Check out the newest TechShop in Portland (home page, equipment list)
From the website:
TechShop - A Place To Create, Make and Build
TechShop is a 33,000 square foot membership based workshop that provides members with any skill level to have access to tools and equipment, instruction, and a creative and supportive community of like minded people so you can build the things you have always wanted to make.
TechShop is perfect for inventors, "makers", hackers, tinkerers, artists, roboteers, families, entrepreneurs, youth groups, FIRST robotic teams, crackpots, arts and crafts enthusiasts, and anyone else who wants to be able to make things that they dream up but don't have the tools, space or skills.
TechShop started in the Bay Area and they are planning to build shops throughout the USA. You become a member for $125/month or $1,200/year and have full access to all of the tools. Classes are offered.
If they opened one in Bellingham, I would so be first in line to get an annual membership...
Here is the woodshop:
The Portland facility also has these other shops: Electronics Lab, Fabrication Shop, Finishing, Foundry, Grinding Room, Machine Shop, Sheet Metal Shop, Wood Shop and Industrial Sewing.
If they were smart, they would open a Hostel with a restaurant and brewpub next door. Some people would never leave (cough)...
