i would sign up for a cheap course at a trade school (LACC) and get access to their woodshop.

i thought about doing this once, but never followed through.

i don't think public woodshops exist. unless you are a student somewhere, you may be out of luck.

chicago has them.

where are the public woodshops in chicago?

I thought this thread was about Santa Monica Blvd...sorry

omg, chicago has them, really??? i've been looking for/dying for something like this. please share!

sort of related, and hopefully helpful to others:
san francisco has a tool lending center:
http://www.sfcleancity.com/tool-lending/index.html

Put on a baseball cap and go use sci-arc's or ucla's woodshop.

No one will bat an eye.

yeah, sci-arc's shop is pretty accessible. you don't even need a baseball cap.

if you want to do it legit though (and safely). i would contact our shop master, katsumi and work out some kind of deal. there are "outsiders" using the shop all the time.

shhh...

That would be cool if LA had one. Sci-ARC is scary.

And so is SCI-Arc. Pardon me folks.

bump.

let's help isokon out.