinder
  • Soldering irons

MISC

  • 40" Large format color printer
  • Cricut vinyl cutter
  • 4" hobby saw
  • Lobby / Gallery
  • Perkatorium (limited kitchen area)
  • ADA bathroom
  • Forklift


printing studio

  • Dedicated room planned for second story
  • Woodblock and Linocut printing
  • Kitchen intaglio (use household items)
  • Printing press for linoleum and block prints
  • Screen printing of both art prints and t-shirts


Lampwork Glass Station

  • Classes are posted! 
  • Four torch stations
  • Cooling kiln
  • Hot stamps, bead mandrels
  • Dedicated stainless work table
  • Member use coming soon.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE ?

Address:

Fresno Ideaworks

1730 H Street

Fresno, CA, 93721


Phone:

559-840-8749


Fresno Ideaworks is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

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